Awards & Rankings
Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report named Nixon Peabody as the 2011-2012 “Law Firm of the Year” for Franchise Law. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst ranked the firm 3rd nationally for the number of private equity and venture capital funds that had a final close in 2011 (387) and 17th for the number of private equity and venture capital deals negotiated and closed that year (205). In 2011, The Bond Buyer recognized the Commonwealth of Massachusetts billion-dollar accelerated bridge program as both Northeast Regional Deal of the Year and the 2011 Deal of the Year. There are 47 Nixon Peabody attorneys included in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA.
In 2012 Nixon Peabody received the highest rating (100%) by the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality in corporate America for the sixth consecutive year. Nixon Peabody was named to the HRC’s 2012 “Best Places to Work for (LGBT) Equality” list. The Vault included Nixon Peabody in its 2012 rankings of the “Top 100 Firms for Diversity.” The firm was ranked in three categories, earning #17 for overall diversity, #17 for diversity with respect to minorities, and #13 for diversity with respect to LGBT. In 2009, Nixon Peabody was ranked #67 in the Vault Top 100 Law Firms Rankings.
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