Reed Smith earned Band 1 departmental rankings, the highest possible, in five practice areas:

• Banking & Finance: Fund Finance, London (Firms)
• Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide
• Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Shipping, UK-wide

Of the 61 Reed Smith lawyers recognized, seven earned Band 1 rankings: 

• Chris Borg, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Bronwen Jones, Banking & Finance: Fund Finance, London (Firms)
• Michael Maxtone-Smith, Media & Entertainment: Film & Television, UK-wide
• Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Charles Weller, Shipping, UK-wide

Five lawyers earned rankings in more than one category, demonstrating their versatility and breadth of knowledge. They were Cynthia O'Donoghue, Elizabeth Stroud, Gregor Pryor, James Atkin and Michael Skrein.

Richard Swinburn and Andrew Taylor were ranked Senior Statespeople. Jennifer Ellis, Catherine Lewis and Marcus Price were named Associates to Watch. Nick Breen, Elizabeth Farrell, Simone Goligorsky, Laura Riddeck, Elizabeth Stroud, Laura-May Scott and Lucy Winnington-Ingram were dubbed Up and Coming.

Lawyer rankings

Below is the full list of Reed Smith individuals ranked by Chambers UK.  

• Alex Andrews, Shipping, UK-wide
• David Ashmore, Employment: Employer, London (Firms)
• James Atkin, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide and Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK-wide
• Nick Austin, Shipping, UK-wide 
• Gautam Bhattacharyya, International Arbitration, UK-wide
• Chris Borg, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Tamara Box, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK-wide
• Nick Breen, Media & Entertainment: Games, Interactive Entertainment and Social Media, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Claude Brown, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• David Calligan, Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory, UK-wide
• Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Richard Ceeney, Construction: Non-contentious, London (Firms)
• Jeb Clulow, Shipping, UK-wide
• Mark Drury, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK-wide
• Jennifer Ellis, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK-wide (Associates to Watch)
• Elizabeth Farrell, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Kathleen Garrett, Restructuring/Insolvency, London (Firms)
• Simone Goligorsky, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Richard Gunn, Shipping, UK-wide
• Richard Hakes, Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide
• Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Brett Hillis, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• Nina Howell, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK-wide
• Simon Hugo, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK-wide
• Tallat Hussain, Environment & Climate Change, London (Firms) 
• Christopher Jackson, Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide
• Robin Jeffcott, Employment: Employer, London (Firms)
• Bronwen Jones, Banking & Finance: Fund Finance, London (Firms) (Band 1)
• Stephen Kirkpatrick, Shipping, UK-wide
• Catherine Lewis, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Associates to Watch)
• Thor Maalouf, Shipping, UK-wide
• Michael Maxtone-Smith, Media & Entertainment: Film & Television, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Andrew Meads, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide
• Cynthia O'Donoghue, Data Protection & Information Law, UK-wide and Information Technology & Outsourcing, London (Firms)
• Vassia Payiataki, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide
• Marcus Price, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, London (Firms) (Associates to Watch)
• Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Gregor Pryor, Media & Entertainment: Games, Interactive Entertainment and Social Media, UK-wide and Media & Entertainment: Music: Non-contentious, UK-wide
• Oliver Rawkins, Banking Litigation, UK-wide
• Laura Riddeck, Construction: Non-contentious, London (Firms) (Up and Coming)
• Philip Rymer, Asset Finance: Shipping Finance, UK-wide
• Alexander Sandiforth, Shipping, UK-wide
• Laura-May Scott, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Justine Senior, Pensions, London (Firms)
• Michael Skrein, Defamation/Reputation Management, UK-wide and Intellectual Property, London (Firms)
• Jonathan Solomon, Commodities: Trade Finance, UK-wide
• Leon Stephenson, Banking & Finance: Fund Finance, London (Firms)
• Elizabeth Stroud, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide and Commodities: Trade Finance, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Will Sutton, Pensions, London (Firms)
• Richard Swinburn, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide (Senior Statesperson)
• Andrew Taylor, Shipping, UK-wide (Senior Statesperson)
• Philip Taylor, Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million, London (Firms)
• Elle Todd, Data Protection & Information Law, UK-wide
• Jimmy Theodorou, Real Estate: £ 150 million and above, London (Firms) 
• Sally-Ann Underhill, Shipping, UK-wide
• Julie Vaughan, Environment & Climate Change, London (Firms)
• Charles Weller, Shipping, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Tom Whelan, Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to 500 million, UK-wide
• Rob Wilkins, Asset Finance: Shipping Finance, UK-wide
• Lucy Winnington-Ingram, International Arbitration, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• Michael Young, Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million, London (Firms)

Practice rankings 

Here is the full list of Reed Smith practice areas recognized by Chambers UK:

• Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Asset Finance: Shipping Finance
• Banking & Finance: Fund Finance
• Banking Litigation
• Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading
• Commodities: Physicals
• Commodities: Trade Finance
• Construction: Non-contentious
• Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million
• Data Protection & Information Law
• Employment: Employer
• Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
• Information Technology & Outsourcing
• Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• Intellectual Property
• International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration
• International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration
• Media & Entertainment: Film & Television
• Media & Entertainment: Games, Interactive Entertainment and Social Media
• Media & Entertainment: Music
• Pensions
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate: £150 million and above
• Shipping

Chambers & Partners is a London-based organization that ranks lawyers and law firms based on independent research. The publisher bases rankings on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence and commitment.