Akin Gump and Palantir collaborate on legal digital service platform
Akin Gump’s RegSpot, powered by
@PalantirTech
’s Foundry software, will allow Akin Gump’s clients to access innovative solutions to meet their legal needs.
Akin Gump Lands Former Virginia Officials to Co-Lead State AG Practice
Welcome to former Va. AG Mark Herring and welcome back to former Va. deputy SG Martine Cicconi, who join our D.C. office to co-lead the firm's state attorneys general practice!
Being a part of this project has been one of the highlights of my legal career. Honored to work with such a dedicated group of people—within and outside of
@akin_gump
Akin Gump helps secure injunction against racially discriminatory dress and grooming policy in Texas school district
Akin Gump and co-counsel
@NAACP_LDF
made the request on behalf of K.B, a Black student at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas.
NEW ONAIR: HEALTH CARE EPISODE: "Health Equity – Two Perspectives"
In this episode, House Ways and Means Committee health counsel Orriel Richardson and National Minority Quality Forum CEO Dr. Gary Puckrein discuss health equity, CMS, and more.
Casey Higgins quoted in Law360 on prospects for
#immigrationreform
"I think there’s a realization among the left now as well, that wasn’t the case in ‘13 and ‘14, that rather than giving everyone a reason to vote yes, comprehensive [reform] gives..."
“These days we have to get past the chaos and get back to principles.” Starting the day with
#Advocacy
101, with our friend Denise Desiderio from
@akin_gump
.
#CNAYChamps
Kudos to partner Helen Marshall on her shortlisting for the IBA
#ProBono
Award!
The nomination recognizes her work leading an Akin Gump team working with
@Reprieve
and Malawian lawyers leading an effort to prepare appeals for death row prisoners in Malawi
Akin Gump is delighted to announce that we will be participating in the
@SocialMobilityF
Employer Index 2021. Accelerating social mobility is an important cause to our firm, and we urge fellow employers to take part.
#SMFIndex2021
New alert: Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Cannabis Banking Legislation
"The legislation would bar federal banking regulators from penalizing a depository institution for providing banking services to a legitimate
#cannabis
or hemp-related business."
Akin Gump announces Vernon E. Jordan Fellowship with Howard University School of Law, $1 million donation for Jordan Law Library
The Fellowship honors the late longtime Akin Gump partner, Howard University School of Law alumnus and civil rights icon.
“We cannot remain silent, and we cannot look away. And we cannot accept the sad reality that too little has changed for too long."
Akin Gump chair Kim Koopersmith on the firm's response to systemic racism and commitment to racial justice and diversity.
An Akin team led by D.C.-based partner Ryan Fayhee is working
#probono
with the family of Ryan Corbett, an American who ran a microfinance company in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, to secure his release from Taliban custody.
Click to learn the full story
Fund managers should be aware of the requirements imposed by the Corporate Transparency Act (
#CTA
) and the LLC Transparency Act (
#LLCTA
).
Explore our comprehensive guide and understand what private funds need to know:
#InvestmentManagement
#Regulatory
REMINDER: Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain, a documentary covering the career of our senior counsel Vernon Jordan Jr., whom PBS calls "one of the most influential African American thought leaders in America," will be aired nationally tonight on PBS.
NEW EPISODE: In our latest OnAir: Health Care podcast episode, "Rare Disease; Rarer Organization: How EB Research Partnership Drives
#RareDisease
Research," hosts Matthew Hittle and Mario Ramirez, MD welcome Michael Hund of
@EBResearch
Partnership
Congratulations to Whitney Braunstein, a
@nyulaw
alum, who will work with
@BronxDefenders
to represent
#LGBTQ
+
#immigrants
in NYC in immigration court & on affirmative immigration applications. Thank you to
@akin_gump
for sponsoring this important work!
Congratulations to Akin lobbying & public policy senior counsel Reggie Babin on being selected for National Bar Association's ’40 Under 40’
#lobbying
#policy
On March 18, Akin Gump senior advisor and former Rep. Ileana
@RosLehtinen
will participate in "Toward a More Perfect Union: Women in Republican Politics," a virtual event/discussion of Republican women and the growing leadership role for women in the GOP.
Senior advisor Ileana
@RosLehtinen
in a press release issued by Conservatives Against Discrimination:
"President Biden’s order allowing qualified
#transgender
Americans to serve openly makes the United States stronger and safer..."
Full release at link.
As we celebrate both our 25th anniversary and DC Pro Bono Week, we thank
@akin_gump
for being a partner in our work from the beginning. We are grateful for your longstanding support, substantial contributions and deep commitment to kids' health & well-being!
