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
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