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

• Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide
• Commodities: Trade Finance, UK-wide
• Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Shipping, UK-wide

Of the 64 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
• Michael Maxtone-Smith, Media & Entertainment: Film & Television, UK-wide
• Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide
• Gregor Pryor, Media & Entertainment: Music: Non-contentious, UK-wide
• Charles Weller, Shipping, UK-wide

Elizabeth Stroud, Gregor Pryor, Cynthia O’Donoghue, Richard Kovalevsky, James Atkin and Michael Skrein each earned rankings in more than one category, demonstrating their versatility and breadth of knowledge. Once again, Richard Swinburn and Andrew Taylor were ranked as Senior Statespeople; and Jennifer Ellis, Catherine Lewis, and Marcus Price were named Associates to Watch. Laura Riddeck and Elizabeth Stroud (for two categories) were dubbed Up and Coming.

Lawyer rankings

Following is the full list of Reed Smith lawyers recognized 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
• Gautam Bhattacharyya, International Arbitration, UK-wide
• Linton Bloomberg, Restructuring/Insolvency, London (Firms)
• 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
• David Calligan, Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory, UK-wide
• Maccailein Campbell, Banking & Finance: Fund Finance, London (Firms) (Up and Coming)
• Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Jeb Clulow, Shipping, UK-wide
• Michael Darowski, International Arbitration, 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
• Brendan Gallen, Investment Funds: Private Equity, UK-wide
• Kathleen Garrett, Restructuring/Insolvency, London (Firms)
• Simone Goligorsky, Commodities: Derivatives & Energy Trading, UK-wide
• Richard Gunn, Shipping, UK-wide
• Richard Hakes, Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide
• Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK-wide (Band 1)
• Andrew Harper, Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide (Up and Coming)
• 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)
• Ali Ishaq, Commercial & Corporate Litigation, London (Firms) (Up and Coming)
• Christopher Jackson, Asset Finance: Aviation Finance, UK-wide
• Robin Jeffcott, Employment: Employer, London (Firms)
• Richard Kovalevsky, Corporate Crime & Investigations, UK-wide and Financial Crime: Individuals, 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)
• Cynthia O'Donoghue, Information Technology & Outsourcing, London (Firms) and Data Protection & Information Law, UK-wide
• 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
• Justine Senior, Pensions, UK-wide
• Paul Skeet, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide
• Michael Skrein, Defamation/Reputation Management, UK-wide and Intellectual Property, London (Firms)
• Jonathan Solomon, Commodities: Trade Finance, UK-wide
• Nick Stainthorpe, Capital Markets: Securitisation, 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, UK-wide
• Richard Swinburn, Commodities: Physicals, UK-wide (Senior Statesperson)
• Andrew Taylor, Shipping, UK-wide (Senior Statesperson)
• Philip Taylor, Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million, UK-wide
• Jimmy Theodorou, Real Estate: £ 150 million and above, London (Firms)
• Philip Thomas, Information Technology & Outsourcing, London (Firms)
• Elle Todd, Data Protection & Information Law, UK-wide
• Sally-Ann Underhill, Shipping, UK-wide
• 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
• Michael Young, Corporate/M&A: £100-800 million, London (Firms)

Practice rankings

Following 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: Derivatives (new ranking)
• 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
• Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Environment & Climate Change
• 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
• Private Equity: Buyouts: Up to £500 million (new ranking)
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate: £150 million and above
• Shipping

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