The Life Sciences Awards has released the full list of finalists for the 2026 Americas Awards. These awards bring together the region’s legal community to recognize the leading law firms and attorneys to celebrate the successes in the life sciences industry.
The winners will be announced at a gala celebration on September 10, 2026, at Guastavino's, in New York City.
The Life Sciences Awards research team carefully selected each finalist after a thorough research period, which included an analysis of direct submissions, client feedback, and heavy deliberation. Individual practitioners and Rising Stars are judged not only on the complexity of their work but also on their thought leadership.
If you have any questions regarding our research process, please contact our Global Head of Research, Shailyn Tirado.
The Life Sciences Awards will be announcing winners on September 10, 2026, at Guastavino's, New York City, at the live awards gala. To find out more about the gala and how you can promote your success, please contact George Reeves.
Now without further ado…
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Brazil Awards
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Lefosse Advogados
Licks Attorneys
Mattos Filho
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Souto Correa Advogados -
Gustavo Swenson Caetano - Mattos Filho
Rubens Granja - Lefosse Advogados
Eduardo Hallak - Licks Attorneys
Nelson Albino Neto - EFCAN Advogados
Camila Martino Parise - Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Luiz Augusto Lopes Paulino - Dannemann Siemsen
Anderson Ribeiro - Souto Correa Advogados
Benny Spiewak - SPLaw Advogados -
BRZ Advogados
Lefosse Advogados
Licks Attorneys
Mattos Filho
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
SPLaw Advogados
Souto Correa Advogados -
Bianca Maria de Souza Pires Andreassa - Villemor Amaral Advogados
Aline Coelho - BRZ Advogados
Priscila Kashiwabara - Kasznar Leonardos
Beatriz Kestener - Kestener Vieira Torronteguy Spegiorin Advogados
Angela Fan Chi Kung - Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Camila Martino Parise - Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Ana Cândida Sammarco - Mattos Filho
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AstraZeneca AB
Gilead Sciences
Novo Nordisk -
Hannah Fernandes - Di Blasi Parente & Associados
Matheus Montecasciano - Souto Correa Advogados
Andressa Deis Rodrigues - Mattos Filho
Liliana Tavares - EFCAN Advogados -
BRZ Advogados
Di Blasi Parente & Associados
EFCAN Advogados
Canada Awards
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Nancy Hamzo - Baker McKenzie
Cheryl Reicin - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Jeremy Sculnick - Stikeman Elliott
Aaron Sonshine - Bennett Jones
Charles-Antoine Soulière - McCarthy Tétrault -
Alexion
Amgen
Eli Lilly
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Sanofi -
Marian Wolanski - Belmore Neidrauer
Andrew Brodkin - Goodmans
Marc Richard - Gowling WLG
Melanie Baird - Tyr
David Tait - McCarthy Tétrault
Emily Kettel - Bennett Jones -
James Baker - Marks & Clerk
Lee Johnson - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Daphne Lainson - Smart & Biggar
Teresa Reguly - Torys -
Blake Cassels & Graydon
DLA Piper
Fasken
McCarthy Tétrault
Torys -
Fasken
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar
Stikeman Elliott
Torys -
Emily Kettel - Bennett Jones
Daphne Lainson - Smart & Biggar
Eileen McMahon - Torys
Lisa Melanson - McCarthy Tétrault
Cheryl Reicin - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Sylvie Rodrigue - Torys
Marian Wolanski - Belmore Neidrauer
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Bennett Jones
Fasken
McCarthy Tétrault
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Stikeman Elliott -
Bennett Jones
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
Lenczner Slaght
McCarthy Tétrault
Torys
Tyr -
Gowling WLG
Marks & Clerk
McCarthy Tétrault
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Smart & Biggar
Torys -
Michel Gagné - McCarthy Tétrault
Peter Pliszka - Fasken
Sylvie Rodrigue - Torys
Rebecca von Rüti - DLA Piper -
Mathieu Gagné - Fasken
Eileen McMahon - Torys
Lisa Melanson - McCarthy Tétrault
Alice Tseng - Smart & Biggar
Sara Zborovski - Stikeman Elliott -
Corey McClary - Lenczner Slaght
Shelby Morrison - Bennett Jones
Michael Sgro - Smart & Biggar -
Fineberg Ramamoorthy
Smart & Biggar
Tyr
Financial & Corporate Awards
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Stuart Cable - Goodwin Proctor
Peter Handrinos - Latham & Watkins
Cynthia Mazareas - WilmerHale
Christian Plaza - Cooley
Seo Salimi - Paul Hastings -
Eli Lilly
Gilead
GlaxoSmithKline
Merck
Novartis
Novo Nordisk
Pfizer
Takeda -
Arnold & Porter
Baker McKenzie
Cooley
Freshfields
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati -
Cooley
Freshfields
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
