Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has been recognized by general counsel and other leading legal decision makers of the world’s largest organizations for providing superior client service and developing exceptional client relationships. BTI Consulting Group’s “2017 Industry Power Rankings: The Law Firms with the Best Client Relationships in 18 Industries” named Akerman among the top 15 law firms with the largest number of superior client relationships in the healthcare sector.
Ranked tier one nationally by U.S. News-Best Lawyers in Healthcare Law, Akerman boasts a multidisciplinary team of lawyers and business professionals knowledgeable in all aspects of the health and life sciences continuum. The group represents some of the nation’s leading health insurance providers, medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and hospitals and health systems across the United States. The lawyers have vast experience in complex corporate, M&A, and real estate transactions and disputes, as well as in regulatory compliance, risk management, fraud investigations and recovery, intellectual property protection, data privacy and security, and employment litigation.
BTI’s Power Ranking is based on its client relationship metric Clientopia®, the gold standard in client relationships. Akerman earned high marks as clients’ go-to outside counsel and the law firm they would recommend most to their peers. The 2017 rankings involved more than 960 in-depth interviews with top legal decision makers at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue and spanning 18 sectors, including financial services, energy, real estate, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.