Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin brings together commercial legal work and an extensive focus on public policy. Its international practice serves clients ranging from individuals and businesses to governments, with offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The firm describes its position in terms of the connections between business decisions, policy developments and legal obligations.

Financial restructuring is a particularly visible part of that practice. Akin represents debtors, institutional investors, and formal and informal creditor groups in reorganizations, liability-management matters and special situations. The work can involve negotiations outside court as well as formal insolvency proceedings, and connects with the firm's financing and investment practices.

Its London practice illustrates the international mix: restructuring, private credit, corporate transactions, investment management, energy, trade, disputes and tax appear alongside one another. The result is a firm profile shaped by financial markets and government decision-making. Individual offices and practices have different emphases, so those international capabilities should not be read as a promise of identical work in every location.