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Reed Smith recognized in Chambers Global 2025 with 57 practice and 78 individual rankings

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Reed Smith recognized in Chambers Global 2025 with 57 practice and 78 individual rankings

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Global law firm Reed Smith was recognized with 57 practice rankings in the Chambers Global 2025 guide. This included earning seven Band 1 rankings for practices. In addition, the firm’s lawyers achieved 78 individual rankings in the guide; among them, nine lawyers were ranked in Band 1 across 11 areas of practice.

PRACTICE RANKINGS

Reed Smith was ranked in Band 1 for:

- Asia-Pacific Shipping: Litigation

Cambodia General Business Law (Foreign expertise based abroad in Singapore)

China Shipping: Litigation (International Firms)

South Korea Shipping: International Firms

UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders

USA Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded

USA International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded

The firm achieved new rankings in the guide for:

China International & Cross-Border Disputes (International Firms)

Middle East-wide Dispute Resolution

United Arab Emirates Banking & Finance

United Arab Emirates TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data

United Arab Emirates TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport

Here is the full list of categories in which Reed Smith earned a ranking in Chambers Global 2025.

- Asia-Pacific

Arbitration (International)

Aviation: Finance

Banking & Finance

Corporate/M&A

Data Protection

Shipping: Finance

Shipping: Litigation (Band 1)

Belgium

- Competition: EU

Cambodia

General Business Law (Expertise based abroad in Singapore) (Band 1)

China

Banking & Finance (International Firms)

Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms)

Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms)

International & Cross-Border Disputes (International Firms) (new entry)

Shipping: Finance (International Firms)

Shipping: Litigation (International Firms) (Band 1)

Europe-wide

International Trade/WTO

France

International Arbitration

Global Market Leaders

Climate Change

Shipping: Finance

Shipping: Litigation

Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

Data Protection

Insurance: Contentious

India

Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad in UK)

Indonesia

Corporate & Finance (International Firms) (Foreign expertise based abroad in Singapore)

Kazakhstan

Dispute Resolution (Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)

Latin America: International Counsel

Arbitration (International)

Middle East-wide

Dispute Resolution (new entry)

Singapore

Corporate/M&A: International: Highly Regarded

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Elite

Shipping: Domestic

Shipping: International: Litigation

South Korea

Shipping (Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)

Shipping: International Firms (Band 1)

United Kingdom

Capital Markets: Securitisation

Commercial and Corporate Litigation

Disputes (International & Cross-Border)

Employment

Insurance Sector: Policyholder (International & Cross-Border)

Insurance: Mainly Policyholders (Band 1)

Intellectual Property

International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration

International Arbitration: Investor-State Arbitration

United Arab Emirates

Banking & Finance (new entry)

Construction

Dispute Resolution

Restructuring/Insolvency

TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (new entry)

TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport (new entry)

United States

Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded (Band 1)

E-Discovery & Information Governance

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

International Arbitration: Foreign expert for Latin America wide

International Arbitration: The Elite

International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded (Band 1)

Labor & Employment

Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded

LAWYER RANKINGS

The guide lists 61* individual Reed Smith lawyers as preeminent practitioners, achieving between them 78 individual rankings. Among them, these nine were lauded with Band 1 ranking for their areas of focus. Alex Andrews and José Astigarraga both garnered two Band 1 rankings.

Alex Andrews, South Korea Shipping: International Firms and South Korea Shipping (Expertise based abroad in UK)

José Astigarraga, Latin America: International Counsel Arbitration (International) and USA International Arbitration: Counsel

Margaret Campbell, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders

Peter Hardy, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders

Lianjun Li, China Shipping: Litigation (International Firms)

Michelle Nelson, United Arab Emirates Construction: Dispute Resolution

Mark Pring, UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders

Jamie Ryder, United Arab Emirates TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport

Charles Weller, Global Market Leaders Shipping: Litigation

In addition, Andrew Taylor was named a Senior Statesperson for Global Markets Leaders Shipping: Litigation. Clement Fouchard (France International Arbitration), Laura May-Scott (UK Insurance: Mainly Policyholders), Donald Sham (China Shipping Lititgation - International Firms), Lucy Winnington-Ingram (UK International Arbitration) were named as Up and Coming lawyers.

* Here is the full list of ranked lawyers.

