The 2017 edition of Chambers Global ranked or listed Mayer Brown in 74 practice categories. In addition, the new edition ranked or listed Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with Mayer Brown, in 10 categories in the Angola, Brazil and Mozambique regions.
Of Mayer Brown’s rankings, eight were Band One:
- Capital Markets: Securitization, US, for the ninth consecutive year;
- International Trade, Vietnam, for the third consecutive year;
- International Trade/WTO, Belgium, for the fourth consecutive year;
- International Trade/WTO, Europe-Wide, for the fourth consecutive year;
- Outsourcing, Global-Wide, for the third consecutive year;
- Outsourcing, US, for the ninth consecutive year;
- Projects & Energy: Mining & Minerals, Africa-Wide, for the sixth consecutive year; and
- Projects: PPP, US, for the seventh consecutive year.
Tauil & Chequer received a top-band ranking in Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, Brazil.
Chambers Global also recognized 90 Mayer Brown lawyers with 134 total rankings or listings in 79 practice categories. In addition, the new guide recognized 15 Tauil & Chequer lawyers, with 21 total rankings or listings in 10 practice categories.
Of Mayer Brown’s recognized lawyers, 19 achieved a total of 20 top-band or higher rankings in 17 categories:
Senior Statesmen
- Nicholas Hunsworth – Dispute Resolution (International Firms), China
- Jason Kravitt – Capital Markets: Securitization, US
- Edward Osterberg – Tax: International Tax, US
- John Schmidt – Projects: PPP, US
Star Individuals
- Nicholas Robertson – Employment, UK
- Paulette Vander Schueren – International Trade/WTO, Belgium
Band One
- David Chadwick – Insurance: Contentious Claims, UK
- Rebecca Eisner – Outsourcing, US
- Jason Elder – General Business Law-Expert Based Abroad (China), Mongolia
- Gabriela Kennedy – Intellectual Property (International Firms), China
- Barry Machlin – Projects, US
- Daniel Masur – Outsourcing, US
- Brad Peterson – Outsourcing, US
- Klaus Riehmer – Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, Germany
- Paul Roy – Outsourcing, US
- Laurence Urgenson – FCPA, US
- Paulette Vander Schueren – International Trade/WTO, Europe-Wide
- Paul Virtue – Immigration: Business, US
Tauil & Chequer lawyer Alexandre Chequer was recognized with a Band One ranking in the Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, Brazil category.
Following is a complete list of the 2017 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
- International Trade/WTO
- Shipping: Finance
Belgium
- Competition/European Law
- 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
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance
- International Trade/WTO
France
- Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
- Banking & Finance
Germany
- Banking & Finance: Acquisition Finance & Syndicated Lending
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance
- Corporate/M&A
Global-Wide
- Agribusiness
- Aviation: Finance
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance, Securitization & 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
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/M&A
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Insurance
- Projects
Myanmar
- General Business Law – Desk Based Abroad (China)
- General Business Law – Desk Based Abroad (Singapore)
Singapore
- Projects & Energy - Foreign Desk (Myanmar)
- Projects & Infrastructure: International
UK
- Banking & Finance: Lenders
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Employment
- Insurance: Contentious Claims
- Projects – Foreign Desk (Africa-Wide)
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
US
- Antitrust: Cartel
- Banking & Finance - Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Capital Markets: Derivatives
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Competition/Antitrust
- Immigration: Business
- International Trade
- International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- Outsourcing
- Projects - Foreign Desk (Latin America-Wide)
- Projects: PPP
- Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- 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
Asia-Pacific Region
Aviation: Finance
Richard Stock
International Trade/WTO
Matthew McConkey
Bangladesh
Corporate & Finance
Nathan Dodd – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
David Harrison – Expert Based Abroad (Vietnam)
Belgium
Competition/European Law
Julian Ellison
Julian Ellison – Foreign Expert (UK)
Jens Peter Schmidt
Jens Peter Schmidt – Foreign Expert (Germany)
International Trade/WTO
Nikolay Mizulin
Paulette Vander Schueren
China
Capital Markets (International Firms)
Jason Elder – Foreign Expert (Indonesia)
Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
Jason Elder
Capital Markets: Derivatives & Structured Products (International Firms)
Vincent Sum
Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
James Fong
Competition/Antitrust (International Firms)
Hannah Ha
John Hickin
Corporate/M&A: China-Based (International Firms)
Betty Tam
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
Xiaoyan Zhang – Foreign Expert (US)
International Trade/WTO (International Firms)
Matthew McConkey
Shipping: Finance (International Firms)
Maggie C. K. Cheung
Europe-Wide
International Trade/WTO
Nikolay Mizulin
Paulette Vander Schueren
France
Banking & Finance
Jean-Philippe Lambert
Corporate/M&A
Guillaume Kuperfils
Jean-François Louit
Arnaud Pérès
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Dany Khayat
Dany Khayat – Foreign Expert (Middle East-wide)
Alejandro Lopez Ortiz – Foreign Expert (Central America-wide, Spain)
Germany
Capital Markets
Bernd Bohr – Expert Based Abroad (UK)
Capital Markets: Derivatives
Jochen Seitz
Capital Markets: Structured Finance
Ralf Hesdahl
Corporate/M&A: Competition
Jens Peter Schmidt – Expert Based Abroad (Belgium)
Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
Klaus Riehmer
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
Douglas Doetsch
James Patti
Corporate/M&A
Pablo Ferrante
Gabriel Salinas
Energy & Natural Resources
Pablo Ferrante
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)
Ben Thompson – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Projects & Energy
Nathan Dodd – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Singapore
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Yu-Jin Tay– Foreign Expert (Indonesia, South Korea)
Projects & Energy
Nathan Dodd – Foreign Expert (Bangladesh and Myanmar)
Ben Thompson – Foreign Expert (Myanmar)
Projects & Infrastructure: International
Nathan Dodd
Ben Thompson
South Korea
Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
Yu-Jin Tay – Expert Based Abroad (Singapore)
Spain
Capital Markets
Robert Flanigan – Foreign Expert (UK)
Turkey
Capital Markets
James Patti – Expert Based Abroad (US)
UK
Capital Markets: Securitization
Kevin Hawken
Capital Markets: Structured Finance & Derivatives
Dominic Griffiths
Edmund Parker
Competition Law
Julian Ellison – Expert Based Abroad (Belgium)
David Harrison
Employment
Christopher Fisher
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
United Arab Emirates
Corporate/M&A
Tom Thraya – Expert Based Abroad (US)
US
Banking & Finance
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: Securitization
Douglas Doetsch – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Carol Hitselberger
Paul Jorissen
Jason Kravitt
Stuart Litwin
Keith Oberkfell
Angela Ulum
Jon Van Gorp
Competition/Antitrust
Andrew Marovitz
Energy & Natural Resources
Jose Valera – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Thomas Moore
FCPA
Laurence Urgenson
Immigration: Business
Elizabeth Stern
Paul Virtue
International Arbitration
Michael Lennon Jr.
International Trade
Matthew McConkey – Foreign Expert (Indonesia and Vietnam)
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Jamie Beaber
Gary Hnath
Litigation: E-Discovery
Michael Lackey
Outsourcing
Rebecca Eisner
Daniel Masur
Brad Peterson
Paul Roy
Projects
Christopher Erckert – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Barry Machlin
Barry Machlin – Foreign Expert (Latin America-Wide)
Projects: PPP
David Narefsky
John Schmidt
Joseph Seliga
Stephanie Wagner
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
David Burton
Robert Goldberg
Tax: International Tax
James Barry
Edward Osterberg
Vietnam
Banking & Finance
David Harrison
Corporate/M&A
David Harrison
David Harrison – Foreign Expert (Bangladesh)
International Trade
Matthew McConkey – Expert Based Abroad (US)
Tauil & Chequer Category Rankings and Listings:
Angola
- General Business Law: International Firms
Brazil
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Insurance
- Projects
- Tax
Mozambique
- General Business Law: International Firms
Tauil & Chequer Individual Rankings and Listings:
Angola
General Business Law: International Firms
Alexandre Chequer
Gonçalo Falcão
Brazil
Banking & Finance
Eduardo Lima
Capital Markets
Carlos Motta
Caio Cossermelli
Paula Magalhães
Corporate/M&A
Carlos Motta
Eduardo Soto - Foreign Expert (Spain)
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Gustavo Fernandes
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
Alexandre Chequer
Alexandre Chequer - Foreign Expert (Angola)
Victor Galante
Gonçalo Falcão - Foreign Expert (Angola)
Insurance
Julio Costa
Projects
Alexandre Chequer
Eduardo Lima
Bruno Aurélio
Luis Montes
Tax
Ivan Tauil
Guido Vinci
Mozambique
General Business Law: International Firms
Paulo Rage