(May 20, 2013, New York) – Reed Smith LLP has been named one of America’s Best Corporate Law Firms of 2013 by Corporate Board Member.
Reed Smith was selected as one of the best corporate firms based on Corporate Board Member’s 2013 Law in the Boardroom survey. As part of the publication’s selection process, directors and general counsel of publicly traded companies selected 10 firms of national scope and reputation they would most likely retain to handle their corporate legal matters. Reed Smith was among those named most frequently by general counsel.
“We are gratified to be selected among the top firms serving the transactional needs of the world’s leading public corporations,” said Gregory B. Jordan, Reed Smith’s Global Managing Partner. “This well-deserved recognition is a credit to our corporate and securities attorneys, who are particularly skillful at delivering quality and value, and keeping a firmwide focus on client relationships.”
"With a strong bench of corporate attorneys, deep industry experience, and a global footprint, we are able to effectively handle complex national, as well as cross-jurisdictional, transactions for our clients in nearly every part of the world,” said Paul J. Jaskot, partner and head of the firm's U.S. Corporate practice. “In 2012, we strategically added 25 corporate attorneys across the globe to complement and enhance our industry-leading M&A and securities practice, further demonstrating our commitment to our clients."
The firm’s global Corporate & Securities Group is a core practice of the firm and has nearly 350 attorneys across the globe focused on the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Attorneys routinely serve as corporate counsel to leading companies across a broad range of industries, with deep experience in the health care and life sciences, energy and natural resources, financial services, and media, entertainment and technology sectors.
Reed Smith’s corporate practice is also recognized as a leader in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, public unit and debt offerings, tender offers, exchange offers, at-the-market offerings (ATMs), special purpose acquisition company transactions (SPACs), private investment in public equities (PIPEs), and 144A and Regulation S transactions. The corporate group has also enabled Reed Smith to emerge as one of the leading firms within the investment banking community for the ATM product. Reed Smith has closed more ATM offerings in the health care, REIT and energy sectors than almost any other law firm in the past 18 months.
About Reed Smith
Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute-resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, and education. For more information, visit reedsmith.com.
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