PRACTICE RANKINGS

Reed Smith was ranked in Band 1 for:

• Asia-Pacific Shipping: Litigation
• Cambodia General Business Law (Foreign expertise based abroad in Singapore)
• China Shipping: Litigation (International Firms)
• South Korea Shipping: International Firms
• UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• USA Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
• USA International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded

The firm achieved new rankings in the guide for:

• China International & Cross-Border Disputes (International Firms)
• Middle East-wide Dispute Resolution
• United Arab Emirates Banking & Finance
• United Arab Emirates TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data
• United Arab Emirates TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport

Here is the full list of categories in which Reed Smith earned a ranking in Chambers Global 2025.

Asia-Pacific

• Arbitration (International)
• Aviation: Finance
• Banking & Finance
• Corporate/M&A
• Data Protection
• Shipping: Finance
• Shipping: Litigation (Band 1)

Belgium

• Competition: EU

Cambodia

• General Business Law (Expertise based abroad in Singapore) (Band 1)

China

• Banking & Finance (International Firms)
• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms)
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
• International & Cross-Border Disputes (International Firms) (new entry)
• Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
• Shipping: Litigation (International Firms) (Band 1)

Europe-wide

• International Trade/WTO

France

• International Arbitration

Global Market Leaders

• Climate Change
• Shipping: Finance
• Shipping: Litigation

Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

• Data Protection
• Insurance: Contentious

India

• Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad in UK)

Indonesia

• Corporate & Finance (International Firms) (Foreign expertise based abroad in Singapore)

Kazakhstan

• Dispute Resolution (Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)

Latin America: International Counsel

• Arbitration (International)

Middle East-wide

• Dispute Resolution (new entry)

Singapore

• Corporate/M&A: International: Highly Regarded
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Elite
• Shipping: Domestic
• Shipping: International: Litigation

South Korea

• Shipping (Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)
• Shipping: International Firms (Band 1)

United Kingdom

• Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Disputes (International & Cross-Border)
• Employment
• Insurance Sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border)
• Insurance: Mainly Policyholders (Band 1)
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration
• International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration

United Arab Emirates

• Banking & Finance (new entry)
• Construction
• Dispute Resolution
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (new entry)
• TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport (new entry)

United States

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• E-Discovery & Information Governance
• Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
• International Arbitration: Foreign expert for Latin America wide
• International Arbitration: The Elite
• International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
• Labor & Employment
• Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded

LAWYER RANKINGS

The guide lists 61* individual Reed Smith lawyers as preeminent practitioners, achieving between them 78 individual rankings. Among them, these nine were lauded with Band 1 ranking for their areas of focus. Alex Andrews and José Astigarraga both garnered two Band 1 rankings.

• Alex Andrews, South Korea Shipping: International Firms and South Korea Shipping (Expertise based abroad in UK)
• José Astigarraga, Latin America: International Counsel Arbitration (International) and USA International Arbitration: Counsel
• Margaret Campbell, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Peter Hardy, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Lianjun Li, China Shipping: Litigation (International Firms)
• Michelle Nelson, United Arab Emirates Construction: Dispute Resolution
• Mark Pring, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Jamie Ryder, United Arab Emirates TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport
• Charles Weller, Global Market Leaders Shipping: Litigation

In addition, Andrew Taylor was named a Senior Statesperson for Global Markets Leaders Shipping: Litigation. Clement Fouchard (France International Arbitration), Laura May-Scott (UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders), Donald Sham (China Shipping Lititgation - International Firms), Lucy Winnington-Ingram (UK International Arbitration) were named as Up and Coming lawyers.

Here is the full list of ranked lawyers.

Alex Andrews, Amir Ahmad, José Astigarraga, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Christian Filippitsch, Denise Jong, Sachin Kerur, Lianjun Li, Johnny Lim, Jamie Ryder, James Wiln and Lucy Winnington-Ingram received mentions in more than one area.