WilmerHale -
Stuart Falber - WilmerHale
Cheston Larson - Latham & Watkins
Ryan Sansom - Cooley
Stephen Thau - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Effie Toshav - Fenwick & West -
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Davis Polk
Freshfields
Ropes & Gray
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Cooley
Fenwick & West
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray -
David Bauer - Davis Polk & Wardwell
John Cheney - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Alan Leeds - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
David McIntosh - Ropes & Gray
Kristen Riemenschneider - Freshfields
Randall Sunberg - Baker McKenzie
Alan Tamarelli - Paul Hastings -
Sharon Flanagan - Sidley Austin
Hal Leibowitz - WilmerHale
Jamie Leigh - Cooley
Saee Muzumdar - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Clare O'Brien - A&O Shearman
Emily Oldshue - Ropes & Gray
Krishna Veeraraghavan - Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Richard C. Witzel Jr - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom -
Sarah Kelley - Foley Hoag
Rob O’Connor - Fenwick & West
Jake Shaughnessy - A&O Shearman
Evan Tallmadge - Ropes & Gray
Madeleine Tavcar - Freshfields -
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Latham & Watkins
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati -
DLA Piper
Duane Morris
Greenberg Traurig
McDermott Will & Schulte
Sheppard
Smith Anderson
Troutman Pepper Locke
Intellectual Property Awards
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Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly -
David Berl - Williams & Connolly
Jeffrey P. Kushan - Sidley Austin
Michael Morin - Latham & Watkins
William Raich - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
J.C. Rozendaal - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Rob Shaffer - O'Melveny & Myers
Justin PD Wilcox - Desmarais -
Elaine Herrmann Blais - Goodwin Procter
Sarah Chapin Columbia - McDermott Will & Schulte
Barbara Fiacco - Foley Hoag
Emily Whelan - WilmerHale -
Corrin Drakulich - Fish & Richardson
John Livingstone - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Suni Sukduang - Polsinelli -
ArentFox Schiff
Goodwin Procter
Greenberg Traurig
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati -
Richard Berman - ArentFox Schiff
Scott Bornstein - Greenberg Traurig
Wendy Devine - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Daryl Wiesen - Goodwin Procter
William Zimmerman - Knobbe Martens -
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Desmarais
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Knobbe Martens
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox -
Christopher Bolten - Greenberg Traurig
Lisa Haile - DLA Piper
Jing Liu - Dickinson Wright
Vicki Norton - Duane Morris
Karen Potter - Morrison & Foerster
Lorna Tanner - Sheppard -
Heidi Erlacher - Fenwick & West
Christine Goddard - Fish & Richardson
Jeffrey Jacobstein - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Kevin MacDonald - Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Dan Shores - Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
James Velema - Lathrop GPM -
David Kappos - Cravath Swaine & Moore
Z. Ying Li - Steptoe
Carl Morales - Goodwin Procter
Alicia Russo - Venable
Margaret Sonnenfeld - Ballard Spahr -
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Greenberg Traurig
Hogniman
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox -
Brian Barnes - Knobbe Martens
Gabirel Ferrante - Goodwin Procter
Ryan McDonnell - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner -
Elaine Herrmann Blais - Goodwin Procter
Wendy Devine - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Eldora Ellison - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Heidi Erlacher - Fenwick & West
Christy Lea - Knobbe Martens
Z. Ying Li - Steptoe
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Goodwin Procter
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Williams & Connolly -
Daralyn Durie - Morrison & Foerster
Siegmund Gutman - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Christy Lea - Knobbe Martens
W Chad Shear - Cooley
Danielle Tully - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe -
Michael Abernathy - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Imron Aly - ArentFox Schiff
Betsy Flanagan - Cooley
Louis Fogel - Fish & Richardson
Steven Horowitz - Sidley Austin -
Robert Counihan - Fenwick & West
John Desmarais - Desmarais
Eric Dittmann - Paul Hastings
Nicholas Groombridge - Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Keith Hummel - Cravath Swaine & Moore -
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul hasting
Venable
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale -
James Baker - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Dominick Conde - Venable
