Mayer Brown announced that the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States ranked the firm in 57 categories. Of these rankings, nine are top-tier:

  • Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeals / Appellate: Supreme Courts, for the 15th consecutive year
  • Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products, for the third consecutive year
  • Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization, for the third consecutive year
  • Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing, for the 14th consecutive year
  • Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech, for the second consecutive year
  • Tax: International Tax, for the third consecutive year
  • Tax: Financial Products, for the third consecutive year
  • Tax: US Taxes: Contentious, for the 15th consecutive year
  • Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious, for the third consecutive year

The publication also recognized individual lawyers in the following lawyer rankings:

Leading Individuals

  • Nicole Saharsky – Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeals / Appellate: Supreme Courts
  • Mark Hanchet – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation
  • Christopher Houpt – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation
  • Scott Zemser – Finance: Commercial Lending
  • Thomas Delaney – Finance: Financial Services Regulation
  • Anna Pinedo – Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products; and Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings
  • Julie Gillespie – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Stuart Litwin – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Philip Recht – Government: Government Relations
  • Tim Bishop – Industry Focus: Environment: Litigation
  • Lisa Ferri – Industry Focus: Healthcare: Life Sciences
  • Reb Wheeler – Industry Focus: Healthcare: Life Sciences
  • Evan Tager – Industry Focus: Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
  • Rajesh De – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
  • Lauren Goldman – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
  • David Beam – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech
  • Joanna Horsnail – Real Estate: Construction (including Construction Litigation)
  • Thomas Humphreys – Tax: Financial Products
  • Mark Leeds – Tax: Financial Products
  • John Hildy – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • Brian Kittle – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • James Barry – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
  • Jason Bazar – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

Hall of Fame

  • Andrew Pincus – Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeals / Appellate: Supreme Courts
  • Paul Forrester – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Jason Kravitt – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Jon Van Gorp – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Rebecca Eisner – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Daniel Masur – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Brad Peterson – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Paul Roy – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Kenneth Klein – Tax: International Tax
  • Larry Langdon – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • Joel Williamson – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • Thomas Kittle-Kamp – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
  • Barry Machlin – Finance: Project Finance
  • Joseph Seliga – Finance: Project Finance
  • Marcia Madsen – Government: Government Contracts
  • Nancy Ross – Labor and Employment: ERISA Litigation
  • Elizabeth Stern – Labor and Employment: Immigration
  • Dale Giali – Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)
  • John Mancini – Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters)

Next Generation Lawyers

  • Ryan Suda – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
  • Rohith George – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech
  • Joe Pennell – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
  • Remmelt Reigersman – Tax: Financial Products
  • Nadav Klugman – Finance: Project Finance; and Industry focus: Energy – Renewable/Alternative Power
  • Mitch Holzrichter – Government: Government Relations
  • Jaimy Hamburg – Industry Focus: Environment: Litigation
  • Grace Shie – Labor and Employment: Immigration
  • Keri Borders – Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Consumer Products (Including Tobacco)
  • Ryan Castillo – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
  • Ruth Zadikany – Labor and Employment: Labor and Employment Disputes (Including Collective Actions)
  • Stephanie Vasconcellos – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
  • Elena Rubinov – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
  • Rising Lawyers
  • Marla Matusic – Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Samuel Myler – Labor and Employment: ERISA Litigation
  • Timothy D'Arduini – Labor and Employment: Immigration

Following is a complete list of the practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States:

Antitrust

  • Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
  • Merger Control

Dispute Resolution

  • Appellate: Courts of Appeals
  • Appellate: Supreme Courts
  • Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
  • Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
  • E-Discovery
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • General Commercial Disputes
  • International Arbitration
  • International Trade
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions: Consumer Products (including tobacco)
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions – Defense: Consumer Products
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
  • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
  • Securities Litigation: Defense

Finance

  • Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
  • Capital Markets: Debt Offerings: Advice to Underwriters
  • Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Issuers
  • Capital Markets: Equity Offerings: Advice to Managers
  • Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Issuers
  • Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Underwriters
  • Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
  • Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Underwriters
  • Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
  • Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • Project Finance: Advice to Lenders
  • Project Finance: Advice to Sponsors
  • Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
  • Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
  • Structured Finance: Securitization

Government

  • Government Contracts
  • Government Relations

Industry Focus

  • Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
  • Energy: Transactions: Oil & Gas
  • Environment: Litigation
  • Healthcare: Life Sciences
  • Insurance: Advice to Insurers
  • Insurance: Non-Contentious
  • Transport: Rail and Road – Finance
  • Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation

Intellectual Property

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

Investment Fund Formation and Management

  • Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital)

Labor and Employment

  • Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans (Design)
  • Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans (Transactional)
  • ERISA Litigation
  • Immigration
  • Labor and Employment Disputes (Including collective actions): Defense
  • Workplace and Employment Counseling

Media, Technology and Telecoms

  • Cyber Law (including data privacy and data protection)
  • Fintech
  • Outsourcing
  • Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory

M&A/Corporate and Commercial

  • M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)

Real Estate

  • Construction (including Construction Litigation)
  • Land Use/Zoning
  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Finance
  • REITs

Tax

  • Financial Products
  • International Tax
  • US Taxes: Contentious
  • US Taxes: Non-contentious