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Simpson Thacher Again Recognized as Leading National Law Firm by The Legal 500 United States 2019

06.18.19

Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2019. The Firm was recognized in 45 practice areas, including a total of 21 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 issuers
#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: 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
#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
Dispute Resolution: Leading Trial Lawyers
Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-contentious
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Transactions

The following attorneys were recognized as Leading Lawyers in their respective fields of practice:

Thomas Bell
Joshua Bonnie
Richard Capelouto
Brian Chisling
Barrie Covit
James Cross
Adeeb Fadil
Mary Beth Forshaw
John Hart
Gary Horowitz
Joseph Kaufman
Peter Kazanoff
Alan Klein
James Kreissman
Marni Lerner
Lori Lesser
David Lieberman
Lee Meyerson
Krista Miniutti
Wilson Neely
Keith Noreika
Mario Ponce
Gregory Ressa
Brian Robbins
Art Robinson
Patrick Ryan
David Shevlin
Brian Stadler
John Terzaken
Michael Wolitzer
Jonathan Youngwood

In addition, the following attorneys were recognized as Next 
Generation Lawyers or Rising Stars in their respective fields of practice:

Ryan Bekkerus
Stephen Blake
Elizabeth Cooper
Matt Einbinder
Abram Ellis
John Ericson
Bryce Friedman
Susannah Geltman
Jonathan Goldstein
Alexandra Kaplan
Andrew Purcell
Marcela Robledo
Whitney Salinas
Anthony Vernace
Craig Waldman
Daniel Webb     

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.

 

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