Recognition
LMG Life Sciences Honors Latham & Watkins With 14 Shortlist Recognitions for the 2026 Americas Awards
August 19, 2026
LMG Life Sciences
Shortlist for top firm and individual awards includes M&A Firm of the Year and Corporate Attorney of the Year.
LMG Life Sciences, the premier legal rankings directory for the life sciences industry, has released its shortlist for the 2026 Life Sciences Americas Awards. The awards recognize the region’s leading practitioners and firms for outstanding work in the life sciences sector over the past 12 months.
Latham & Watkins has been shortlisted across 14 firm and individual categories, highlighting some of the industry’s most significant cases, transactions, and legal achievements. The recognitions reflect the firm's continued leadership in the life sciences sector.
The awards ceremony will take place on October 10, 2026, in New York.
Firm Nominations:
- Life Cycle Firm of the Year
- Corporate Firm of the Year
- Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year
- M&A Firm of the Year
- Venture Capital Firm of the Year
- FDA Litigation & Enforcement Firm of the Year
- General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
- Government Investigations Firm of the Year
- Securities Litigation Firm of the Year
Individual Nominations:
- Corporate Attorney of the Year — Peter Handrinos
- Venture Capital Attorney of the Year — Cheston Larson
- Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical — John Manthei
- FDA Litigation & Enforcement Attorney of the Year — Jennifer Bragg
- General Patent Litigator of the Year: DC Metro — Michael Morin