{"id":870,"date":"2025-09-09T02:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/?p=870"},"modified":"2025-09-15T02:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:24:28","slug":"duane-morris-selvam-recognized-at-legal-era-global-achievers-awards-2025-for-excellence-in-cross-border-practice-and-sector-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/2025\/09\/09\/duane-morris-selvam-recognized-at-legal-era-global-achievers-awards-2025-for-excellence-in-cross-border-practice-and-sector-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Duane Morris &amp; Selvam Recognized at Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2025 for Excellence in Cross-Border Practice and Sector Expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/1.-linkedin-cover.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SINGAPORE, 9 September 2025<\/strong> \u2014 Duane Morris &amp; Selvam is proud to announce its recognition at the prestigious Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2025, held on 5th September 2025 at Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi, during the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legaleraconclave.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/legaleraconclave.com\/\">14th Annual Legal Era India Conclave &amp; Awards.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie Benson and Priyank Srivastava were honored with the <strong>Cross Border Lawyers Awards of the Year<\/strong> in their respective categories, <strong>Capital Markets<\/strong> for Jamie and <strong>Infrastructure and Energy<\/strong> for Priyank, in recognition of their exceptional expertise in handling complex cross-border transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to these individual accolades, Duane Morris &amp; Selvam was also recognized with the \u201c<strong>International Law Firm of the Year \u2013 India Desk<\/strong>\u201d award in the <strong>Oil &amp; Gas category<\/strong>, highlighting our firm\u2019s deep sectoral expertise and commitment to excellence across jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Legal Era India Conclave &amp; Awards 2025 brought together over 500 legal and business leaders from 30+ countries for two days of insightful sessions focused on the evolving relationship between business and law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairman of the Firm, Leon Yee, said, \u201c<em>Our ongoing expansion of the India practice reflects our strong commitment to India as a key part of our global strategy. Jamie and Priyank\u2019s recognition highlights the strong relationships we continue to build within India\u2019s vibrant legal sector and reinforces our focus on delivering effective cross-border legal solutions tailored to our clients\u2019 evolving needs.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie A. Benson is the head of firm\u2019s U.S. Capital Markets, U.S. Venture Capital and India Practices. He has more than 25 years&#8217; experience in advising on capital markets and M&amp;A transactions. Jamie has advised on more than 100 equity and debt offerings throughout the world with total proceeds of approximately US$25 billion. He is one of the leading international legal counsel advising on securities offerings by Indian issuers, having worked on more than 100 offerings by Indian issuers in the last 20 years, including Life Insurance Corporation of India\u2019s IPO, which is the largest ever Indian IPO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priyank Srivastava is a Director in the Corporate and Energy practices, with over 17 years\u2019 experience advising in the energy, Project Development\/Infrastructure\/P3 sector, and Disputes practice. Mr. Srivastava co-heads the India Practice Group focuses his practice on upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas\/LNG matters and the power sector. Having worked for over eight years at India\u2019s largest exploration and production company, he is familiar with all the transactional aspects of global energy projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>About Duane Morris &amp; Selvam LLP<\/em><\/strong><br><em>Duane Morris &amp; Selvam LLP is the joint law venture between Duane Morris LLP and Selvam LLC, with its headquarters in Singapore. By way of its global platform and extensive range of legal services, the firm helps companies conduct business in and out of Asia, the United States, Latin America, the United Kingdom and beyond. In addition to the excellent skills of its lawyers, clients benefit from the cultural fluency and key relationships that the firm has developed over many years of practising law throughout the region. The firm has a presence in the key markets of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Yangon, as well as an office in Shanghai. Supporting these regional offices, the firm operates a series of country desks for India, Indonesia, Korea and Japan. It is regularly ranked among the region\u2019s leading law firms by Chambers &amp; Partners, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, 9 September 2025 \u2014 Duane Morris &amp; Selvam is proud to announce its recognition at the prestigious Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2025, held on 5th September 2025 at Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi, during the 14th Annual Legal Era India Conclave &amp; Awards. Jamie Benson and Priyank Srivastava were honored with the Cross &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/2025\/09\/09\/duane-morris-selvam-recognized-at-legal-era-global-achievers-awards-2025-for-excellence-in-cross-border-practice-and-sector-expertise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Duane Morris &amp; Selvam Recognized at Legal Era Global Achievers Awards 2025 for Excellence in Cross-Border Practice and Sector Expertise&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,189,296,128],"tags":[215,480,143,481,50,479,141,482,43],"ppma_author":[79],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capital-markets","category-energy","category-india","category-press-releases","tag-awards","tag-capital-market","tag-india","tag-infrastructure-energy","tag-jamie-benson","tag-legal-era-india-conclave-awards","tag-oil-gas","tag-press-release","tag-priyank-srivastava"],"authors":[{"term_id":79,"user_id":435,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorrisselvam","display_name":"Duane Morris and Selvam","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2020\/10\/dmlogo.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/duanemorrisandselvam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}