Awards and Ranking Submissions

While securing top awards and rankings may seem a secondary - and at times tedious – exercise, establishing a firm’s expertise in the company of its key competitors has become a fundamental part of doing business in today’s legal marketplace.  Importantly, awards and rankings not only underscore the firm’s excellence to the client marketplace, they also favorably position the firm to attract and maintain talent.   Lateral partners need to know they are joining the right firm and external accolades are an important part of the firm’s efforts to underscore its prestige and value.

HBC has established an unparalleled team to create award and directory submissions for individuals, key practices and firms as a whole. We don't just re-hash press releases and submit voluminous amounts of supporting materials. We draft compelling narratives that grab judges' attention.  Equally important, when we collaborate with firms on directory submissions, we often identify other ways to leverage the same success through other channels such as news alerts, feature articles, speaking engagements or as a basis for a substantive roundtable/CLE program for clients.

In addition to managing submissions to the go-to directories such as Chambers and Legal 500, we regularly secure market-leading placements in high-profile business and legal publications.

Representative examples of our recent work can be found here.