The rankings, issued this month, ranked nineteen individual lawyers’ work as “highly regarded.” Five lawyers received the “highly regarded” designation for the first time.
The annual IFLR1000 guide ranks law firms and lawyers worldwide on the basis of financial and corporate deals they worked on or closed since January 1, 2018. Law firm rankings and lawyer ratings are based on three key criteria: transactional evidence, peer feedback, and client feedback.
Two practice areas – project development in Singapore and M&A in the UK – were recognized for the first time this year. Twenty-nine Reed Smith practices maintained their rankings from last year. Two areas – Private equity funds in the UK and Capital markets (structured finance and securitization) in the UK – rose in rank. Here is the full list of recognized practice areas.
China
- Capital markets: Foreign
- M&A: Foreign
Greece
- Banking and finance
- M&A
- Project development
Hong Kong
- Banking
- Capital markets: Equity
- Financial services: Regulatory
- M&A
- Restructuring and insolvency
Kazakhstan
- Financial and corporate
- Project development
Singapore
- Banking: Foreign
- Capital markets: Debt: Foreign
- Capital markets: Equity: Foreign
- M&A: Foreign
- Project development: Foreign
- Restructuring and insolvency: Foreign
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
- Bank lending: Borrower side
- Bank lending: Lender side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: Structured finance and Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
- M&A
- Private equity funds
- Real estate funds
- Restructuring: Corporate
- Retail funds
United States
- Banking
- Hedge funds
- Restructuring and insolvency
Individual lawyers ‘highly regarded’
Nineteen individual lawyers in eight jurisdictions achieved “highly regarded” status in 25 practice areas. Six individuals were ranked multiple times.
- Eric Lin – China, M&A: Foreign; and Project finance
- Isabelle MacElhone – France, M&A
- Victoria Westcott – France, Project finance
- Delpha Ho – Hong Kong, Capital markets: Equity
- Denise Jong – Hong Kong, Capital markets: Equity
- Askar Zhansagimov – Kazakhstan, M&A
- Bree Miechel – Singapore, Project development
- Sachin Kerur – UAE, Project development
- Bronwen Jones – UK, Banking; and Investment funds
- Ranajoy Basu – UK, Capital markets: Debt; and Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
- Tamara Box – UK, Capital markets: Debt; and Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
- Simon Hugo – UK, Capital market: Structured finance and securitization
- Delphine Currie – UK, Capital markets: Equity
- Daniel Winterfeldt – UK, Capital markets: Debt; and Capital markets: Equity
- Chris Borg – UK, Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
- Winston Penhall – UK, Hedge funds
- Philip Taylor – UK, M&A; and Private equity funds
- Charlotte Møller – UK, Restructuring & insolvency
- Aaron Javian – U.S., Restructuring & insolvency
Hugo, Kerur, Lin, Taylor and Zhansagimov each received the “highly regarded” designation for the first time at Reed Smith.
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