Shearman & Sterling practice areas and individual attorneys have been recognized in the Chambers USA and Legal 500 United States rankings for 2011. Both Chambers and Legal 500 cited the firm's capabilities and breadth of experience in an array of markets around the world.
"It is always very gratifying to see our exceptional work acknowledged by Chambers and by Legal 500," said Rohan S. Weerasinghe, Shearman & Sterling's senior partner. "We look forward to these objective and independent assessments of our work on behalf of our clients, and once again we are delighted that so many of our practices and leading lawyers have been identified as industry leaders."
Chambers USA
The firm has once again been recognized by Chambers USA for its outstanding practices and partners. In all, 61 lawyers were acknowledged.
Practices viewed as industry leaders include:
- Antitrust
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Capital Markets
- Derivatives
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Financial Services Regulation
- International Arbitration
- Investment Funds
- Latin American Investment
- Litigation, including General Commercial, Securities and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (including FCPA)
- Media & Entertainment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Projects
- Real Estate
- Sports
- Structured Products
- Tax
- Transportation (Aviation Finance)
- Wealth Management
View the full Chambers USA rankings and descriptions
Legal 500 United States
According to the recently released 2011 Legal 500 United States guide, Shearman & Sterling is considered a top firm for its practices and partners in the following areas:
- Antitrust
- Asset Finance and Leasing
- Bank Lending
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Restructuring
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Financial Services Regulatory
- Healthcare
- International Arbitration
- Investment Fund Formation & Management
- Litigation, including Securities Shareholder Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Project Finance
- Real Estate
- Structured Finance
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms and Broadcast
In addition, four Shearman & Sterling partners were cited as "Leading Lawyers": William Hirschberg (Bank Lending: National), Cynthia Urda Kassis (Project Finance), Peter Blessing (Tax: International firms) and Peter Lyons (M&A, mega-deals [$5b+]).
View the full Legal 500 United States rankings and descriptions