Reed Smith was ranked in Band 1 for its defense work in product liability and mass tort cases and for its insurance advice to policyholders.
In focused categories (see below), Reed Smith received multiple rankings in dispute resolution, energy, environment, finance, labor and employment, M&A/corporate and commercial, healthcare, media/technology and telecom, tax, and transport.
RANKED PRACTICES
Dispute resolution
- Appellate: Courts of Appeal
- Appellate: Supreme Courts (states and federal)
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: Advice to corporates
- E-discovery
- General commercial disputes
- International arbitration
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions - defense: automotive/transport
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices (Band 1)
- Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense
Energy
- Energy litigation: Oil and gas
- Energy regulation: Electric power (new entry)
- Energy regulation: Oil and gas
- Energy transactions: Oil and gas
- Renewable/Alternative power
Environment
- Environment: Litigation
- Environment: Regulatory
- Environment: Transactional (new entry)
Finance
- Fintech
- Restructuring: corporate (including bankruptcy)
- Restructuring: municipal (including bankruptcy)
- Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Structured finance: securitization
Healthcare
- Health Insurers
- Life Sciences
- Service Providers
Labor and employment
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional (new entry)
- 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)
- Private equity buyouts
- Venture capital and emerging companies
Media, technology and telecoms
- Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media and entertainment: Transactional
Tax
- International tax
- US taxes: contentious
- US taxes: non-contentious
Transport
- Aviation and air travel: Litigation and regulation
- Shipping: Finance
Reed Smith was recommended for five other industry focuses, including a Band 1 ranking for Insurance: Advice to policyholders.
- Antitrust: Civil litigation/class actions: Defense
- Industry focus: Cannabis
- Insurance: Advice to policyholders (Band 1)
- International trade: CFIUS
- Real estate: Real estate
The firm was recommended for the first time in three categories: Energy regulation: Electric power; Environment: Transactional; and Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: Transactional.
RECOGNIZED LAWYERS
Below is the list of Reed Smith lawyers who received Hall of Fame, Leading Lawyer, Next Generation Partner, or Rising Star distinction. Patrick Bradley and Colette Honorable were recommended in two categories.
- José Astigarraga, Dispute resolution: International arbitration (Leading Lawyer)
- Oliver Beiersdorf, Transport, aviation and air travel: Litigation and regulation (Leading Lawyer)
- Patrick Bradley, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class actions - defense: automotive/transport (Hall of Fame) and Transport aviation and air travel: Litigation and regulation (Leading Lawyer)
- Michael Brown, Dispute resolution: Product liability, mass tort and class actions - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices (Hall of Fame)
- Keri Bruce, Media, technology and telecoms: Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory (Next Generation Partner)
- Greg Chase, Transport: Shipping finance (Leading Lawyer)
- Han Deng, Transport: Shipping finance (Rising Star)
- Jennifer Gardner, Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design (Next Generation Partner)
- Colette Honorable, Energy Regulation: Electric Power (Leading Lawyer) and Energy Regulation: Oil and gas (Leading Lawyer)
- Stacy Marcus, Media, technology and telecoms: Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory (Leading Lawyer)
- Ben Patton, Environment: Regulatory (Leading Lawyer)
- LiLing Poh, M&A/corporate and commercial: Venture capital and emerging companies (Next Generation Partner)
- Ryan Purpura, Energy transactions: Oil and gas (Next Generation Partner)
- John Shugrue, Insurance: Advice to policyholders (Hall of Fame)
- Gregory Speier, Transport: Aviation and air travel: Litigation and regulation (Rising Star)
- John Vishneski, Insurance: Advice to policyholders (Hall of Fame)
Hall of Fame honorees are defined as individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence and have been ranked often in the past. Leading Lawyer honorees are defined as partners who have received excellent referee and peer feedback and are prominent in their field. Next Generation Partners are defined as junior/new/younger partners who make a material difference to the practice. Rising Star is defined as junior/new/younger associates and counsel who make a material difference to the practice.
About Reed Smith
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