Reed Smith LLP issued the following announcement on Sept. 7.
Reed Smith has been recognized for excellence in 49 practice areas – eight of them new – in the 2022 IFLR1000 global rankings, the publication announced.
Related Professionals: Jason D. Angelo James E. Atkin Siddesh Bale Chris Borg M. Tamara Box Benjamin L. Brimeyer Edward P. Bromley Jennifer W. Cheng Delphine Currie Lee Ann Dillon Baptiste Gelpi Kurt F. Gwynne Delpha Ho Simon Hugo Aron Izower Aaron Javian Bronwen Jones Denise Jong Panos Katsambas Sachin Kerur Eric Lin Isabelle MacElhone Ann E. Pille Jodi E. Schwimmer Philip M. Taylor Kristin I. Wells Victoria Westcott Betty Yan Askar Zhansagimov
Reed Smith repeated Tier 1 listings for three practice categories; namely, New Jersey M&A; Pennsylvania M&A; and Pennsylvania restructuring and insolvency.
The eight practice categories in which the firm ranked for the first time were: France Banking; France M&A; France Private equity; France Project development; New York Capital markets; United States Capital markets: Equity; United States Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization; and United States M&A.
In addition to its expansion in France and the United States, the firm’s strength grew in the UK. Two of three areas that rose in rank were in the UK: United Kingdom Bank lending: Lender side, and United Kingdom Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious. The firm’s rank for United States Restructuring and insolvency also rose.
Twenty-seven individual lawyers in eight jurisdictions achieved ‘Highly Regarded’ status in 36 practice areas; of which eight were listed in more than one area. Two other Reed Smith lawyers were named Rising Stars, a designation for high-performing younger lawyers. Here is the full list of ‘Highly Regarded’ and ‘Rising Star’ individuals.
- Jason Angelo – Delaware Restructuring and insolvency (Rising Star)
- James Atkin – United Kingdom M&A (Japan specialization) and United Kingdom Project development
- Siddesh Bale – Illinois M&A
- Chris Borg – United Kingdom Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
- Tamara Box – United Kingdom Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization and United Kingdom Debt
- Benjamin Brimeyer – United States Banking
- Tad Bromley – New Jersey M&A
- Jennifer Cheng – New York M&A
- Delphine Currie – Capital markets: Equity
- Lee Ann Dillon – New York Banking
- Baptiste Gelpi – France Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization and Capital markets: Derivatives and Capital markets: Debt
- Kurt Gwynne – Delaware Restructuring and insolvency
- Delpha Ho – Hong Kong Capital markets: Equity
- Simon Hugo – United Kingdom Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
- Aron Izower – New York Capital markets and New York M&A
- Aaron Javian – United States Restructuring and insolvency
- Bronwen Jones – United Kingdom Investment funds and Banking
- Denise Jong – Hong Kong Capital markets: Equity
- Panos Katsambas – United Kingdom Hedge funds (Rising Star)
- Sachin Kerur – United Arab Emirates Project development
- Eric Lin – China Project finance: Foreign and China M&A – Foreign
- Isabelle MacElhone – France M&A
- Ann Pille – Illinois Restructuring and insolvency and United States Restructuring and insolvency
- Jodi Schwimmer – United States Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
- Philip Taylor – United Kingdom Private equity and United Kingdom M&A
- Kristin Wells – Pennsylvania M&A
- Victoria Westcott – France Project finance
- Betty Yan – New Jersey M&A
- Askar Zhansagimov – Kazakhstan M&A
California
- Banking
- Capital markets: Foreign
- M&A: Foreign
Delaware
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking
- M&A
- Private equity
- Project development
- Banking and finance
- M&A
- Project development
- Banking
- Capital markets: Equity
- M&A
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Banking
- M&A
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Project development
- M&A (Tier 1)
- Capital markets
- M&A (Tier 1)
- Restructuring and insolvency (Tier 1)
- Banking: Foreign
- Capital markets: Debt: Foreign
- Capital markets: Equity: Foreign
- M&A: Foreign
- Project development: Foreign
- Restructuring and insolvency: Foreign
- M&A
- Banking
- Bank lending: Borrower side
- Bank lending: Lender side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: Structured finance and Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
- Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
- M&A
- Private equity
- Private equity funds
- Real estate funds
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Retail funds
- Banking
- Capital markets: Equity
- Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
- Hedge funds
- M&A
- Restructuring and insolvency
Original source can be found here.