The Lawdragon selection process has been created over 50 years of researching and reporting on the legal profession and creating guides to the most effective legal professionals. Our team brings more than 100 years in the lawyer reporting and information business.
The foundation of our selection is in journalism. We research each guide extensively, studying which lawyers and law practices have had significant impact, including an emphasis on recent matters handled. We accept submissions and review them alongside thousands of candidates we identify and consider for each guide. We also work with editorial advisors in each substantive area to develop the focus of the guide and identify qualified talent.
To make a Lawdragon guide, a lawyer will have been in practice 15 years, with extremely rare exceptions. Similarly, virtually all will be partners in their law practice or hold a designation that indicates the regard of those with whom they practice. Leadership within their practice in a firm and or in relevant bar organizations is considered.
For the Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy we are looking for the world’s most knowledgeable resources on conventional and clean energy assets – oil and gas; LNG; electricity; mining; nuclear power; as well as water, wind, solar and other renewable and sustainable sources.
The substance of these lawyers’ practices involves oil & gas disputes, infrastructure, energy regulation, corporate transactions, including M&A, finance and work with sovereign wealth funds; from litigation dockets predominantly focused on oil and gas or other energy matters, to infrastructure development supporting the global power grid. The common denominator is these lawyers and their firms are the go-to for energy companies and financiers in a range of critical matters throughout the world. That currently involves global disputes related to the war in the Middle East.
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