The 2015 edition of Chambers Global ranked or listed Mayer Brown in 73 practice categories. In addition, the new edition ranked or listed Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with Mayer Brown, in nine categories in the Angola and Brazil regions.
Of Mayer Brown’s rankings, 12 were Band One:
- Antitrust: Cartel, US;
- Banking & Finance, Vietnam, for the seventh consecutive year;
- Capital Markets: Securitization, Global-Wide, for the fifth consecutive year;
- Capital Markets: Securitization, US, for the seventh consecutive year;
- International Trade, Vietnam;
- International Trade/WTO, Belgium, for the second consecutive year;
- International Trade/WTO, Europe-Wide, for the second consecutive year;
- Outsourcing, Global-Wide;
- Outsourcing, US, for the seventh consecutive year;
- Projects & Energy: Mining & Minerals, Africa-Wide, for the fourth consecutive year;
- Projects: PPP, US, for the fifth consecutive year; and
- Shipping: Finance (International Firms), China, for the fourth consecutive year.
Tauil & Chequer received a top-band ranking in Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, Brazil, for the sixth consecutive year.
Chambers Global also recognized 90 Mayer Brown lawyers with 133 total rankings or listings in 78 practice categories. The new edition also recognized 12 Tauil & Chequer lawyers, with 18 total rankings or listings in eight practice categories.
Of Mayer Brown’s recognized lawyers, 22 achieved a total of 25 top-band or higher rankings in 21 categories:
Senior Statesmen
- Mary Fontaine – Capital Markets: Securitization, US
- Nicholas Hunsworth – Dispute Resolution (International Firms), China
- Jason Kravitt – Capital Markets: Securitization, US
- Edward Osterberg – Tax: International Tax, US
- Paul Virtue – Immigration: Business, US
Star Individuals
- Nicholas Robertson – Employment, UK
- Paulette Vander Schueren – International Trade/WTO, Belgium
Band One
- Laurent Borey – Tax, France
- David Chadwick – Insurance: Contentious Claims, UK
- Joshua Cohn – Capital Markets: Derivatives, US
- Rebecca Eisner – Outsourcing, US
- Gabriela Kennedy – Intellectual Property (International Firms), China
- Philip Lacovara – International Arbitration: Arbitrators, US
- Barry Machlin – Projects, US
- Daniel Masur – Outsourcing, US
- Edmund Parker – Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives, UK
- Brad Peterson – Outsourcing, US
- Paul Roy – Outsourcing, US
- John Schmidt – Projects: PPP, US
- Laurence Urgenson – FCPA, US
- Paulette Vander Schueren – International Trade/WTO, Europe-Wide
Tauil & Chequer lawyer Antonio Bastos Sarmento was recognized with a Senior Statesman ranking in the Projects, Brazil category.
Following is a complete list of the 2015 Chambers Global rankings for Mayer Brown and Tauil & Chequer.
Mayer Brown Category Rankings and Listings:
Africa-Wide
- Projects & Energy
- Projects & Energy: Mining & Minerals
Asia-Pacific Region
- Aviation: Finance
- Banking & Finance
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade/WTO
- Shipping: Finance
Belgium
- International Trade/WTO
China
- Banking & Finance (International Firms)
- Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
- Competition/Antitrust (International Firms)
- Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- Intellectual Property (International Firms)
- International Trade/WTO (International Firms)
- Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
Europe-Wide
- International Trade/WTO
France
- Banking & Finance
- Tax
Germany
- Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance & Syndicated Lending
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution
Global-Wide
- Asset Finance
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
- Construction
- Dispute Resolution
- Employment
- Immigration
- Insurance
- Insurance: Contentious
- International Trade/WTO
- Outsourcing
- Projects & Energy
- Projects & Energy: Mining & Minerals
- Shipping: Finance
- Tax
- Technology, Media & Telecoms
Latin America-Wide
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Insurance
- Projects
Myanmar
- General Business Law – Desk Based Abroad (Singapore)
Singapore
- Projects & Energy – Foreign Desk (Myanmar)
- Projects & Infrastructure: International
UK
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Employment
- Insurance: Contentious Claims
- Insurance: Contentious Claims & Reinsurance – Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Projects – Foreign Desk (Africa-Wide)
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
US
- Antitrust: Cartel
- Banking & Finance – Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Capital Markets: Derivatives
- Capital Markets: Derivatives – Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Capital Markets: Securitization – Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Competition/Antitrust
- International Trade
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Outsourcing
- Projects – Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Projects: PPP
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
Vietnam
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- International Trade
- Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
Mayer Brown Individual Rankings and Listings:
Africa-Wide
Projects & Energy
Ian Coles
Rachel Speight
Angola
General Business Law
Thomas Moore – Expert Based Abroad (US)
Asia-Pacific Region
Aviation: Finance
Richard Stock
International Trade/WTO
Matthew McConkey
Bangladesh
Corporate & Finance
Nathan Dodd – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Belgium
Competition/European Law
Julian Ellison
Julian Ellison – Foreign Expert (UK)
Robert Klotz – Foreign Expert (Germany)
Jens Peter Schmidt – Foreign Expert (Germany)
International Trade/WTO
Nikolay Mizulin
Madelein Perrick
Paulette Vander Schueren
China
Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-Based (International Firms)
Francis Chen
