2026 Shortlists
Creditor-Side Law Firm of the Year
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- Mayer Brown international
- Milbank
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Paul Hastings
- Proskauer
Creditor-Side Non-Law Firm of the Year
- Ducera Partners
- Houlihan Lokey
- Lazard
- Perella Weinberg
- PJT Partners
Debtor-Side Law Firm of the Year
- DLA Piper
- Freshfields
- Jones Day
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Winston Taylor
Debtor-Side Non-Law Firm of the Year
- Alvarez & Marsal
- EY-Parthenon
- FTI Consulting
- Grant Thornton
- Moelis
- Rothschild & Co
- Teneo
LME Firm of the Year
- A&O Shearman
- Akin
- Gibson Dunn
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Chapter 11 Firm of the Year
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Morrison Foerster
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Weil
Offshore Firm of the Year
- Appleby
- Carey Olsen
- Harneys
- Maples
- Mourant
- Walkers
Latin American Practice of the Year
Local
- Bofill Mir Abogados
- E.Munhoz Advogados
- Machado Meyer
- MATTAR
- Sainz Abogados
- Tozzini Freire
International
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Davis Polk
- Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown
- White & Case
European Practice of the Year
Local
- Cuatrecasas
- De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
- Gleiss Lutz
- Houthoff
- Loyens & Loeff
International
- A&O Shearman
- Greenberg Traurig
- Linklaters
- Ropes & Gray
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Asia Practice of the Year
Local
- Allen & Gledhill
- Nishimura & Asahi
- Oon & Bazul
- Providence Law Asia
- Tanner De Witt
International
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Sidley
GRR Pioneering Spirit Award
- Greenberg Traurig
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Alvarez & Marsal
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Walkers and Grant Thornton
- Weil and Ropes & Gray
Contribution to Diversity in Restructuring
- DLA Piper
- INSOL International
- IWIRC Flagship International Program Committee
- Thornton Grout Finnegan
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Sovereign Debt Restructuring of the Year
- Cleary Gottlieb, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Lazard – (Ghana restructuring of Saderea bonds)
- Weil and Ankura, White & Case and Lazard – (Ethiopia)
Cross-Border Insolvency Academic of the Year
- Kenneth Ayotte, Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law, Berkley Law School, California
- Anthony J. Casey, Donald M. Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics at University of Chicago Law School
- Jared Ellias, Scott C. Collins Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Robert K. Rasmussen, J. Thomas McCarthy Trustee Chair in Law and Political Science, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Mark Roe, David Berg Professor of Law, Havard Law School
- Eugenio Vaccari, associate professor, Royal Holloway University of London
Insolvency Practitioner / Restructuring Officer of the year
- Angela Barkhouse, Kroll (Cayman Islands) Angela = 1MDB + Atom Holdings
- David Kelly, Ed Macnamara & Gillian Bruce (London) and Alison Grant (Leeds), PwC
- James Pirie & Alan Roberts, Grant Thornton (Channel Islands)
- Jasper Berkenbosch, Jones Day (Amsterdam)
- Paul Pretlove, David Standish (London) & James Drury (BVI), Interpath
- Pulkit Gupta, EY India (New Delhi)
- Richard Fleming, Mark Firmin (London) & Ben Cairns (Glasgow), Alvarez & Marsal
- Robert Wagstaff, Riveron (Miami)
- Simon Edel, Alan Hudson & Stephen Harris, EY-Parthenon (London)
- Tiffany Wong and Edward Middleton, Alvarez & Marsal (Hong Kong)
Advocate of the Year
- Matthew Abraham, South Square (London)
- Adam Al-Attar KC, South Square (London)
- Daniel Bayfield KC, South Square (London)
- Jasmine Cheung, Des Voeux Chambers (Hong Kong)
- Marshall S Heubner, Davis Polk (New York)
- Duane L Loft, Pallas Partners (New York)
- Liv Machado, partner, Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown (São Paulo)
- Ben Shaw KC, Erskine Chambers (London)
- Tom Smith KC, South Square (London)
Future Leader Award
- Benjamin Butterfield, partner, Morrison Foerster, New York
- Adam Crane, partner, Broadhurst, Cayman Islands
- Emmanuel D Chua, principal, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, Singapore
- Kim de Bruijn, senior associate, Loyens & Loeff, Amsterdam
- Victor Dias Vieira Clementino, partner, MATTAR, São Paulo
- Andre Ericsson de Carvalho, lawyer, Machado Meyer, São Paulo
- Christian P Jensen, partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York
- Jamie Murray-Jones, senior associate, Freshfields, London
- Kelly Rothwell, partner, CMS, London
- Dr Lydia Tsioli, associate, Weil, London
Outstanding Contribution Award
- To be announced








