2026 SHORTLIST
We're delighted to share the 2026 Innovative Lawyers Awards North America shortlist with you.
For enquiries about the awards, contact RSGi, and for information about attending the ceremony at the Gotham Hall in New York on 7 December, please contact John MacCormick.
Law Firm shortlist
A&O Shearman
Arnold & Porter
Baker Botts
Baker McKenzie
BakerHostetler
Bass Berry & Sims
Bracewell
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cooley
Covington
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
Davis Wright Tremaine
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland
FBT Gibbons
Foley Hoag
Freshfields
Galicia Abogados
Gibson Dunn
Goodwin
Hausfeld
Hecht Partners
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Holland & Knight
Honigman
Husch Blackwell
Irell & Manella
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Knobbe Martens
KPMG Law US
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Schulte
McInnes Cooper
Milbank
Morgan Lewis
Morrison Foerster
Nader Hayaux Goebel
Napoli Shkolnik
Norton Rose Fulbright
Orrick
Paul Hastings
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pérez-Llorca México
Peter Law Group
Proskauer Rose
Reed Smith
Ropes & Gray
Seyfarth Shaw
Sidley Austin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Steptoe
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Sullivan & Cromwell
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister
Three Crowns
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Weinstein Senior
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
WilmerHale
Yorn Levine
In-house Legal Team shortlist
In-house legal teams shortlist will be announced on Friday 16th October.