Shearman & Sterling practice areas and individual attorneys have been recognized in the latest Chambers USA and Legal 500 United States rankings. Both Chambers and Legal 500 cited the firm's capabilities and breadth of experience in an array of markets around the world.
"We are of course very pleased by this important annual acknowledgement of our first-rate work," said Rohan S. Weerasinghe, Shearman & Sterling's senior partner. "We continue to provide exceptional services to our clients, and we greatly appreciate the independent and objective assessment by Chambers and Legal 500."
Chambers USA
The firm has once again been recognized by Chambers USA for its outstanding practices and partners in the following areas:
- Antitrust
- Asset Management
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Capital Markets
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Environment
- 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
- Private Equity
- Projects
- Real Estate
- Sports
- Tax
- Transportation
- Wealth Management
In addition, two practice areas received first-time rankings:
- Projects: National: Public Private Partnerships
- Corporate/M&A: National: The Elite
Three practices received “Elite” rankings: Corporate/M&A: New York, Corporate/M&A: National and General Commercial Litigation: New York. Chambers also recognized the firm’s US partners in 58 individual rankings - 9 more than the previous year.
View the full Chambers USA rankings and descriptions
Legal 500 United States
The recently released 2010 Legal 500 United States guide has also again ranked Shearman & Sterling as a top firm for its practices and partners in the following areas:
- Antitrust
- Asset Finance and Leasing
- Asset Management
- Bank Lending
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Restructuring
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- International Arbitration
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mutual Funds
- Private Equity
- Project Finance
- Sports
- Structured Finance
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms and Broadcast
The firm received new rankings in four categories: Technology: Transactions, Telecoms & Broadcast: Transactional, Private Equity Buyouts and Domestic Tax: East Coast.
View the full Legal 500 United States rankings and descriptions