MIAMI (February 12, 2026) – Holland & Knight has been named as one of the world's leading law firms by Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. The Chambers Global guide is designed to reflect market opinion through a year's worth of surveys from clients and lawyers worldwide. It is one of a series of Chambers and Partners' independent, objective and research-based guides to the legal profession.
The firm earned several notable rankings in the 2026 edition of the annual guide, including in the following practice areas:
Global Market Leaders
Asset Finance
Shipping: Finance
Shipping: Litigation
USA
Banking & Finance
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
Venture Capital: Fund Formation
Latin America – International Counsel
Banking & Finance
Cuba
General Business Law: International Firms
Colombia
Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A
Dispute Resolution
Energy & Natural Resources: Mining
International & Cross-Border Capabilities
Tax
Mexico
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Energy & Natural Resources
Projects
Tax: Non-Contentious
In addition, 44 individual lawyers are ranked in the guide's Global, Latin America-Wide and Countries sections:
Global Market Leaders
Phillip Durham – Asset Finance
Debra Erni – Asset Finance
Nathan Leavitt – Asset Finance
Christopher Nolan – Shipping: Litigation
John Pritchard – Asset Finance (Senior Statespeople)
Jovi Tenev – Shipping: Finance
Mike Timpone – Shipping: Finance
Latin America – International Counsel
Stephen Double – Banking & Finance
Norberto Quintana – Banking & Finance, Project Finance
Colombia
Camilo Gantiva Hidalgo – Banking & Finance, Capital Markets
José Gutiérrez Mestre – Dispute Resolution
Estefanny Pardo – Energy & Natural Resources: Mining (Up & Coming)
Gustavo Pardo Ardila – Tax
Danilo Romero Raad – Intellectual Property
Julia Velásquez – Corporate/M&A
José Vicente Zapata – Energy & Natural Resources
Cuba
Aymee Valdivia – General Business Law: International Firms
Liberia
Sophia Agathis – Shipping
Jovi Tenev – Shipping
Mike Timpone – Shipping
Marshall Islands
James Power – General Business Law
Mike Timpone – General Business Law
Mexico
Selene Espinosa – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Julio Freyssinier Isoard – Tax: Controversy
Adrián Gay Lasa – Capital Markets (Up & Coming)
Eugenio Grageda – Tax: Non-Contentious
Alejandro Landa Thierry – Banking & Finance, Projects
Humberto Morales – Compliance
Turenna Ramírez Ortiz – International Trade/WTO
Luis Rubio Barnetche – Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded
Rodolfo Rueda – Energy & Natural Resources: Power
Gabriel Ruiz – Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Guillermo Uribe Lara – Capital Markets
Jose Vázquez Cobo – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
José Luis Villareal – Intellectual Property (Up & Coming)
Erika Wu Estrada – Tax: Controversy (Star Associate)
USA
Olesya Bakar – Private Equity: Fund Formation
Andrew Derman – Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Stephen Double – Banking & Finance
Paul Forshay – Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Robert A. Friedman – International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Shannon Hartsfield – Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare
Alexander Holtan – Derivatives
Mark Melodia – Privacy & Data Security: Litigation
James Paine – Outsourcing
Norberto Quintana – Banking & Finance
Ram Sunkara – Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Jovi Tenev – Shipping
Mike Timpone – Shipping
Tahlia Townsend – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Bradley Van Buren – Venture Capital: Fund Formation