#HelpingChildrenSoar
Akin Gump DC partner in charge and chair of the
@GW_Partnership
Board's Inclusive Growth Committee Anthony Pierce: "I am proud of the Partnership’s Board and their collective commitment to inclusive growth which led to the creation of the Strategy Council..."
Akin is proud to share that its pro bono work with client
@CJDFoundation
resulted in the introduction of the inaugural CJD Awareness Day Congressional Resolution in the U.S. Congress to establish November 12, 2023 as “CJD Awareness Day.”
Akin Gump files
#amicus
brief in 11th Circuit in support of
#transgender
students
"[O]n behalf of a group of scholars...in support of Drew Adams, a transgender student at a Florida public high school that banned him from using the men’s bathroom..."
In
@DallasBarAssoc
’s Headnotes newsletter, Akin partners Michelle Reed and
@ProBonoDude
are quoted in “Akin Kicks Off 2024 EAJ Campaign,” which spotlights the firm’s donation to the Equal Access to Justice Campaign to support
@DVAPprobono
.
#ProBono
Akin Gump is proud to be among D.C. firms contributing to this great achievement. Of those 1M+ hours, nearly half went to serve D.C. residents of limited means. As a firm, our goal has always been to serve the communities in which we work.
#Probono
is a terrific way to do that.
For the first time ever, D.C. law firms logged more than one million hours of pro bono service in 2020. Read more in the 2020 Pro Bono Initiative Report:
Congratulations to partner Jaelyn Judelson, counsel Erica Holland, Kevin Tsai on being named to participate in Leadership Council on Legal Diversity programs!
Jaelyn joins the 2022 class of
#LCLDFellows
, Erica and Kevin the 2022 class of
#LCLDPathfinders
Akin Gump is pleased to welcome Ranesh Ramanathan as co-leader of the special situations and private credit group. Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith said: “Ranesh is an exceptional dealmaker and pace-setting leader in the alternative capital space.”
Proud that
@GeorgetownICAP
worked with wonderful colleagues at
@akin_gump
to support
@Mebudde
&
@GiniGerbasi
as they provided powerful testimony to Congress yesterday.
Details here, including links to their testimony:
Akin Gump defeats attempt to vacate $10 million judgment in Bolivia extrajudicial killings case
Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice partner James Tysse led the team in the briefing of the case.
#bolivia
#appellatetwitter
#humanrights
A statement from Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith on the passing of Vernon E. Jordan Jr.:
"We have lost a great man today. All members of the Akin Gump family are mourning the passing of Vernon Jordan Jr..."
Full statement at the link.
Akin Gump welcomes largest-ever classes of Strauss Diversity & Inclusion and Pro Bono Scholars
Akin Gump chair Kim Koopersmith stated, "These talented law students represent the future of our firm and the legal industry."
Welcome to all our Scholars!
New policy alert: House Votes to Establish Select Committee on China
"Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who is expected to lead the Committee, stated that its top priorities will be to expose and fight against the Chinese Communist Party’s cyber, trade and..."
Reuters profiles Jaelyn Judelson following her promotion to partner
"She said her path to partnership was paved by the perspectives she has gained from working in three different Akin Gump offices to now leading firmwide diversity and inclusion efforts."
Proposed regulations target a REIT a structure commonly used by non-U.S. investors in U.S. real estate asset platforms to obtain an exemption from U.S. tax upon an exit from
#REIT
shares. Learn more here.
#taxlaw
#treasury
#FIRPTA
#investmentmanagement
Akin Gump honored late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today with a program moderated by Supreme Court and appellate co-head
@Pratik_A_Shah
, featuring recollections from three of Justice Ginsburg's clerks at the firm:
@RachelBayefsky
and alumnae:
@RuthanneDeutsch
and Martine Cicconi.
Five Akin Gump policy practitioners named The Hill ‘Top Lobbyists’ for the sixth straight year!
Congratulations to practice co-heads Brian Pomper and Hunter Bates, partners Scott Parven and Arshi Siddiqui and senior advisor Geoff Verhoff!
Congratulations to Akin
#InvestmentManagement
practice attorney Nina Melanie Orendain on her selection for the inaugural Chris Reed-Brown Pro Bono Award as part of the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’s 2023 DVAP Pro Bono Awards.
@DVAPprobono
#ProBono
Congratulations to Akin Gump international trade partner Shiva Aminian for being profiled by
@LABJnews
as part of that periodical’s Leaders of Influence feature.
#internationaltrade
#leaders
Akin Gump is proud to reaffirm its commitment to organizations dedicated to fighting injustice, racism and inequality, and is pleased to announce a donation of $200,000, split between the
@NAACP_LDF
and the
@eji_org
.
