Our objective is to provide the best service to our clients. At the same time, we appreciate the recognition of commentators on our profession. Our global preeminence and commitment to our guiding principles of collegiality, collaboration, individuality and legal excellence are reflected annually in our league table results and in the various awards we have received from publications. We are pleased that The American Lawyer has named Cleary Gottlieb among the top ten law firms in its “A-List” ranking of elite U.S. firms, based on a weighted measure of revenue, diversity, associate satisfaction and pro bono efforts, every year since the publication’s inaugural survey in 2003. We are equally proud of our other recent honors, including our #1 ranking as the “Best Firm to Work for” in the 2009 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, recognition as one of the “Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother magazine, top ranking in diversity among the 250 largest and highest-grossing U.S. law firms by Minority Law Journal, and Thurgood Marshall Award for Capital Representation from the New York City Bar Association.

Our practice areas have been widely recognized as well. In 2007, we received the “Global Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year” designation from Chambers Global, “Capital Markets Team of the Year” from Chambers USA and “Equity Team of the Year” from International Financial Law Review. LatinFinance also named Cleary Gottlieb “Best International Securities Law Firm” for the fourth consecutive year in 2008. Reflective of the scope of our M&A practice, the firm was named “African M&A Advisor of the Year” by Acquisitions Monthly in 2007 and “Latin American Investment Team of the Year” by Chambers Global in 2008. Our competition and antitrust practice is perennially recognized for its breadth and comprehensive coverage of the top issues of the day. Chambers Global awarded Cleary Gottlieb “Global Competition/Antitrust Law Firm of the Year” in 2006 and in 2007 both the German publication JUVE and Acquisitions Monthly recognized the firm as “Antitrust Law Firm of the Year.” International Tax Review designated our partners as top-ranked experts in the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom in “World Tax 2008” and also honored us as “U.S. Tax Firm of the Year” in Europe and “New York Tax Firm of the Year” in 2007.

Often noted as peerless in our Latin American practice, we are honored to be named “Latin American Law Firm of the Past 20 Years” by LatinFinance. Our practices in Europe, where Cleary Gottlieb’s longstanding presence makes us one of the most established global firms on the continent, have also received several recent accolades, including “Belgian Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers Europe and “French Law Firm of the Year” by IFLR in 2008 and “Russian Law Firm of the Year” by IFLR in 2007.

Please see the attached PDF for a more complete list of our selected honors.