In this year’s IFLR guide, Reed Smith earned Tier 1 listings for three U.S.-regional practice areas: New Jersey M&A; Pennsylvania M&A; and Pennsylvania Restructuring and insolvency, a repeat of the firm’s performance last year.

Globally, 25 individual lawyers achieved “Highly Regarded” status in 20 areas. Twelve lawyers – more than half based in Western Europe – were dubbed “Notable Practitioners.” And two earned “Rising Star” status. Here is the full list of “Highly Regarded” individuals.

• James Atkin, United Kingdom, Project development, M&A
• Siddesh Bale, Illinois, M&A
• Chris Borg, United Kingdom, Financial services regulatory
• Tamara Box, United Kingdom, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Benjamin Brimeyer, United States (nationwide), Banking
• Tad Bromley, New Jersey, M&A
• Jennifer Cheng, New York, M&A
• Delphine Currie, United Kingdom, Capital markets: Equity
• Lee Ann Dillon, New York, Banking
• Baptiste Gelpi, France, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation, Capital markets: Derivatives
• Kurt Gwynne, Delaware, Restructuring and insolvency
• Delpha Ho, Hong Kong SAR, Capital markets: Equity
• Simon Hugo, United Kingdom, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Aaron Javian, United States (nationwide), Restructuring and insolvency
• Bronwen Jones, United Kingdom, Investment funds, Banking
• Denise Jong, Hong Kong SAR, Capital markets: Equity
• Sachin Kerur, United Arab Emirates, Project development
• Eric Lin, China, Project finance, M&A
• Isabelle MacElhone, France, M&A
• Ann Pille, Illinois, Restructuring and insolvency
• Jodi Schwimmer, New York, Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Victoria Westcott, France, Project finance
• Philip Taylor, United Kingdom, Private equity, M&A
• Kristin Wells, Pennsylvania, M&A
• Askar Zhansagimov, Kazakhstan, M&A

Lawyers with a “Highly Regarded” designation are "highly regarded by their peers, possess a strong transactional record and consistently receive positive client feedback.”

Notable Practitioners

Twelve other lawyers were ranked Notable Practitioners; thereby identified as having “records of advising on significant deals in the context of their market and practice area.” Many of these honorees are based in Western Europe:

• Derek Baker, United States, Pennsylvania, Restructuring and insolvency
• Kevin-Paul Deveau, United Kingdom, Banking
• Dirk-Peter Flor, Germany, Banking and finance
• Matthew Gorman, Singapore, Capital markets: Equity, M&A
• Andreas Jürgens, Germany, Capital markets, M&A
• Caroline Ledoux, France, Private equity, M&A
• Paul Singer, United States, Pennsylvania, Restructuring and insolvency
• Jonathan Solomon, United Kingdom, Trade finance
• Leon Stephenson, United Kingdom, Banking
• Sakil Suleman, United Kingdom, Private equity, M&A
• Sam Webster, United Kingdom, M&A
• Anthony Woo, Hong Kong SAR, M&A

Rising Stars

The Rising Stars designation honors high-performing lawyers working on notable deals and recommended by clients or peers. Two Reed Smith lawyers – Jason Angelo for Delaware, Restructuring and insolvency; and Panos Katsambas for United Kingdom, Hedge funds – received it.

Here is the full list of Reed Smith’s recognized practice areas around the world.

China

• Capital markets - Foreign
• M&A – Foreign

France

• Banking
• Project finance
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Project development
• M&A
• Private equity

Greece

• Banking and finance
• Project development
• M&A

• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

Kazakhstan

• Project development

Singapore

• Banking - Foreign
• Capital markets: Debt - Foreign
• Capital markets: Equity - Foreign
• Project development - Foreign
• M&A - Foreign
• Restructuring and insolvency - Foreign

United Arab Emirates

• Banking

United Kingdom

• Bank lending: Borrower side
• Bank lending: Lender side
• Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Private equity funds
• Real estate funds
• Retail funds
• M&A
• Private equity
• Restructuring and insolvency

United States

• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation
• Hedge funds
• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

California

• Banking

Delaware

• Restructuring and insolvency

Illinois

• Banking
• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

New Jersey

• M&A (Tier 1)

New York

• Capital markets
• M&A
• Restructuring and insolvency

Pennsylvania

• M&A (Tier 1)
• Restructuring and insolvency (Tier 1)

Texas

• M&A