The awards are another indication of the London office‘s strength in litigation and in the legal services it provides in matters relating to commodities, shipping, real estate, entertainment & media, and data privacy.
The 2022 edition of Best Lawyers spotlights the top 3.6% of practicing lawyers in the United Kingdom, including 244 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients, the publication states.
The following lawyers were featured.
Commodities
- Chris Borg
- Andrew Meads
- Richard Swinburn
Defamation Law
- Michael Skrein
Derivatives
- M. Tamara Box
- Claude Brown
Employment Law
- Robin Jeffcott
Environmental Law
- Nicholas Rock
Immigration Law
- Peter Alfandary
Insurance Law
- Peter Hardy
Intellectual Property Law
- Jonathan Radcliffe
Litigation
- Charles Hewetson
- Belinda Paisley
- Richard Spafford
- David Warne
Media and Entertainment Law
- Michael Maxtone-Smith
- Richard Philipps
- Stephen Edwards
Outsourcing
- Cynthia O'Donoghue
Privacy and Data Protection Law
- Cynthia O'Donoghue
Real Estate Law
- Graham Reid
- Lawrence Radley
Securitisation Law
- Claude Brown
Shipping Law
- Alex Andrews
- Nick Austin
- Richard Gunn
- Marjorie Holmes
- Stephen Kirkpatrick
- Andrew Taylor
- Charles Weller
Two Reed Smith partners were highlighted on the related “Lawyers of the Year” list, in their respective practices. Peter Hardy, a litigator who focuses on insurance recoveries, received the award in the field of insurance law. Chris Borg, a futures practitioner who co-leads Reed Smith’s financial markets and regulatory team, received the award in the category of commodities.
“Lawyer of the Year” honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region.