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.