The Firm was ranked in Tier 1 for its Antitrust, General Commercial, Insurance, Securities and White Collar Practices. The Firm was also ranked Tier 2 for its Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property Practices. Benchmark Litigation notes that Simpson Thacher “enjoys gold-standard status in a broad and varied spectrum of practice areas,” and that “peers across the board acknowledge the depth of the firm’s talent pool.”
The New York and Washington, D.C. practices were both listed again as “Highly Recommended,” the publication’s top ranking, and the California litigation practice was listed as “Recommended.”
Benchmark also recognized 30 of the Firm’s litigation partners in this year’s rankings and additional accolades, including the recent “Top 250 Women in Litigation” list, the “Under 40 Hot List” and the Labor and Employment guide. The publication quotes a peer source saying, “Simpson Thacher has done a better job than many others in terms of staffing cases with the expertly groomed younger people who are now hitting that ‘sweet spot’ of their careers.”