Reed Smith LLP issued the following announcement on Oct. 8.
Reed Smith has earned rankings in 33 practice areas by country, and 20 of its practitioners were recognized as Leading Lawyers in the 2021 global rankings published by the International Financial Law Review.
One practice was ranked for the first time, and two improved their rankings. United Kingdom Private equity is a new listing; and Kazakhstan Financial and corporate and United States Banking improved their places in the rankings.
Three lawyers across five practices were listed as Leading Lawyers for the first time with Reed Smith, and seven were ranked in several categories as Leading Lawyers.
Over the last couple of months, the IFLR released the following rankings separately: (1) banking and finance; (2) capital markets, investment funds and private equity firms; (3) restructuring and insolvency and project development; (4) financial and corporate and M&A; and (5) leading lawyers for all practice areas.
The final IFLR1000 30th edition rankings focus on the top financial and corporate and M&A firms and lawyers. Visit IFLR to see the Reed Smith main rankings page.
Here’s the full list of recognized practice categories.
China
Capital markets - Foreign
M&A – Foreign
Greece
Banking and finance
M&A
Project development
Hong Kong
Banking
Capital markets: Equity
M&A
Restructuring and insolvency
Kazakhstan
Financial and corporate
Project development
Singapore
Banking - Foreign
Capital markets: Debt - Foreign
Capital markets: Equity - Foreign
M&A - Foreign
Project development – Foreign
Restructuring and insolvency – Foreign
United Arab Emirates
Banking
United Kingdom
Bank lending: Borrower side
Bank lending: Lender side
Banking
Capital markets: Debt
Capital markets: Equity
Capital markets: Structured finance and securitization
Financial services regulatory: Non-contentious
M&A
Private equity
Private equity funds
Real estate funds
Restructuring: Corporate
Retail funds
United States
Banking
Hedge funds
Restructuring and insolvency
Original source can be found here.