Akin partner Brian Daly quoted in FT article "US regulators impose tougher disclosure rules on private funds."
On the
#SEC
's reform package: "This is industrial policy. The SEC wants to be much more involved in the oversight of these institutions."
Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed named to Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 40
The list represents the 40 best data breach response lawyers as identified by the publication.
#cybersecurity
#databreach
ANNOUNCING: Akin Gump launches podcast series--OnAir with Akin Gump--featuring discussions of current events, industry matters and legal trends. Listen to the first episode on the impact of U.S. sanctions on non-U.S. businesses via the link below:
Akin Gump among
@NLADA
2020 Beacon of Justice honorees
The awards honor law firms with
#probono
programs serving vulnerable people fleeing to the U.S. border.
Akin Gump is proud to have been multiply honored with the award since it was instituted.
Congratulations to Kristen Chin on being named to
@LGBTQBar
’s Best Lawyers Under 40!
The list honors
#LGBTQ
+ legal professionals under 40 “who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality.”
June 26: Akin Gump health care and life sciences partner Robert Salcido will speak on a panel titled “Efficiently and Effectively Managing Government Law Enforcement Investigations,” at the
@AmerHealthLaw
In-House Counsel Program.
#AHLA
#healthcare
Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith on today's events at the U.S. Capitol:
"It's a really sad day for our country. It has caused many of us to reflect on what our country is about..."
Congratulations to Akin lobbing & public policy partner Arshi Siddiqui and senior advisor Anna Abram on being honored with the
@LobbyInstitute
’s Top Lobbyist award!
#NILEtoplobbyist
Congratulations to Akin pro bono partner Steven Schulman and trade counsel Maka Hutson for being recognized as ‘Immigration Trailblazers’ by The National Law Journal!
#probono
#immigration
NEW EPISODE: OnCamera with Akin Gump: Senior policy advisor Denise Desiderio talks about the innovative work that Akin Gump did with the Gila River Indian Community to finance and build two new schools on the reservation.
Click through to watch.
Five for Five: Akin Gump Once Again Sees Five Advisors Named to The Hill “Top Lobbyists”
Congratulations to our public law and policy practice heads Hunter Bates and Brian Pomper, partners Scott Parven and Arshi Siddiqui and senior advisor Geoff Verhoff!
Akin Gump takes number one spot in The Washington Post’s Top Workplaces Survey
DC partner in charge Anthony Pierce: "Being ranked number one in this survey—particularly after the past 15 months of remote working—is an incredible honor..."
Akin Gump proud to be shortlisted for Best Law Firm at Hedgeweek’s Americas Awards 2021!
The awards recognize “excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers in the Americas across a wide range of categories.”
#hedgefunds
#investmentfunds
Congrats to Akin corporate & finance partner Ashton Barrineau Butcher on being named to the
@DallasBarAssoc
’s Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession (WE LEAD) 2024 class!
#DBAWeLead
#WomenInLaw
Akin's chief marketing & business development officer Shade Vaughn was featured on
@passle
's CMO Series podcast.
Listen to the full episode here:
#legalmarketing
#lawfirmmarketing
Akin Gump announces 2021 partnership
#promotions
: Steven Franklin (Hong Kong), Jaelyn Edwards Judelson (Los Angeles), Ryan Kim (New York), Yujin Kim McNamara (Washington, D.C.) and Thomas C. Moyer (Washington, D.C.).
Akin partner Matthew Durward-Thomas speaks with Tax Journal on a range of current tax issues, inclusive of the introduction of the U.K. qualifying asset holding company (QAHC) and the challenges clients face in navigating Pillar Two.
Read more here:
Akin Gump hosts its largest Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholar class
They'll attend a virtual summit with firm leaders and former Scholars for educational programs, networking and leadership advice and participate in seminars and firm D&I discussions.
Visit and bookmark Akin Gump's COVID-19 Resource Center for the latest thinking from our firmwide
#COVID
advisory group. Featuring regular updates, the newest alerts, and deep dives into topics of interest and concern for business readers.
Akin Gump advised an ad hoc group of senior unsecured noteholders through the successful restructuring of Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V.
The Akin Gump team was led by David Botter with fellow partners Jason Rubin, Alan J. Feld and Meng Ru.
#bankruptcy
*ANNOUNCING*: Akin Gump launches Accelerate ESG, our podcast series featuring in-depth conversations on global
#ESG
issues.
Our debut episode features a
#COP26
debrief with partners Stacey Mitchell, Kenneth Markowitz and Naboth van den Broek.
