Reed Smith shipping law consultant Stephen Kirkpatrick was included as a Lawyer of the Year, an exclusive honour that goes to just one lawyer per practice area in each region and is based on receiving the highest overall feedback from peers.
Kirkpatrick works principally for shipowners, charterers, including major and independent oil companies, and their mutual and non-mutual insurers. As well as handling charterparty, bill of lading, Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and shipbuilding issues, he has considerable experience in drafting carriage, charter and other contracts for use as standard forms or in specialised projects in the liner, tanker and offshore oil and gas sectors.
The forty Reed Smith lawyers included this year is an increase on the thirty-seven lawyers featured in last year’s guide.
Lawyers included in the listing for the first time this year include Elizabeth Farrell, Richard Hakes, Brett Hillis, Prajakt Samant, Jimmy Theodorou and James Wilkinson.
The following lawyers are recognised in the 2024 edition:
Asset Finance
Commodities
- Chris Borg
- Prajakt Samant
Commodities, Derivatives and Securitisation Law
Commodities and International Arbitration
- Andrew Meads
- Richard Swinburn
Corporate Finance
Defamation Law
Derivatives
Derivatives and Securitisation Law
Employment Law
Immigration Law
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Trade Law
Litigation
- Charles Hewetson
- Belinda Paisley
- Richard Spafford
- David Warne
Media and Entertainment Law
- Stephen Edwards
- Sophie Goossens
- Michael Maxtone-Smith
- Richard Philipps
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mark Sanders
- François Feuillat
- Philip Taylor
Outsourcing, Privacy and Data Protection Law
Privacy and Data Protection Law
Real Estate Law
- Lawrence Radley
- Graham Reid
- Jimmy Theodorou
Securitisation Law
Shipping Law
- Alex Andrews
- Nick Austin
- Richard Gunn
- Marjorie Holmes
- Stephen Kirkpatrick
- Alexander Sandiforth
- Andrew Taylor
- Sally-Ann Underhill
- Charles Weller
In addition, three Reed Smith lawyers are recognised as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the United Kingdom™, which highlights outstanding professional excellence in lawyers who are earlier in their careers:
Capital Markets Law
Finance
Investment Funds and Private Equity
Selection to the Best Lawyers® list of outstanding lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey.
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