The firm earned Tier 1 rankings in: Commodities disputes; Trade finance; Insurance litigation: for policyholders; Media and entertainment (including media finance); Fund finance; and Shipping.
Five Reed Smith practice areas rose in rank: Equity capital markets; EU and competition; securitisation; property finance; and IP/patents.
This year, five Reed Smith lawyers got Hall of Fame recognition for consistently garnering strong praise and for being listed in The Legal 500 rankings for eight or more consecutive years. They are: Lindsay East, consultant, transportation; Stephen Edwards, partner, entertainment & media; Richard Gunn, partner, transportation; Belinda Paisley, partner, global commercial disputes; and Gregor Pryor, partner, entertainment & media.
Thirty-six lawyers overall were recognized as Leading Lawyers. Four lawyers were dubbed Next Generation Partners, and five from Reed Smith were named Rising Stars. Next Generation Partners are recognized as “junior/new/younger partners who make a material difference to the practice.” The publication also named four lawyers as “Rising Stars,” which highlights “associates who make a material difference to the practice.”
The Legal 500 recommended 47 individual Reed Smith lawyers, three of whom were named in more than one category.
Here is the full list of all recognized attorneys, with their area of practice and their recognition.
- Alex Andrews – Shipping (Leading Lawyer)
- Ildar Bagautdinov – Trade finance (Next Generation Partner)
- Gautam Bhattacharyya – Emerging markets (Leading Lawyer)
- Chris Borg – Derivatives and structured products (Leading Lawyer)
- Tamara Box – Securitisation (Leading Lawyer)
- Claude Brown – Derivatives and structured products (Leading Lawyer)
- Sarah Caldwell – Securitisation and Derivatives and structured products (Next Generation Partner)
- David Calligan – Financial services (non-contentious/regulatory) (Leading Lawyer)
- Margaret Campbell – Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Leading Lawyer)
- Lindsay East – Shipping (Hall of Fame)
- Stephen Edwards – Media & entertainment (including media finance) (Hall of Fame)
- Elizabeth Farrell – Commodities disputes (Next Generation Partner)
- Richard Gunn – Shipping (Hall of Fame)
- Peter Hardy – Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Leading Lawyer)
- Adam Hedley – Environment (Rising Star)
- Brett Hillis – Derivative and structured products (Leading Lawyer)
- Marjorie Holmes – EU and competition (Leading Lawyer)
- Jane Howard – Professional negligence (Leading Lawyer)
- Simon Hugo – Securitisation (Leading Lawyer)
- Bronwen Jones – Fund finance (Leading Lawyer)
- Stephen Kirkpatrick – Shipping (Leading Lawyer)
- Thor Maalouf – Shipping (Rising Star)
- Ross Mackenzie – EU and competition (Leading Lawyer)
- Michael Maxtone-Smith – Media & entertainment: media finance (Leading Lawyer)
- Andrew Meads – Commodities disputes (Leading Lawyer)
- Brigid North – Commercial property: development (Leading Lawyer)
- Cynthia O’Donoghue – IT and telecoms (Leading Lawyer)
- Belinda Paisley – International arbitration (Hall of Fame) and Public international law (Leading Lawyer)
- Vassia Payiataki – Commodities disputes (Leading Lawyer)
- Gregor Pryor – Media & entertainment (including media finance) (Hall of Fame); and IT and telecoms (Leading Lawyer)
- Oliver Rawkins – Banking litigation: investment and retail (Rising Star)
- Nicholas Rock – Environment (Leading Lawyer)
- Prajakt Samant – Derivatives and structured products (Leading Lawyer)
- Alexander Sandiforth – Shipping (Next Generation Partner)
- Laura-May Scott – Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Rising Star)
- Ingrid Silver – Media and entertainment (including media finance) (Leading Lawyer)
- Paul Skeet – Commodities disputes (Leading Lawyer)
- Jonathan Solomon – Trade finance (Leading Lawyer)
- Richard Spafford – Banking litigation: investment and retail (Leading Lawyer)
- Nick Stainthorpe – Derivatives and structured products (Leading Lawyer)
- Leon Stephenson – Fund finance (Leading Lawyer)
- Ben Summerfield – Commercial litigation: premium (Leading Lawyer)
- Patrick Sutton – Emerging markets (Rising Star)
- Richard Swinburn – Commodities disputes (Leading Lawyer)
- Andrew Taylor – Shipping (Leading Lawyer)
- Philip Taylor – M&A: lower mid-market deals, £50m-£500m (Leading Lawyer)
- Charles Weller – Shipping (Leading Lawyer)
The Legal 500 analyses and ranks law firms based on submissions from law firms and interviews with clients and other legal professionals.
The Legal 500 series ranks law firms in over 150 jurisdictions.
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