The firm retained the same Tier 1 rankings that it earned last year: Commodities disputes; Fund finance; Insurance litigation: for policyholders; Media and entertainment (including media finance); Shipping; and Trade finance.
Eleven Reed Smith lawyers received Hall of Fame recognition in the rankings, for receiving consistently strong praise over a number of years. These 11 lawyers are:
- Claude Brown, Derivatives and structured products
- Stephen Edwards, Media and entertainment (including media finance) – Broadcasting and digital carriage
- Richard Gunn, Shipping
- Andrew Meads, Commodities disputes
- Belinda Paisley, International arbitration
- Vassia Payiataki, Commodities disputes
- Gregor Pryor, Media and entertainment (including media finance) – Music; digital media
- Jonathan Solomon, Trade finance
- Richard Swinburn, Commodities disputes
- Andrew Taylor, Shipping
- Charles Weller, Shipping
These 27 Reed Smith lawyers achieved recognition as Leading Individuals. Leading Individuals are selected based on their contribution to their practice, strong technical ability, complex and innovative work, capability and experience; as well as their contacts at (and credibility with) top clients. Gautam Bhattacharyya achieved this recognition in two categories.
- Alex Andrews, Shipping
- Gautam Bhattacharyya, Emerging markets and International arbitration
- Chris Borg, Derivatives and structured products
- Tamara Box, Securitisation
- David Calligan, Financial services non-contentious / regulatory
- Margaret Campbell, Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Peter Hardy, Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Brett Hillis, Derivatives and structured products
- Marjorie Holmes, EU and competition
- Jane Howard, Professional negligence
- Simon Hugo, Securitisation
- Bronwen Jones, Fund finance
- Stephen Kirkpatrick, Shipping
- Ross Mackenzie, EU and competition
- Michael Maxtone-Smith, Media finance
- Brigid North, Commercial property: development
- Cynthia O’Donoghue, IT
- Belinda Paisley (Hall of Fame), Public international law
- Gregor Pryor (Hall of Fame), IT
- Prajakt Samant, Derivatives and structured products
- Paul Skeet, Commodities disputes
- Michael Skrein, Reputation management
- Nick Stainthorpe, Derivatives and structured products
- Leon Stephenson, Fund finance
- Ben Summerfield, Commercial litigation: premium
- Philip Taylor, M&A lower mid-market deals £50m-£500m
- Rob Wilkins, Transport finance and leasing