Individual recognitions

The directory lists 59 individual Reed Smith lawyers as preeminent practitioners, and of those, these seven garnered a Band 1 ranking for their areas of concentration.

• Chris Borg, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Margaret Campbell, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Peter Hardy, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Bronwen Jones, London: Banking & Finance: Fund Finance
• Gregor Pryor, UK-wide: Media & Entertainment: Gaming and Social Media
• Richard Swinburn, UK-wide: Commodities: Physicals
• Charles Weller, UK-wide: Shipping

The following individuals entered the rankings for the first time.

• Jeb Clulow, UK-wide: Shipping
• Catherine Lewis, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Alexander Sandiforth, UK-wide: Shipping
• Elizabeth Stroud, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading and UK-wide: Commodities: Trade Finance.

Here is the full list of 59 ranked lawyers, of whom four – Cynthia O'Donoghue, Gregor Pryor, Michael Skrein and Elizabeth Stroud – are mentioned for more than one area.

• Alex Andrews, UK-wide: Shipping
• David Ashmore, London (Firms): Employment: Employer
• James Atkin, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Nick Austin, UK-wide: Shipping
• Gautam Bhattacharyya, UK-wide: International Arbitration
• Chris Borg, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Tamara Box, London (Firms): Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Nicholas Brocklesby, UK-wide: Banking Litigation
• Claude Brown, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Sarah Caldwell, London (Firms): Capital Markets: Securitisation
• David Calligan, UK-wide: Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
• Margaret Campbell, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Chloe Carswell, UK-wide: International Arbitration
• Richard Ceeney, London (Firms): Construction: Non-contentious
• Jeb Clulow, UK-wide: Shipping
• Stephen Edwards, UK-wide: Media & Entertainment: Film & Television
• Caspar Fox, London (Firms): Tax
• Graham Green, London (Firms): Employment: Employer
• Richard Gunn, UK-wide: Shipping
• Richard Hakes, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Peter Hardy, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Adam Hedley, London (Firms): Environment
• Brett Hillis, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Simon Hugo, London (Firms): Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Ali Ishaq, London (Firms): Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Christopher Jackson, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Robin Jeffcott, London (Firms): Employment: Employer
• Bronwen Jones, London (Firms): Banking & Finance: Fund Finance
• Stephen Kirkpatrick, UK-wide: Shipping
• Catherine Lewis, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Adam Longney, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Michael Maxtone-Smith, UK-wide: Media & Entertainment: Film & Television
• Andrew Meads, UK-wide: Commodities: Physicals
• Cynthia O'Donoghue, UK-wide: Data Protection & Information Law and London (Firms): Information Technology & Outsourcing
• Belinda Paisley, UK-wide: International Arbitration
• Vassia Payiataki, UK-wide: Commodities: Physicals
• Marcus Price, London (Firms): Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Mark Pring, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Gregor Pryor, UK-wide: Media & Entertainment: Gaming and Social Media and UK-wide: Media & Entertainment: Music: Non-contentious
• Philip Rymer, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Shipping Finance
• Prajakt Samant, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Alexander Sandiforth, UK-wide: Shipping
• Laura-May Scott, UK-wide: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Justine Senior, London (Firms): Pensions
• Michael Skrein, UK-wide: Defamation/Reputation Management and London (Firms): Intellectual Property
• Jonathan Solomon, UK-wide: Commodities: Trade Finance
• Ashleigh Standen, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Leon Stephenson, London (Firms): Banking & Finance: Fund Finance
• Elizabeth Stroud, UK-wide: Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading and UK-wide: Commodities: Trade Finance
• Ben Summerfield, London (Firms): Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Will Sutton, London (Firms): Pensions
• Richard Swinburn, UK-wide: Commodities: Physicals
• Andrew Taylor, UK-wide: Shipping
• Philip Taylor, London (Firms): Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million
• Elle Todd, UK-wide: Data Protection & Information Law
• Sally-Ann Underhill, UK-wide: Shipping
• Charles Weller, UK-wide: Shipping
• Rob Wilkins, UK-wide: Asset Finance: Shipping Finance
• Lucy Winnington-Ingram, UK-wide: International Arbitration

London-based Chambers and Partners ranks firms based on technical legal ability, client service, commercial vision, business understanding, diligence, value, depth of team, and professional conduct. A team of researchers updates the rankings annually.

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