Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2018. The Firm was recognized in 44 practice areas, including a total of 20 rankings in the top tier. Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:
Antitrust
#2 Merger Control
Dispute Resolution
#1 Financial Services: Litigation
#1 General Commercial Disputes
#1 M&A Litigation: Defense
#1 Securities Litigation: Defense
Finance
#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to issuers
#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to underwriters
#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to issuers
#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to managers
#1 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to underwriters
#1 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to issuers
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
#1 Not-for-profit
#2 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to issuers
#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to underwriters
#2 Project Finance: Advice to Lender
#2 Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
Industry Focus
#1 Insurance: Advice to insurers
#2 Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
#2 Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
#2 Energy: Renewable/Alternative
#2 Environment: Transactional
Investment Fund Formation and Management
#1 Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Labor and Employment
#1 Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
M&A/Corporate and Commercial
#1 M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
#1 Private Equity Buyouts
Real Estate and Construction
#1 Real Estate
#2 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Tax
#1 US Taxes: Non-Contentious
#2 International Tax
In addition to the practice areas noted above, the Firm was recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the following practice areas:
Antitrust: Cartel
Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeals
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-contentious
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Transactions
In addition, the following attorneys were recognized in their respective fields of practice:
Ryan Bekkerus
Thomas Bell
Stephen Blake
Joshua Bonnie
Richard Capelouto
Brian Chisling
Elizabeth Cooper
Barrie Covit
James Cross
Abram Ellis
Mary Beth Forshaw
Bryce Friedman
Susannah Geltman
Jonathan Goldstein
Hank Gutman
John Hart
Gary Horowitz
Alexandra Kaplan
Peter Kazanoff
Alan Klein
James Kreissman
Lori Lesser
Linton Mann III
Lee Meyerson
Krista Miniutti
Wilson Neely
Keith Noreika
Mario Ponce
Gregory Ressa
Brian Robbins
Art Robinson
Marcela Robledo
Patrick Ryan
David Shevlin
John Terzaken
Anthony Vernace
Craig Waldman
Michael Wolitzer
Jonathan Youngwood
The Legal 500, a worldwide legal reference guide, ranks law firms and attorneys based on extensive research surveying corporate counsel and law firm clients throughout the country.