Legal 500 UK 2018 ranks Mayer Brown in 47 categories and recognizes 20 lawyers as “Leading Individuals”

London — Mayer Brown has been recommended by the Legal 500 UK 2018 edition in 47 categories. Of these rankings, five are top tier:

• Finance: Asset Based Lending 
• Insurance: Insolvency and Restructuring 
• Real Estate: Commercial Property Corporate occupiers
• Real Estate: Commercial Property Development
• Real Estate: Commercial Property Investment

The publication listed 20 lawyers as “Leading Individuals” in their practice areas:

• Raid Abu-Manneh — International Arbitration 
• David Allen — Commercial Litigation 
• Chris Arnold — Derivatives and Structured Products 
• Kate Ball-Dodd — Flotations: Small and Mid-cap 
• Bernd Bohr – High yield
• Jeremy Clay — Real Estate: Commercial Property 
• Ian Coles — Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining and Minerals, and Emerging Markets 
• Sean Connolly — Professional Negligence 
• Will Glassey — Professional Negligence 
• Alistair Graham — Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail 
• Dominic Griffiths – Securitization 
• Michael Hutchinson — Environment 
• Ian McDonald — Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail 
• David O’Connor – Securitization 
• Edmund Parker — Derivatives and Structured Products 
• Michael Regan — Construction and Professional Negligence 
• Nicholas Robertson — Employment 
• Devi Shah — Insurance: Insolvency & Restructuring 
• Rachel Speight – Emerging Markets
• Martin Wright — Commercial Property 

Ten Mayer Brown lawyers have also been listed as “Next Generation Lawyers” for their practice area in the publication: 

• Doye Balogun – Emerging Markets
• Miriam Bruce – Employment
• Danuta de Vries – Emerging Markets
• Neal Handa – Securitzation 
• James Morris – Professional Negligence and Construction
• Rachael O’Grady – International Arbitration 
• Iain Roberts – Commercial Property
• Kwadwo Sarkodie – Construction
• Matthew Williams – Professional Negligence
• Alexandra Wood – Insurance: Insolvency and Restructuring

The complete list of the practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2018 edition of Legal 500 UK includes: 

Corporate and commercial 

• Commercial Contracts 
• Corporate Tax 
• Equity Capital Markets
• EU and Competition 
• Financial Services: Financial Services (non-contentious/regulatory) 
• Financial Services: Financial Services (contentious) 
• Flotations: Small and Mid-Cap 
• M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £250m+ 
• Private Equity (Transactions – mid market deals)
• VAT and Indirect Tax 

Crime, fraud and licensing

• Fraud: Civil

Dispute resolution

• Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail 
• Commercial Litigation
• International Arbitration 
• Professional Discipline 

Finance

• Acquisition Finance 
• Asset Based Lending 
• Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans 
• Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency 
• Debt Capital Markets 
• Derivatives and Structured Products 
• Emerging Markets 
• High Yield 
• Securitization 

Human resources

• Employee Share Schemes 
• Employment: Employers and Senior Executives 
• Pensions: Non-contentious 
• Pensions: Dispute Resolution

Insurance

• Corporate and Regulatory 
• Insolvency and Restructuring 
• Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation 
• Product Liability: Defendant 
• Professional Negligence 

Investment Fund Formation and Management

• Private Funds

Projects, energy and natural resources 

• Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
• Mining and Minerals 
• Oil and Gas