Akin’s award-winning OverRuled platform has been shortlisted for a Legalweek Tech Law Award in the “Regulatory, Governance and Compliance Technology” category.
Congratulations to our lawyers and business services staff on this great recognition!
Akin Gump D.C. is proud of our long-standing relationship with
@EverybodyWinsDC
. Our lawyers and staff are participating in Power Readers and StoryTime sessions and love sharing their love of reading with these great kids!
Excited to be back in-person at Tyler ES! Thanks to the volunteers & supporters who made this moment possible. It's going to be an amazing year of reading!
Special shout out to orgs with volunteers part of this first mentor cohort:
@PwCUS
@EAB
@akin_gump
@HoganLovells
@NCARB
Kudos to Akin Gump tax counsel David Holmberg on being named to
@VOLSProBono
2021
#ProBono
Dean's List for his volunteer work with the VOLS Microenterprise Project through the Small Business Legal Relief Alliance. David has devoted more than 100 hours to advising clients.
Akin Gump chief diversity & inclusion officer Michele Meyer-Shipp
@MMeyershipp
quoted in Diversity Woman on importance of diversity
"[W]ork environments that are diverse and inclusive foster feelings of belonging, engagement, and security..."
Akin Gump helps secure critical relief for independent venues, movie theaters via passage of Save Our Stages Act
A team led by Casey Higgins and Ed Pagano represented
@nivassoc
in helping secure passage of the bill.
#COVID19
Akin Gump is excited to welcome 10 London
#VacationScheme
participants to the firm, pictured here during today’s Firm Leadership Insights session with firm chair Kim Koopersmith, London managing partner Sebastian Rice and senior partner James Roome.
We are delighted that two of our brilliant former trainees, Abi Beardsworth and Kelly Joseph, have qualified into the financial restructuring team in London. Congratulations and welcome back, Abi and Kelly!
#restructuring
#london
#uk
#traineesolicitor
#lawcareers
Devin S. Sikes reappointed to US roster for
#USMCA
Chapter 10 disputes, resolving appeals challenging antidumping and countervailing duty determinations.
Taken at the firm's 50th-anniversary celebration, this photo features Akin Gump's legendary name partners: (l.-r.) Alan Feld, co-founders Robert Strauss and Richard Gump, John Hauer, Henry Akin
#akingump75
(l.-r.) Akin Gump associate Robin Raasch, partner Phyllis Young and associate Thomas Landers accepting the Harris County (Texas) Bench Bar Pro Bono Award in the mid-size firm category. Get the full story here:
#probono
On November 3, Akin Gump London corporate partner Weyinmi Popo will speak as a panelist at the
@BrightNetwork
Diverse Legal Leaders event on the topic of diversity and inclusion in law.
Click to learn more.
#bame
#diversity
#inclusion
#careersinlaw
In IFLR article, Akin Gump lawyers Daniel Cohen, Naomi Moore and Hannah Wright analyze "highly significant"
#Singapore
court ruling on interplay between
#arbitration
and
#insolvency
Summary and link to full article here:
We are proud to partner with
@CityYearUK
, one of 20 charities awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award!
Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement which recognizes the important work you do in tackling educational inequality in the UK.
Fantastic news today:
@CityYearUK
is proud to be one of 20 outstanding charities awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award, with a winners' list personally approved by His Majesty The King. We're very excited! 🏆
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
@DCMS
@QueensAwardVS
World Trademark Review quotes Akin IP partner David Vondle on AI art ruling
The article reports the U.S. District Court for D.C. declining to overturn a decision by the Copyright Officer rejecting an application for artwork generated exclusively by AI.
Congratulations to our 15 new partners, promoted as of January 1!
Firm chair Kim Koopersmith: "I am extremely pleased to welcome these 15 lawyers to the partnership as truly some of the best-of-the-best in their profession."
Akin Gump advises ad hoc group of creditors of Premier Oil re: merger with Chrysaor and $2.7 billion
#debt
#restructuring
The team advising the ad hoc group of creditors is led by London financial restructuring partners Barry Russell and Lois Deasey.
NEW: Akin Gump has just launched Accelerate ESG, our newsletter focusing on some of the emerging themes and considerations in the world of environmental, social and governance.
Click to learn more.
#esg
#environmental
#social
#governance
#corpgov
#sec
Kudos and congrats to Night Work for putting on a great show at
@LawRocksGlobal
's Battle of the Bands last night and for inspiring Akin Gump DC's fundraising success for
@LegalAidDC
!!
Huge thank you to our new favorite band Night Work! Our talented friends over at
@akin_gump
raised $25k for Legal Aid competing at this year's
@LawRocksGlobal
Battle of the Bands.