Alex Andrews, Amir Ahmad, José Astigarraga, Gautam Bhattacharyya, Christian Filippitsch, Denise Jong, Sachin Kerur, Lianjun Li, Johnny Lim, Jamie Ryder, James Wiln and Lucy Winnington-Ingram received mentions in more than one area.

Amir Ahmad, Banking & Finance, United Arab Emirates (new entry) and Restructuring / Insolvency, United Arab Emirates (new entry)

Alex Andrews, Shipping: International Firms, South Korea and Shipping (Expertise based abroad in UK), South Korea

David Ashmore, Employment, UK

José Astigarraga, Arbitration (International), Global Market Leaders and Arbitration (International) Latin America: International Counsel and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for Latin America-wide), USA and International Arbitration: Counsel, USA

James Atkin, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK

Gautam Bhattacharyya, Dispute Resolution (Expertise based abroad in UK), India and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for India), UK and International Arbitration, UK

Antonia Birt, Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates

Tamara Box, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK

Margaret Campbell, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK

David Cohen, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA

Timothy Cooke, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Singapore

Therese Craparo, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA

Anthony Diana, E-Discovery & Information Governance, USA

Mark Drury, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK

Jennifer Ellis, Capital Markets: CLOs, UK

Brian Farmer, Investment Funds: Investor Representations, USA (new entry)

Christian Filippitsch, Competition: EU, Belgium and Competition: EU (Foreign Expert for Germany), Belgium and Competition/European Law: Lawyers based abroad in Belgium), Germany (new entry)

Clement Fouchard, International Arbitration, France

Kathleen Garrett, Restructuring/Insolvency, UK (new entry)

Peter Glover, Shipping: International: Litigation, Singapore

Leigh Hansson, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA

Peter Hardy, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK

Nina Howell, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, UK

Simon Hugo, Capital Markets: Securitisation, UK

Robin Jeffcott, Employment, UK

Gary Johnson, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), USA

Denise Jong, Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms), China and Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), China

Sachin Kerur, Construction: Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates and Construction: Non-contentious, United Arab Emirates

Edward Klees, Investment Funds: Investor Representation, USA (new entry)

Peter Lee, Shipping: Finance (International Firms), China

Catherine Lewis, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK (new entry)

Lianjun Li, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms), China and Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China and Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders

Min Li, Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China

Johnny Lim, Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Foreign Expertise based abroad in Singapore), Indonesia and Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expert for Indonesia), Singapore

Eric Lin, Energy & Natural Resources (International Firms), China

Michael Lowell, International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions, USA

Umbreen Meenai, Banking & Finance, United Arab Emirates (new entry)

Michelle Nelson, Construction: Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates

Marcus Price, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, UK

Mark Pring, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK

Isabelle Rahman, Competition: EU, Belgium

Francisco Rodriguez, International Arbitration: Counsel, USA

Peter Rosher, International Arbitration, France

Jamie Ryder, TMT: Media, Entertainment & Sport, United Arab Emirates and TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data, United Arab Emirates (new entry)

Laura-May Scott, Insurance: Mainly Policyholders, UK

Sultan Seidalin, Dispute Resolution, Kazakhstan (new entry)

Donald Sham, Shipping: Litigation (International Firms), China

Asha Sharma, Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms), China

Michael Skrein, Intellectual Property, UK

Simon Spells, Aviation: Finance, Asia-Pacific Region

Gerard Stegmaier, Privacy & Data Security, USA

Andrew Taylor, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders

Matthew Townsend, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms), China

Sally-Ann Underhill, Shipping, Greece (new entry)

Charles Weller, Shipping: Litigation, Global Market Leaders

Rob Wilkins, Shipping: Finance, Global Market Leaders

James Willn, Corporate Compliance & Investigations, United Arab Emirates (new entry) and Dispute Resolution, United Arab Emirates

Lucy Winnington-Ingram, International Arbitration, UK and International Arbitration (Foreign Expert for Kazakhstan), UK

Anthony Woo, Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), China

Bernard Yee (Resource Law LLC), Shipping: Domestic: Litigation, Singapore

Askar Zhansagimov, Corporate & Finance, Kazakhstan

The 2025 Chambers Global guide is based on detailed research and analysis, including interviews with in-house counsel and third-party experts. The guide helps clients to find leading lawyers and other professionals across the globe.

* The total of 61 individual lawyers includes one lawyer (Bernard Yee) who is with Resource Law LLC. Reed Smith is in a Formal Law Alliance with Resource Law LLC in Singapore.

Original source can be found here.

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