• Amir Ahmad, Banking & Finance, United Arab Emirates (new entry) and Restructuring / Insolvency, United Arab Emirates (new entry)
• Alex Andrews, Shipping: International Firms, South Korea and Shipping (Expertise based abroad in UK), South Korea
• David Ashmore, Employment, UK
• José Astigarraga, Arbitration (International), Global Market Leaders and Arbitration (International) Latin America: International Counsel and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for Latin America-wide), USA and International Arbitration: Counsel, USA
• James Atkin, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK
• Gautam Bhattacharyya, Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad in UK), India and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for India), UK and International Arbitration, UK
• Antonia Birt, Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates
• Tamara Box, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK
• Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
• David Cohen, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
• Timothy Cooke, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Singapore
• Therese Craparo, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
• Anthony Diana, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
• Mark Drury, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK
• Jennifer Ellis, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK
• Brian Farmer, Investment Funds: Investor Representations, USA (new entry)
• Christian Filippitsch, Competition: EU, Belgium and Competition: EU (Foreign Expert for Germany), Belgium and Competition/European Law: Lawyers based abroad in Belgium), Germany (new entry)
• Clement Fouchard, International Arbitration, France
• Kathleen Garrett, Restructuring/Insolvency, UK (new entry)
• Peter Glover, Shipping: International: Litigation, Singapore
• Leigh Hansson, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA
• Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
• Nina Howell, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK
• Simon Hugo, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK
• Robin Jeffcott, Employment, UK
• Gary Johnson, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), USA
• Denise Jong, Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms), China and Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), China
• Sachin Kerur, Construction: Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates and Construction: Non-contentious, United Arab Emirates
• Edward Klees, Investment Funds: Investor Representation, USA (new entry)
• Peter Lee, Shipping: Finance (International Firms), China
• Catherine Lewis, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK (new entry)
• Lianjun Li, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms), China and Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China and Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders
• Min Li, Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China
• Johnny Lim, Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore), Indonesia and Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expert for Indonesia), Singapore
• Eric Lin, Energy & Natural Resources (International Firms), China
• Michael Lowell, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA
• Umbreen Meenai, Banking & Finance, United Arab Emirates (new entry)
• Michelle Nelson, Construction: Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates
• Marcus Price, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, UK
• Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
• Isabelle Rahman, Competition: EU, Belgium
• Francisco Rodriguez, International Arbitration: Counsel, USA
• Peter Rosher, International Arbitration, France
• Jamie Ryder, TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport, United Arab Emirates and TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data, United Arab Emirates (new entry)
• Laura-May Scott, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
• Sultan Seidalin, Dispute Resolution, Kazakhstan (new entry)
• Donald Sham, Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China
• Asha Sharma, Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms), China
• Michael Skrein, Intellectual Property, UK
• Simon Spells, Aviation: Finance, Asia-Pacific Region
• Gerard Stegmaier, Privacy & Data Security, USA
• Andrew Taylor, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders
• Matthew Townsend, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms), China
• Sally-Ann Underhill, Shipping, Greece (new entry)
• Charles Weller, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders
• Rob Wilkins, Shipping: Finance, Global Market Leaders
• James Willn, Corporate Compliance & Investigations, United Arab Emirates (new entry) and Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates
• Lucy Winnington-Ingram, International Arbitration, UK and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for Kazakhstan), UK
• Anthony Woo, Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), China
• Bernard Yee (Resource Law LLC), Shipping: Domestic: Litigation, Singapore
• Askar Zhansagimov, Corporate & Finance, Kazakhstan

The 2025 Chambers Global guide is based on detailed research and analysis, including interviews with in-house counsel and third-party experts. The guide helps clients to find leading lawyers and other professionals across the globe.

* The total of 61 individual lawyers includes one lawyer (Bernard Yee) who is with Resource Law LLC. Reed Smith is in a Formal Law Alliance with Resource Law LLC in Singapore.