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Chambers USA 2026 has recognized Jenner & Block’s Chicago office as a hub of legal excellence, with 35 individual lawyers ranked across 24 practice areas.

Lawdragon has recognized eight Jenner & Block partners on their 2026 list of the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. The list includes advisors who meet the needs and expectations of their clients across the full spectrum of financial complexity, from intricate restructurings and special situation transactions to fraud recovery and mass tort defense.

Chambers USA 2025 affirms Jenner & Block’s preeminence in Illinois, awarding nine practice area rankings, with Band 1 recognition in General Commercial Litigation, White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Litigation, and Insurance: Policyholder Disputes.

On October 30, Partner Angela Allen will be honored at the 2024 Night of Shining Stars event hosted by Hilco Global and the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).

Jenner & Block held its 2024 Battle of the Economic Experts, a marquee event co-hosted by the firm’s Transactional Department in partnership with middle market investment bank Ravinia Capital LLC.

A Jenner & Block trial team was named Litigator of the Week Runners-Up by The American Lawyer for their work representing Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc., and Nestle USA Inc. in antitrust litigation against the nation’s largest egg producers and two industry groups. The team secured $17.7 million in damages and the plaintiffs are entitled to have that amount trebled.

An Illinois federal jury awarded clients Kraft Heinz Co., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc., and Nestle USA Inc. $17.7 million for the damages they suffered from the overcharges they paid due to a conspiracy to inflate the prices of eggs by the nation’s largest egg producers and two industry groups. The plaintiffs are entitled to have the $17.7 million trebled. 

After a five-week trial, a federal jury in Illinois found that two of the largest egg producers in the nation, Cal-Maine Food and Rose Acre Farms, and two egg trade groups, United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers, are liable for conspiring to inflate the prices of eggs from the late 1990s through at least 2008.

Partner Angela Allen is featured in Business Today’s list of the top bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in Illinois. In its profile of Angela, Business Today writes that she serves a diverse range of clients and handles a variety of matters including restructurings and related litigation. “Her quick-witted approach has been acknowledged by her peers, with one noting ‘She is really sharp, quick, thorough and a formidable opponent,’” the profile notes.

Partner Angela Allen moderated a panel at the TMA NOW Luncheon at their Distressed Investing Conference, a key event for the turnaround, restructuring, and distressed investing world. The panel comprised women from the Wynn’s leadership team -- Chris Flatt, Glenda Swain, and Lee Long -- and focused on their perspectives as leaders in the hospitality and gaming industry and the importance of diversity and inclusion. Angela’s session was held on February 1, the second day of the three-day conferen

The Turnaround Management Association (TMA) honored Partner Angela M. Allen with the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion of the Year Award. The award recognizes an individual who “demonstrated exceptional commitment and leadership to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the turnaround and restructuring industry.”

As crypto markets decline, businesses in the crypto industry face real risks of failure. Everyone in the industry is, or should be, thinking about counterparty risk. There has been a lot of focus on how crypto users can protect themselves (i.e., “not your keys, not your crypto”), but less guidance to help crypto businesses protect themselves. If you work with any businesses in the crypto space, here’s some practical advice:

Chambers and Partners published the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, recognizing 59 Jenner & Block lawyers in 39 categories.

In a trailblazing partnership, the firm collaborated with client BMO Harris, United Way of Metro Chicago, and the NIJC to offer first-time DACA application assistance through the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago. Partner Andrew W. Vail, who serves as general counsel of the UWMC, organized the clinic. In addition to Mr. Vail, the firm team included Partners Angela M. Allen, Nicole A. Allen, Benjamin J. Bradford, Shoba Pillay, Megan B. Poetzel, Michael W. Ross, Erin R. Schrantz and Associa

Jenner & Block and its lawyers are ranked by Chambers and Partners as among the most outstanding law firms and lawyers in jurisdictions throughout the world. The 56 firm lawyers named across 34 categories are recognized in Chambers USA.

COVID-19 presents an unprecedented global public health challenge that is placing significant stress on economic activity and financial markets.  Widespread mitigation efforts including social distancing and travel restrictions are most directly affecting businesses such as airlines and manufacturers reliant on an international supply chain.  However, at this point it is not possible to accurately predict COVID-19’s second and third order effects. 

In this article, Jenner & Block Partners Angela M. Allen and Rich Levin discuss the potential for conflicts in representing a sponsor and its distressed portfolio company and analyze the applicability of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the requirements for disinterestedness and disclosures under the Bankruptcy Code to such representations. “A law firm that wishes to represent the portfolio company in its restructuring ... but also continue to represent the sponsor on ‘unrelated matters,’ m

In this article, Jenner & Block Partners Angela M. Allen and Vincent E. Lazar examine the growing number of retailers that are liquidating or reducing their brick-and-mortar footprints to avoid bankruptcy.  The authors explain that lessors negotiating lease terminations with tenants in financial distress should be aware of recent decisions from two different circuit courts – Prime Income and Great Lakes Quick Lube -- and offer key takeaways for lessors.  These decisions, the authors caution, “hi

On March 11, 2016, the Seventh Circuit ruled that a distressed company’s termination of a lease pursuant to an agreement with its landlord and the relinquishment of its leasehold interest to its landlord constituted “transfers” that may be avoidable as fraudulent transfers and preferences under the Bankruptcy Code.  The decision, Official Comm. Of Unsecured Creditors v. T.D. Invs. I, LLP (In re Great Lakes Quick Lube LP, 816 F.3d 482 (7th Cir. 2016)), serves as a cautionary tale for landlords de

In this article, Jenner & Block Partners Vincent E. Lazar and Angela M. Allen examine Grede v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp., a case in which they represent Frederick Grede, the bankruptcy trustee of Sentinel Management Group.   In January 2016, the Seventh Circuit held that Mr. Grede established at trial that BNY Mellon should have known that the collateral that Sentinel had been pledging to secure its loan actually belonged to Sentinel’s customers.  “As a result,” the authors write, “the bank’