Capital Markets (International Firms)
Jason Elder – Foreign Expert (Indonesia and Mongolia)
Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
James Fong
Competition/Antitrust (International Firms)
Hannah Ha
John Hickin
Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-Based (International Firms)
Hannah Ha
Martin Robertson
Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
Nicholas Hunsworth
Thomas So
Vivien Yip
Intellectual Property (International Firms)
Gabriela Kennedy
Rosita Li
International Trade/WTO (International Firms)
Matthew McConkey
Projects & Infrastructure (International Firms)
Kevin Owen – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
Maggie C. K. Cheung
Europe-Wide
International Trade/WTO
Nikolay Mizulin
Madelein Perrick
Paulette Vander Schueren
France
Banking & Finance
Jean-Philippe Lambert
Jean-Pierre Lee
Tax
Laurent Borey
Benjamin Homo
Germany
Capital Markets: Derivatives
Jochen Seitz
Capital Markets: Structured Finance
Ralf Hesdahl
Corporate/M&A: Competition
Robert Klotz – Expert Based Abroad (Belgium)
Jens Peter Schmidt – Expert Based Abroad (Belgium)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Counsel
Mark Hilgard
Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Mark Hilgard
Dispute Resolution: Most In-Demand Arbitrators
Mark Hilgard
Indonesia
Capital Markets (International Firms)
Jason Elder – Expert Based Abroad (China)
International Trade (International Firms)
Matthew McConkey – Expert Based Abroad (US)
Latin America-Wide
Banking & Finance
Douglas Doetsch
David Duffee
Capital Markets
James Patti
Corporate/M&A
Pablo Ferrante
Gabriel Salinas
Energy & Natural Resources
Jose Valera
Insurance
David Chadwick
Projects
Christopher Erckert
Barry Machlin
Mongolia
General Business Law
Jason Elder – Expert Based Abroad (China)
Myanmar
General Business Law
Nathan Dodd – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Netherlands
Tax
Pieter de Ridder – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Singapore
Projects & Energy
Nathan Dodd – Foreign Expert (Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand)
Kevin Owen – Foreign Expert (China)
Ben Thompson – Foreign Expert (Thailand)
Projects & Infrastructure: International
Nathan Dodd
Ben Thompson
Switzerland
Dispute Resolution
Mark Hanchet – Expert Based Abroad (US)
Thailand
Projects
Nathan Dodd – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Ben Thompson – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Turkey
Capital Markets
James Patti – Expert Based Abroad (US)
UK
Capital Markets: Securitization
Kevin Hawken
Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
Dominic Griffiths
Edmund Parker
Capital Markets: Structured Finance, Securitization & Derivatives
Dominic Griffiths – Foreign Expert (Italy)
Competition Law
Julian Ellison – Expert Based Abroad (Belgium)
Gillian Sproul
Employment
Stefan Martin
Nicholas Robertson
Insurance: Contentious Claims
David Chadwick
Sean Connolly
Insurance: Contentious Claims & Reinsurance
David Chadwick– Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Insurance: Reinsurance
Sean Connolly
Tax
Sandy Bhogal
US
Antitrust: Cartel
Richard Favretto
Banking & Finance
Robert Baptista
Douglas Doetsch
Douglas Doetsch – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
David Duffee – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Brian Trust
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Edward Best
James Patti – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide and Turkey)
Capital Markets: Derivatives
Joshua Cohn
Capital Markets: Securitization
Douglas Doetsch – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Mary Fontaine
Carol Hitselberger
Paul Jorissen
Jason Kravitt
Stuart Litwin
Keith Oberkfell
James Patti – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Jon Van Gorp
Competition/Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Corporate/M&A
Scott Davis
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Thomas Moore
FCPA
Laurence Urgenson
Immigration: Business
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue
International Arbitration
Michael Lennon Jr.
Jeffrey Sarles
International Arbitration: Arbitrators
Philip Lacovara
International Trade
Matthew McConkey – Foreign Expert (Indonesia and Vietnam)
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Simeon Kriesberg
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Gary Hnath
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
Michael Kantor
Litigation: E-Discovery
Michael Lackey
Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Geofrey Master– Foreign Expert (China)
Daniel Masur
Brad Peterson
Paul Roy
Projects
Christopher Erckert – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Barry Machlin
Barry Machlin – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
John Schmidt
Jose Valera – Foreign Expert (Peru)
Projects: PPP
David Narefsky
John Schmidt
Tax: International Tax
James Barry
Edward Osterberg
Vietnam
Banking & Finance
David Harrison
International Trade
Matthew McConkey – Expert Based Abroad (US)
Tauil & Chequer Category Rankings and Listings:
Angola
- General Business Law – Desk Based Abroad (Brazil)
Brazil
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A – Foreign Desk (Angola)
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas – Foreign Desk (Angola)
- Projects
- Tax
Tauil & Chequer Individual Rankings and Listings:
Angola
General Business Law
Alexandre Chequer – Expert Based Abroad (Brazil)
Gonçalo Falcão – Expert Based Abroad (Brazil)
Brazil
Banking & Finance
Eduardo Lima
Capital Markets
Caio Cossermelli
Carlos Motta
Corporate/M&A
Carlos Motta
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Alexandre Chequer
Alexandre Chequer – Foreign Expert (Angola)
Leonardo Costa
Gonçalo Falcão – Foreign Expert (Angola)
Insurance
Julio Costa
Projects
Alexandre Chequer
Eduardo Lima
Luis Montes
Antonio Bastos Sarmento
Salim Saud Neto
Tax
Roberta Caneca
Ivan Tauil