The Legal 500 EMEA 2021 ranks Mayer Brown in 25 categories and recognizes five lawyers as "Leading Individuals"

Mayer Brown announced that The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2021 ranks Mayer Brown in 25 practice categories.

Of these categories, two are top-tier including:

• Belgium: Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
• Belgium: EU regulatory: Chemicals

The guide listed five Mayer Brown lawyers as "Leading Individuals" in their practice areas:

• Belgium: Nikolay Mizulin — Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
• Belgium: Jean-Philippe Montfort — EU regulatory: Chemicals
• France: Laurent Borey — Tax
• France: Benjamin Homo — Tax
• France: Nicolette Kost De Sevres — Compliance

In addition, five lawyers were recognized as "Next Generation Partners"— junior/new/young partners who make a material difference to the practice:

• France: Dany Khayat — Dispute resolution: International arbitration
• France: Alban Dorin — Banking and finance: transactional work and Mining, oil and gas and natural resources
• France: Maud Bischoff — Banking and finance: transactional work
• France: Olivier Mélédo — Industry focus: Energy and Project finance
• France: Julien Haure — Employment

The guide also recognized Pavlina Chopova-Lepretre as a "Rising Star" in the EU regulatory: Chemicals category and Paulette Vander Schueren in the "Hall of Fame" in the Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping category.

Below is a full list of the practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked:

• Angola: Foreign firms
• Belgium: Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
• Belgium: EU regulatory: Chemicals
• Belgium: Tax
• France: Transactional work
• France: Dispute resolution: International arbitration
• France: Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
• France: Employment
• France: EU, competition and distribution
• France: Mergers and acquisitions
• France: LBO
• France: Energy
• France: Real Estate
• France: Tax
• France: Project Finance
• France: Compliance
• Germany: Financial services: regulatory
• Germany: Derivatives and Structured Finance
• Germany: Debt capital markets
• Germany: Structured finance and securitisation
• Germany: M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
• Germany: Real Estate
• Germany: Restructuring
• United Arab Emirates: Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
• Mozambique