Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2020. The Firm was recognized in 45 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
#2 Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates
Finance
#1 Capital Markets: Debt
#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
#1 Capital Markets: Equity
#1 Capital Markets: Global Offerings
#1 Capital Markets: Global Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
#1 Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
#2 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Managers
#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings – Advice to Underwriters
#2 Project Finance
Industry Focus
#1 Insurance: Advice to Insurers
#2 Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
#2 Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
#2 Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
#2 Environment: Transactional
Investment Funds
#1 Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Labor and Employment
#1 Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactions
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
#1 Not-For-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
#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 Individuals
Dispute Resolution: International Trade
Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsors
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-contentious
Investment Funds: Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Corporate Governance
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
The following attorneys were recognized as “Hall of Fame” Leading Lawyers in their respective fields of practice:
Thomas Bell – Investment Funds: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Joshua Ford Bonnie – Finance: Capital Markets: Equity
Richard Capelouto – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
James Cross – Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
Gary Horowitz – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Peter Kazanoff – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
Lee Meyerson – Finance: Financial Services Regulation and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Wilson Neely – M&A/Corporate and Commercial : Private Equity Buyouts
Gregory Ressa – Real Estate: Real Estate
Brian Robbins – Labor and Employment: ECEB and Retirement Plans: Transactions
Patrick Ryan – Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
David Shevlin – Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
Michael Wolitzer – Investment Funds: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Jonathan Youngwood – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation
The following attorneys were recognized as Leading Lawyers in their respective fields of practice:
Brian Chisling – Industry Focus: Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Elizabeth Cooper – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Barrie Covit – Investment Funds Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Paul Curnin – Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
Adeeb Fadil – Industry Focus: Environment: Transactional
Mary Beth Forshaw – Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Bryce Friedman – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes and Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Jennifer Hobbs – Finance: Commercial Lending
Joseph Kaufman – Finance: Capital Markets: Equity
Alan Klein – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
James Kreissman – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
Marni Lerner – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Lori Lesser – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
David Lieberman – Finance: Project Finance and Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
Krista Miniutti – Real Estate: Real Estate
Keith Noreika – Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Mario Ponce – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Art Robinson – Finance: Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Global Offerings and Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
Brian Stadler – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
John Terzaken – Antitrust: Cartel
Jonathan Youngwood – Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
The following attorneys were recognized as Next Generation Partners in their respective fields of practice:
Ryan Bekkerus – Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings
Stephen Blake – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense and Securities Litigation: Defense
Andrew Blau – Labor and Employment: ECEB and Retirement Plans: Transactions
Elizabeth Cooper – Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Brooke Cucinella – Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates
Matt Einbinder – Finance: Commercial Lending
Abram Ellis – Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
John Ericson – Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
Susannah Geltman – Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Jonathan Goldstein – Tax: International Tax and US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Alexandra Kaplan – Finance: Commercial Lending
Edgar Lewandowski – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Linton Mann III – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
Jeannine McSweeney – Labor and Employment: ECEB and Retirement Plans: Transactions
Andrew Purcell – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Whitney Salinas – Real Estate: Real Estate
Anthony Vernace – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Craig Waldman – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation, M&A Litigation: Defense and Securities Litigation: Defense
Daniel Webb – Finance: Capital Markets: Debt
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