The firm appeared for 55 practice areas; 54* of its lawyers were endorsed; it gained new entries in 11 practice categories; and its lawyers got new rankings in six categories.
Reed Smith’s featured practices are concentrated on dispute resolution (including arbitration) and its lawyers have a high reputation in the shipping, insurance and finance industries worldwide.
The firm was ranked Band 1 in the following categories:
- Cambodia General Business Law (Expertise based abroad) in Singapore
- China Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
- UK Insurance Sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border)
- UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders: Global UK
- USA Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
- USA Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded
- USA International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
Here is the full list of areas in which Reed Smith earned a ranking in Chambers Global 2023.
Asia-Pacific
- Arbitration (International) (new entry)
- Aviation: Finance (new entry)
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Shipping: Finance
- Shipping: Litigation
Belgium
Cambodia
- General Business Law (Expertise based abroad) in Singapore (Band 1) (new entry)
China
- Banking & Finance (International Firms)
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms) (Band 1)
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms) (new entry)
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)
- Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
- Shipping: Litigation (International Firms)
Europe-wide
- International Trade/WTO (new entry)
France
- International Arbitration
- Global Market Leaders
- Climate Change
- Shipping: Finance
- Shipping: Litigation
Global: Multi-Jurisdictional
- Data Protection (new entry)
- Insurance: Contentious
India
- Banking & Finance (Expertise based abroad) in UK
- Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad) in UK
Indonesia
- Corporate & Finance (International Firms) (Expertise based abroad) in Singapore
Kazakhstan
- Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad) in UK
Latin America: International Counsel
- Arbitration - International
Singapore
- Corporate/M&A: International: Highly Regarded
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Elite
- Banking & Finance (Foreign Expertise) in Indonesia
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Foreign Expertise) in Indonesia (new entry)
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Foreign Expertise) in Cambodia (new entry)
- Shipping: International: Litigation
- Shipping: Domestic
South Korea
- Shipping: International Firms
- Shipping: International Firms (Expertise based abroad) in UK
United Kingdom
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Commercial and Corporate Litigation: UK-wide (new entry)
- Disputes (International & Cross-Border) (new entry)
- Employment
- Insurance Sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border) (Band 1)
- Insurance: Mainly Policyholders: Global UK (Band 1)
- Intellectual Property: Global UK
- International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration
- International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration (new entry)
United Arab Emirates
United States
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
- Derivatives
- E-Discovery & Information Governance
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- International Arbitration: Foreign expertise Latin America wide
- International Arbitration: The Elite
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
Labor & Employment
- Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
Individual recognitions
The directory lists 54* individual Reed Smith lawyers as preeminent practitioners, and of those, these eight garnered a Band 1 ranking for their areas of concentration. Alex Andrews and José Astigarraga 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
- Kohe Hasan, Cambodia General Business Law (Expertise based abroad)
- Lianjun Li ,China Shipping Litigation (International)
- Michelle Nelson , United Arab Emirates Construction: Dispute Resolution
- Charles Weller, Global Market Leaders Shipping: Litigation
* The grand total of 54 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.
Here is the full list of ranked lawyers. Alex Andrews, Jose Astigarraga, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Kohe Hasan, Colette Honorable, Denise Jong, Sachin Kerur, Lianjun Li and Belinda Paisley got mentions in more than one area.
- 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
- Gautam Bhattacharyya, Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad) in UK, India and International Arbitration, UK
- Antonia Birt, Dispute Resolution (new entry), United Arab Emirates
- Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
- Chloe Carswell, International Arbitration, UK
- David Cohen, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
- Timothy Cooke, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Singapore
- Kristen Coyle Pologruto, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
- Therese Craparo, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
- Anthony Diana, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA
- Christian Filippitsch, Competition: EU, Belgium
- Caspar Fox, Tax, UK
- Peter Glover, Shipping: International: Litigation, Singapore
- Matthew Gorman, Corporate/M&A: International, Singapore
- Graham Green, Employment, UK
- Leigh Hansson, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA
- Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
- Kohe Hasan, General Business Law (Expertise based abroad), Cambodia and Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Foreign Expertise in Cambodia) (new entry), Singapore
- Colette Honorable, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (new entry), USA and Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation), USA
- Simon Hugo, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK
- Robin Jeffcott, Employment, UK
- Gary Johnson, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), USA
- Denise Jong, Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) (new entry), 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
- Peter Lee, Shipping: Finance (International Firms), China
- 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
- Eric Lin, Energy & Natural Resources (International Firms), China
- Michael Lowell, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA
- Yves Melin, International Trade/WTO, Europe-wide
- Michelle Nelson, Construction: Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates
- Belinda Paisley, Dispute Resolution: (Expertise based abroad) in UK, Kazakhstan, and International Arbitration, UK
- Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK
- Isabelle Rahman, Competition: EU, Belgium
- Jason Richardson, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK
- Francisco Rodriguez, International Arbitration: Counsel (new entry), USA
- Peter Rosher, International Arbitration, France
- Marianne Schaffner, Intellectual Property: Patents, France
- Asha Sharma, Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms), China
- Michael Sinn, Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) (new entry), China
- Michael Skrein, Intellectual Property, UK
- Simon Spells, Aviation: Finance, Asia-Pacific Region
- Gerard Stegmaier, Privacy & Data Security, USA
- Ben Summerfield, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, UK
- Andrew Taylor, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders
- Charles Weller, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders
- Victoria Westcott, Projects & Energy: International: Finance, France
- Rob Wilkins, Shipping: Finance, Global Market Leaders
- James Willn, Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates
- Anthony Woo, Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), China
- Bernard Yee (Resource Law LLC), Shipping: Domestic, Singapore
- Askar Zhansagimov, Corporate & Finance (new entry), Kazakhstan
The 2023 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.
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