Legal 500 US 2017 ranks Mayer Brown in 60 categories and recognizes 23 lawyers as “Leading Individuals”

Mayer Brown announced that the 2017 edition of Legal 500 United States ranked the firm in 60 categories. Of these rankings, six are top tier:

• Finance: Structured Finance, for the seventh consecutive year
• Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate: Appellate, for the 11th consecutive year
• Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate: Supreme Court, for the 11th consecutive year
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing, for the 10th consecutive year
• Tax: Contentious, for the 11th consecutive year
• Transport: Rail and Road

The publication also listed 23 Mayer Brown lawyers as “Leading Individuals” in their practice areas:

• James Barry – Tax – US
• Doug Doetsch – Banking & Finance
• Rebecca Eisner – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Paul Forrester – Finance: Structured Finance
• Dale Giali – Litigation: Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
• Tom Kittle-Kamp – Tax: Tax Controversy
• Ken Klein – Tax: International Tax
• Jason Kravitt – Finance: Structured Finance
• Larry Langdon – Tax: Tax Controversy
• Mark Leeds – Tax – Financial Products
• Barry Machlin – Finance: Project Finance
• Marcia Madsen – Government: Government Contracts
• John Mancini – Litigation: Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
• Dan Masur – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Brad Peterson – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Andy Pincus – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate
• Nancy Ross – Labor and Employment: ERISA Litigation
• Paul Roy – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Outsourcing
• Joe Seliga – Finance: Project Finance
• Steve Shapiro – Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate
• Elizabeth (Liz) Espín 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 2017 edition of Legal 500 United States:

Antitrust

• Cartel
• Civil Litigation/Class Actions
• Merger Control

Finance

• Asset Finance and Leasing
• Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Managers
• Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Managers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Corporates/Issuers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Financial Institutions/Underwriters
• Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Commercial Lendings – Advice to Borrowers
• Commercial Lendings – Advice to Lenders
• Corporate Restructuring (including Bankruptcy)
• Financial Services: Regulatory
• Project Finance: Project Advice to Lenders
• Project Finance: Project Advice to Sponsors
• Structured Finance

Government

• Government Contracts
• Government Relations

Industry Focus

• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative
• Environment: Litigation
• Insurance: Non-Contentious
• Transport: Rail and Road

Intellectual Property

• Copyright
• Patent Litigation: Full Coverage 
• Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission 
• Trademarks: Litigation 
• Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)

Labor and Employment

• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation 
• ERISA Litigation 
• Immigration 
• Employee Health and Retirement Plans 
• Labor and Employment Disputes: Defense 
• Workplace and Employment Counseling

Litigation

• Commercial Disputes 
• Financial Services: Litigation 
• International Arbitration 
• International Trade 
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Toxic Tort 
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products 
• Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices - Defense 
• Securities: Defense 
• Supreme Court and Appellate: Appellate 
• Supreme Court and Appellate: Supreme Court 
• Trade Secrets 
• White-Collar Criminal Defense

Media, Technology and Telecoms

• Cyber Law
• Technology: Outsourcing
• Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

• M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+)

Real Estate and Construction

• Construction
• Land Use/Zoning
• Real Estate

Tax

• Contentious 
• Financial Products 
• International Tax 
• Non-contentious