Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2022. The Firm was recognized in 45 practice areas, including a total of 22 rankings in the top tier. Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:
Antitrust
#2 Cartel
#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 Offerings - Advice to Issuers
#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - Advice to Underwriters
#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers
#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 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - Advice to Underwriters
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
#1 Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
#2 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Managers
#2 Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Industry Focus
#1 Environment: Transactional
#1 Insurance: Advice to Insurers
#2 Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
#2 Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
#2 Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
Investment Fund Formation and Management
#1 Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
#2 Mutual/Registered/Exchange-Traded Funds
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 Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
#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: 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 Lender
Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor
Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-Contentious
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 Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Joshua Ford Bonnie – Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Barrie Covit – Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
James Cross – Finance: Commercial Lending
Mary Beth Forshaw – Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Gregory Grogan – Labor and Employment: EBEC and Retirement Plans: Transactions
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+)
Gregory Ressa – Real Estate: Real Estate
Brian Robbins – Labor and Employment: EBEC and Retirement Plans: Transactions
Art Robinson – Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
Patrick Ryan – Finance: Commercial Lending
David Shevlin – Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations)
John Terzaken – Antitrust: Cartel
Michael Wolitzer – Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Jonathan Youngwood – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation and Securities Litigation: Defense
The following attorneys were recognized as Leading Lawyers in their respective fields of practice:
Brian Chisling – Industry Focus: Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Elizabeth Cooper – Finance: Financial Services Regulation and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Bryce Friedman - Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes and Industry Focus: Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Jonathan Goldstein – Tax: International Tax
Peter Guryan – Antitrust: Merger Control
Jennifer Hobbs – Finance: Commercial Lending
Joseph Kaufman – Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Kathryn King Sudol – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Alan Klein – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Jeffrey Knox – Antitrust Cartel
Scott Kobak – Real Estate: Real Estate
James Kreissman – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense and Securities Litigation: Defense
Marni Lerner – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Lori Lesser – Technology: Technology Transactions
David Lieberman – Finance: Project Finance and Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
Krista Miniutti – Real Estate: Real Estate
Lynn Neuner – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
Keith Noreika – Finance: Financial Services Regulation
Mario Ponce – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Sara Razi – Antitrust: Merger Control
Arthur Robinson – Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings and Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings
William Sheehan – Finance: Commercial Lending
Brian Stadler – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Eric Swedenburg – M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Malcolm Tuesley – Dispute Resolution: International Trade
Kenneth Wallach – Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
Jonathan Youngwood – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
The following attorneys were recognized as Next Generation Partners in their respective fields of practice:
Stephen Blake – Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense and Securities Litigation: Defense
Andrew Blau – Labor and Employment: EBEC and Retirement Plans: Transactions
Brooke Cucinella – Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense – Advice to Corporates
Abram Ellis – Antitrust: Cartel and Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
Jonathan Goldstein – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Edgar Lewandowski – Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Linton Mann III – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
Jeannine McSweeney – Labor and Employment: EBEC and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Erland Modesto – Industry Focus: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Andrew Purcell – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Rony Rothken – Investment Funds: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)
Whitney Salinas – Real Estate: Real Estate
Sophie Staples – Tax: International Tax
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 Offerings
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