Legal 500 US 2014 ranks Mayer Brown in 38 categories and recognizes 17 lawyers as “Leading Individuals”

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that the 2014 edition of Legal 500 United States ranked the firm in 38 categories. Of these rankings, six are top-tier:

• Finance: Structured Finance, for the fourth consecutive year;
• Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate: Appellate, for the eighth consecutive year;
• Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate: Supreme Court, for the eighth consecutive year;
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing, for the seventh consecutive year;
• Tax: Domestic Tax: Central, for the eighth consecutive year; and
• Tax: Tax Controversy, for the eighth consecutive year.

The publication also listed 17 Mayer Brown lawyers as “Leading Individuals” in their practice areas:

• Paul Forrester – Finance: Structured Finance
• Dale Giali – Litigation: Trade Secrets
• Ken Klein – Tax: International Tax
• Jason Kravitt – Finance: Structured Finance
• Larry Langdon – Tax: Tax Controversy
• Ted Livingston – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory
• Barry Machlin – Finance: Project Finance
• John Mancini – Litigation: Trade Secrets
• Dan Masur – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Brad Peterson – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Andy Pincus – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate
• Paul Roy – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Steve Shapiro – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate
• Marc Sperber – Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn-5bn)
• Liz Stern – Labor and Employment: Immigration
• Jon Van Gorp – Finance: Structured Finance
• Joel Williamson – Tax: Tax Controversy

Following is a complete list of the practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2014 edition of Legal 500 United States:

Finance

• Asset Finance and Leasing
• Bank Lending (Including Other Sources of Financing)
• Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Managers
• Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Corporates
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Financial Institutions
• Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Corporate Restructuring (including Bankruptcy)
• Financial Services: Regulatory
• Project Finance: Project Advice to Lender
• Project Finance: Project Advice to Sponsor
• Structured Finance

Industry Focus

• Environment: Litigation
• Insurance: Advice to Insurers
• Insurance: Non-Contentious

Intellectual Property

• Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
• Trademarks: Litigation

Investment Fund Formation and Management

• Private Equity Funds

Labor and Employment

• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Litigation

• International Trade
• Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Toxic Tort
• Securities: Shareholder Litigation
• Supreme Court and Appellate: Appellate
• Supreme Court and Appellate: Supreme Court
• Trade Secrets
• White-Collar Criminal Defense

Media, Technology and Telecoms

• Technology: Data Protection and Privacy
• Technology: Outsourcing
• Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts

• Antitrust
• M&A: Large Deals ($1bn-5bn)

Real Estate and Construction

• Construction
• Real Estate

Tax

• Domestic Tax: Central
• Domestic Tax: East Coast
• International Tax
• Tax Controversy