Bryan Diner - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Charlotte Jacobsen - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Ryan Johnson - Fenwick & West
Lisa Pensabene - O'Melveny & Myers
Michael Sitzman - McDermott Will & Schulte -
Regeneron
Amgen
Pfizer
AbbVie
Teva -
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox -
Harold Fox - Honigman
Jeremiah Frueauf - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Aydin Harston - Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Dinesh Melwani - Bookoff McAndrews
Daniel Young - Wolf Greenfield & Sacks -
Christopher Betti - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
William R. Boudreaux - Barnes & Thornburg
David Fournier - Sheppard
Jonathan P O’Brien - Honigman
Pat Woolley - Polsinelli -
Kirsten Grüneberg - Grüneberg Global IP
Aisha Hasan - Barnes & Thornburg
Mary Henninger - McNeill
Scott Marty - Ballard Spahr
M. David Weingarten - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner -
David Cavanaugh - WilmerHale
Eldora Ellison - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Mark Feldstein - Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Ching-Lee Fukuda - Morrison & Foerster
Anita Meiklejohn - Fish & Richardson
Jad Mills - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Naveen Modi - Paul Hastings -
Julie Goldemberg - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Raymond Miller - DLA Piper
Jonathan Wise - Greenberg Traurig
Litigation & Enforcement Awards
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Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ropes & Gray
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Williams & Connolly -
Gary Giampetruzzi - Paul Hastings
Laura Hoey - Ropes & Gray
Jaime L.M. Jones - Sidley Austin
John Partridge - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Michael Rogoff - Arnold & Porter
John Wolfe - Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe -
Loren Brown - DLA Piper
Randall Christian - Bowman and Brooke
Lori Cohen - Greenberg Traurig
Shayna Cook - Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Dino Sangiamo - Venable -
Matt Bergs - Sidley Austin
Jonathan Elsasser - Clifford Chance
Deanna Foster - Ropes & Gray
Jennifer Oh - Arnold & Porter
Rachele Sokolis - Venable
Jason Zarrow - O’Melveny Myers
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Christopher Holding - Goodwin Procter
Michael McFalls - Ropes & Gray
Michael Moiseyev - Weil Gotshal & Manges
Leigh Oliver - Clifford Chance
Jonathan Polkes - White & Case -
Arnold & Porter
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin -
Arnold & Porter
DLA Piper
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Greenberg Traurig
King & Spalding
Venable
Williams & Connolly -
Latham & Watkins
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
WilmerHale
Regulatory Awards
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Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
King and Spalding
Latham & Watkins
McDermott Will & Schulte
Morgan Lewis & Bockius -
John Manthei - Latham & Watkins
Lynn Mehler - Paul Hastings
Sonia Nath - Cooley
George O'Brien - WilmerHale
Julie Tibbets - Goodwin Procter -
Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
King & Spalding
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin -
Mahnu Davar - Arnold & Porter
James Johnson - Sidley Austin
Nikki Reeves - King & Spalding -
Arnold & Porter
King & Spalding
Reed Smith
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
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Michael Gaba - Polsinelli
Dennis Gucciardo - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Rebecca Jones McKnight - Reed Smith
Vernessa Pollard - DLA Piper
Paul Rubin - Debevoise & Plimpton -
Eve Brunts - Ropes & Gray
Meenakshi Datta - Sidley Austin
Eric Greig - Cooley
Jeffrey Handwerker - Arnold porter
Steve Stranne - Polsinelli
Stephanie Trunk - ArentFox Schiff -
Suzanne Bassett - Polsinelli
Heath Ingram - Goodwin Procter
Cortney Inman - Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough -
Jennifer Bragg - Latham & Watkins
Brian Burgess - Goodwin Procter
Paul Hughes - McDermott Will & Schulte
Maarika Kimbrell - Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Eva Temkin - Arnold & Porter
Special Awards: Canada
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DLA Piper
Fasken
McCarthy Tétrault
Stikeman Elliott
Torys
Special Awards: United States
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Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
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Elaine Herrmann Blais - Goodwin Procter
Eldora Ellison - Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Jaime L.M. Jones - Sidley Austin
Christy Lea - Knobbe Martens
Emily Oldshue - Ropes & Gray
Kristen Riemenschneider - Freshfields
Eva Temkin - Arnold & Porter
Julie Tibbets - Goodwin Procter
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