Hughes Hubbard Named Finalist for The American Lawyer’s Best Corporate Practice Award

Hughes Hubbard has been named a finalist for Best Corporate Practice: Small/Midcap Deals in The American Lawyer’s 2026 Industry Awards.

The recognition reflects the firm’s ability to help clients navigate complex, often cross-border transactions and pursue strategic growth opportunities. Hughes Hubbard’s Corporate and M&A lawyers advise public and private companies, investors and entrepreneurs on sophisticated transactions across a range of regulated and innovation-driven industries, including financial services, technology, defense and life sciences.

Over the past year, Hughes Hubbard advised on a number of notable transactions, including Grab Holdings’ acquisition of Stash Financial, Allianz X’s investment in Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Flushing Financial Corp.’s merger with OceanFirst Financial Corp., and Cantor Equity Partners II's business combination with Securitize, a leading tokenization platform with more than $4 billion in onchain assets.

The firm also represented Diversified Aero Services in the sale of its remaining stake in DASI to Marubeni Corporation and advised Latin American neobank Ualá on its equity financing led by Allianz X, which valued the company at $3.2 billion.

The American Lawyer’s Industry Awards honor law firms, lawyers and legal professionals whose work demonstrates exceptional achievement, innovation and impact across the legal industry.