(Reuters) - As he prepares to assume office in January, president-elect Joe Biden's transition team is drawing from the country's largest law firms for guidance on taking over the country's vast federal agencies.

The Biden camp on Tuesday announced the members of its agency review teams, which will coordinate the transition of power. Their ranks include lawyers from Latham & Watkins, Clifford Chance and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, among several other firms.

Biden said earlier on Tuesday that nothing would stop the transfer of power in the federal government, even as President Donald Trump claims, without evidence, that the election was undermined by fraud and has refused to concede. A Trump appointee who heads the federal office charged with recognizing election results, the General Services Administration, has yet to do so, hindering the Biden team from moving into government office space or accessing funds to hire staff.

But as Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and their staffs press forward ahead of the inauguration, it's no surprise that the team turned to law firms - in addition to policy think tanks, state government agencies, companies, consulting firms, colleges and universities and other organizations - to chart the transition.

The Department of Justice team includes the most law firm lawyers, including from Latham & Watkins, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Mayer Brown, among others. The roster includes former government officials such as Neil MacBride of Davis Polk, Paul Tiao of Hunton Andrews Kurth, Kathleen Hartnett of Cooley and Michael Bosworth of Latham & Watkins.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health within Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, has been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) team, according to the Biden team's announcement. Brooks-LaSure is a health policy veteran, having served as deputy director for policy at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and as director of coverage policy at HHS, according to Manatt.

The Department of Commerce team includes Joshua Berman, a partner at Clifford Chance, and Anna Gomez, a partner at Wiley Rein. Berman previously served as deputy general counsel for the department and held other government roles. Gomez has a long history working in government positions, including as the deputy assistant secretary for communications and information and also acting administrator for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and roles within the Federal Communications Commission. She also worked at Sprint Nextel as a vice president of regulatory and government affairs.

Patrice Simms, vice president for healthy communities at Earthjustice, was picked to lead the Environmental Protection Agency team. Latham and Watkins' Matt Fritz, a former EPA chief of staff, is also a member of that team. Fritz is director of administration for the firm's D.C. office, according to his LinkedIn page.

Here are some of the other lawyers chosen to take up the task:

Council on Environmental Quality: Nikki Buffa of Latham & Watkins

Department of Commerce: Joshua Berman of Clifford Chance and Anna Gomez of Wiley Rein

Department of Health and Human Services: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (team lead) and Ken Choe of Hogan Lovells

Department of Homeland Security: Jonathan Meyer of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Paul Rosen of Crowell & Moring and Robert Silvers of Paul Hastings

Department of Justice: Roy Austin of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, Matt Axelrod of Linklaters, Michael Bosworth of Latham & Watkins, Danielle Conley of WilmerHale, Raj De of Mayer Brown, Chai Feldblum of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Shirlethia Franklin of Jones Day, Larry Gold of Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold, Kathleen Hartnett of Cooley, Neil MacBride of Davis Polk & Wardwell and Paul Tiao of Hunton Andrews Kurth

Department of Treasury: John Bentivoglio of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Charles Yi of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Environmental Protection Agency: Patrice Simms of Earthjustice (team lead) and Matt Fritz of Latham & Watkins

Federal Reserve, Banking and Securities Regulators: Victoria Suarez-Palomo of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Intelligence Community: Bob Litt of Morrison & Foerster

International Development: Gaby Baca of White & Case

National Security Council: Jeohn Salone Favors of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Christopher Fonzone of Sidley Austin (on leave

Office of Personnel Management: Andrew Stanner of Covington & Burling