Simpson Thacher Litigation Practice Rated "Cream of the Crop"
Simpson Thacher's litigation practice was recognized in Euromoney's recently released Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys with a "Highly Recommended" listing, the publication's top ranking. Additionally, Benchmark named 11 of the Firm's litigation attorneys as "litigation stars". The guide, excerpted below, can be viewed online at http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/ or by downloading the below PDF file.
"Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was praised as “the cream of the crop” in New York litigation. An all-star client list, which includes Daiichi Pharmaceuticals, MasterCard, Goldman Sachs & Co and Weyerhaeuser, routinely bets on the ability of its more than 300 litigators. Though recognized for top-notch general commercial capabilities, the firm is known among peers for a traditionally strong insurance practice. In one of the most widely followed cases in the last decade, the firm secured a unanimous jury verdict affirmed on appeal in favor of Swiss Re, the largest participant in the $3.54 billion property insurance program covering the World Trade Center before September 11, 2001, capping the client’s liability at a single $877 million policy limit. The securities group is said to be “at the top of the game” and represents JP Morgan Chase in more than 25 lawsuits relating to the Enron collapse, while the firm’s leading international arbitration group recently helped Bechtel and General Electric recover $425 million in investments in India’s defunct Dahbol Power Project. Market insiders agree that the firm’s antitrust group is “certainly strong, very strong” and the firm’s broad expertise is rounded out by skilled intellectual property and products liability lawyers.