The six practice areas where Reed Smith achieved Tier 1 rankings are:
- Dispute Resolution, Commodities Disputes
- Finance, Trade Finance
- Insurance, Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: video games
Eleven London-based Reed Smith lawyers were named to the Hall of Fame, including Gregor Pryor, who received two Hall of Fame honours, for a total of 12 Hall of Fame recognitions. The Hall of Fame designation is reserved for those highly regarded by peers and clients and recognised as leaders in their fields. In addition, five lawyers – Gautam Bhattacharyya, Sarah Caldwell, Gregor Pryor, Nick Breen, and Lucy Winnington-Ingram – were ranked in multiple categories.
LAWYER RECOGNITIONS
The full list of recognised Reed Smith lawyers includes:
- Philip Beswick, Finance, Trade Finance (Tier 1)
- Gautam Bhattacharyya, Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration and Industry Focus, Emerging Markets
- Daniel Birch, Finance, Trade Finance (Tier 1)
- Chris Borg, Finance, Derivatives and structured products
- Tamara Box, Finance, Securitisation
- Nick Breen, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: Advertising & marketing and TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: music and TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: video games.
- Claude Brown, Finance, Derivatives and structured products (Hall of Fame)
- Sarah Caldwell, Finance, Derivatives and structured products and Finance, Securitisation
- Eleanor Chapman, Insurance, Professional negligence
- Delphine Currie, Corporate & Commercial, Equity capital markets – small-mid cap (Hall of Fame)
- Alex Davidson, Corporate & Commercial, Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Kyri Evagora, Dispute Resolution, Commodities Disputes (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame)
- Matt Evans, Investment fund formation and management, Private funds
- Elizabeth Farrell, Dispute Resolution, Commodities Disputes (Tier 1)
- Brendan Gallen, Investment fund formation and management, Private funds
- Richard Gunn, Transport, Shipping (Hall of Fame)
- Richard Hakes, Finance, Transport finance & leasing
- Peter Hardy, Insurance, Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame)
- Charles Hewetson, Insurance, Professional negligence
- Brett Hillis, Finance, Derivatives and structured products
- Marjorie Holmes, Corporate & Commercial, EU and Competition
- Nina Howell, Projects, energy and natural resources, Oil and gas
- Simon Hugo, Finance, Securitisation
- Tallat Hussain, Real estate, Environment
- Richard Kovalevsky, Risk advisory, Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Daniel Kyriakides, Real estate, Commercial property: investment
- Thor Maalouf, Transport, Shipping
- Michael Maxtone-Smith, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: media finance (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame)
- Kat McGriskin, Corporate & Commercial, Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Brigid North, Real estate, Commercial property: development
- Vassia Payiataki, Dispute Resolution, Commodities Disputes (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame)
- Mark Pring, Insurance, Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Tier 1)
- Gregor Pryor, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: digital content & social (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame) and TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: music (Hall of Fame) and TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Media: video games (Tier 1)
- Tariq Rasheed, Finance, Derivatives and structured products
- Oliver Rawkins, Dispute Resolution, Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Laura Riddeck, Real estate, Construction: non-contentious
- Iman Roy, Finance, Derivatives and structured products
- Eleanor Ruiz, Insurance, Professional negligence
- Alexander Sandiforth, Transport, Shipping
- Laura-May Scott, Insurance, Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Tier 1)
- Paul Skeet, Dispute Resolution, Commodities Disputes (Tier 1)
- Michael Skrein, TMT (technology, media and telecoms), Reputation management
- Jonathan Solomon, Finance, Trade Finance (Tier 1) (Hall of Fame)
- Nick Stainthorpe, Finance, Derivatives and structured products
- Patrick Sutton, Industry Focus, Emerging Markets
- Andrew Taylor, Transport, Shipping (Hall of Fame)
- Philip Taylor, Corporate & Commercial, M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Milan Thakker, Corporate & Commercial, M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Charles Weller, Transport, Shipping (Hall of Fame)
- Tom Whelan, Corporate & Commercial, Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Rob Wilkins, Finance, Transport finance & leasing
- Lucy Winnington-Ingram, Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Public International Law
PRACTICE RECOGNITIONS
Reed Smith is ranked in more than 50 practice areas in the Legal 500 UK 2027 guide.
The recognised practices are:
Corporate & commercial
- Corporate tax
- Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- EU and Competition
- Financial Services: Contentious
- Financial Services: Non-contentious/regulatory
- M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Venture Capital
Dispute resolution
- Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Commercial litigation: premium
- Commodities Disputes (Tier 1)
- International Arbitration
- Public International Law
Employment
- Employers
- Pensions: non-contentious
Finance
- Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Derivatives and structured products
- Securitisation
- Trade Finance (Tier 1)
- Transport finance & leasing
Industry focus
- Emerging Markets
Insurance
- Insurance litigation: for policyholders (Tier 1)
- Professional negligence
Investment fund formation and management
- Fund finance
- Listed funds
- Private funds
Projects, energy and natural resources
- Oil and gas
- Renewables
Risk advisory
- Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- ESG
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Real estate
- Commercial property: development
- Commercial property: investment
- Construction: contentious
- Construction: non-contentious
- Environment
- Property finance
- Property litigation
TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Fintech: regulatory
- Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- IT and telecoms
- Media: Advertising & marketing
- Media: Digital content & social (Tier 1)
- Media: Film & TV
- Media: Media finance (Tier 1)
- Media: music
- Media: video games (Tier 1)
- Reputation management
Transport
- Shipping
The Legal 500 UK rankings are based on research that includes client and peer feedback and analysis of the firm’s work and achievements. The lawyers recognised are regarded as leaders in their fields, providing exceptional advice and representation on complex, high-profile matters. More details are available on the Legal 500 UK website.
About Reed Smith
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