Insights

Washington – March 28, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that two antitrust deals in which the firm served as counsel were named winners at Global Competition Review’s annual GCR Awards: The AT&T/Time Warner merger was named “Merger Control Matter of the Year: Americas,” and United Technologies’ (UTC) $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins was named “Merger Control Matter of the Year: Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa.” In addition, Charlesa Ceres, UTC’s associate general counsel for antitrust and competition, was named Corporate Counsel of the Year for her role advising UTC in the Rockwell Collins acquisition.

Washington – March 28, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP, counsel for Marsha Lazareva, a prominent member of the business community in the Middle East, has filed a request for her temporary release from the Kuwaiti prison where she has been held for the past year.

Brussels – March 21, 2019: Crowell & Moring is pleased to announce that seven Brussels-based attorneys have been recognized in six total practice areas in Chambers Europe 2019: competition/European law, competition/domestic, intellectual property, life sciences, telecoms-media-technology (TMT) media and TMT telecommunications. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and members of the legal community.

Washington – March 21, 2019: Crowell & Moring’s podcast series ranked third out of the top five law firm podcasts by Good2bSocial, a digital marketing agency for lawyers and companies in the legal industry. The agency ranked the podcasts through an analysis of frequency, publicity, and content.

London – March 19, 2019: Andrew Knight joins Crowell & Moring’s London office as a partner in its Corporate and Financial Services practices to strengthen the firm’s ability to advise clients on debt finance and asset-based lending.

Washington – March 18, 2019: Crowell & Moring partner Kirsten Nathanson has been named an “Emerging Woman Leader in Private Practice” by DCA Live, an organization that recognizes people and companies driving growth in the Washington, D.C. economy. The award “identifies, recognizes, and honors 30-40 women lawyers who are (or are becoming) leaders within their law firms, demonstrating a unique strength in leadership.”

Washington – March 12, 2019: The Burton Awards committee of judges has awarded Crowell & Moring LLP partners Scott L. Winkelman, John S. Gibson, and Rebecca Baden Chaney, along with HP, Inc. division counsel Jennifer A. Prioleau, its “2019 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” for an article entitled “Seven Ways to Prepare Your Legal Department for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” published in ACC Docket. The award honors exceptional legal writing and recognizes 30 articles from entries submitted by the nation's 1,000 largest law firms.

Los Angeles – March 11, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is broadening its ability to help multinational clients navigate global expansion and regulatory compliance in China and the Asia Pacific by adding four international trade and global employment lawyers: partners Nicole J. Simonian and Evan Yee-Fan Chuck, senior counsel Robert Clifton Burns, and counsel Jackson Pai to its Los Angeles and Washington offices. As part of this move, Crowell & Moring International (CMI), the firm’s global policy and regulatory affairs consulting affiliate, is launching an office in Shanghai with seven trade, transactions, and tax professionals to support global businesses facing cross-border transactional, investigative, policy, and regulatory needs.

Washington – March 6, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Tiana Russell as Public Service Counsel. A former counsel in the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, Russell will promote the firm’s award-winning pro bono program.

Washington – February 28, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that partner Ian A. Laird has been recognized by Latinvex as one of Latin America’s “Top 100 Lawyers.” The list honors 100 lawyers from 54 international law firms doing business in Latin America. Selections were made based on recent deals and business, the prominence of the firm in Latin America, and third-party rankings.

Washington — February 27, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its fifth annual report on regulatory trends for in-house counsel. “Regulatory Forecast 2019: What Corporate Counsel Need to Know for the Coming Year” explores a diverse range of regulatory developments coming out of Washington and other leading regulatory centers of power, and it takes a deep dive into international trade—examining the challenges and opportunities that will arise in the year ahead as global businesses compete in the digital revolution and operate their businesses across borders.   

Washington – February 22, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP’s Antitrust Group has again been recognized as “Highly Recommended” in Global Competition Review’s (GCR) 19th edition of the “GCR 100” – the leading ranking of the world’s competition policy law and economics practices. This marks the fourth year in a row in which the firm was ranked as “Highly Recommended” in Washington, D.C. and New York. Additionally, the group was ranked as “Recommended” in California. GCR is the leading international journal of competition policy and regulation.

Washington – February 22, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its Government Contracts Group has been recognized as one of Law360’s “Practice Groups of the Year” for government contracts. This is the ninth consecutive year that the group has earned this honor.

Washington – February 12, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Ryan C. Tisch, a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust Group, has been selected as a member of Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's 2019 Fellows Program, one of the most comprehensive legal talent development programs in the nation.

Washington – February 8, 2019: The Washington Business Journal recognized Crowell & Moring LLP as one of Washington's most philanthropic law firms in its 2018 Corporate Philanthropy Awards.

Los Angeles – February 1, 2019: Crowell & Moring’s Emily Kuwahara, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, has been named among the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles.”

Washington – January 31, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Amanda Shafer Berman as counsel in the firm’s Environment & Natural Resources and Litigation groups in Washington, D.C. Berman previously served as a senior attorney in the Environmental Defense Section of the United States Department of Justice and will advise clients on litigation matters related to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and other statutes.

Washington – January 25, 2019: Siemens Mobility Inc. was awarded nearly $6.7 million in damages today in a federal jury trial on claims that some of Wabtec Corp.’s “positive train control” products infringed eight Siemens patents.

London – January 15, 2019: Robert Weekes, one of the UK’s most experienced financial litigators, has joined Crowell & Moring to manage and oversee the expansion of its London office.