2018 Legal 500 USA rankings & editorials

Reed Smith announced today the rankings of its practice groups and attorneys by 2018 Legal 500 USA. The firm is recommended in 40 practice areas, six of which are new.

New rankings include:

  • Appellate: Supreme Courts
  • International trade
  • Environment: regulatory
  • Transport: aviation and air travel: finance
  • Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
  • International tax

The other practice areas are: Antitrust – Civil litigation/class actions: defense; Dispute resolution - Appellate: Courts of Appeals, General commercial disputes, M&A litigation: defense, Product liability and mass tort defense: automotive/transport, Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices – defense, Product liability and mass tort defense: toxic tort – defense; Finance – Capital markets: equity offerings – advice to issuers, Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal; Government – Government contracts; Industry focus – Energy: litigation: oil and gas, Energy: regulatory: conventional power, Energy: renewable/alternative, Energy: transactions: conventional power, Energy: transactions: oil and gas, Healthcare: health insurers, Healthcare: life sciences, Healthcare: service providers, Insurance: advice to policyholders, Transport: aviation and air travel, Transport: shipping; Investment fund formation and management – Private equity funds (including venture capital); Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense, Labor-management relations, Workplace and employment counseling; M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m), Venture capital and emerging companies; Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory, Cyber law (including data protection and privacy), Cyber law: data privacy and data protection, Media and entertainment; Real estate – Construction (including construction litigation), Land use/zoning; Tax – US taxes: contentious.