The Legal 500 US 2020 ranks Mayer Brown in 64 categories and recognizes 22 lawyers as “Leading Individuals”

Mayer Brown announced that the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 United States ranked the firm in 64 categories. Of these rankings, 10 are top-tier:

• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Courts of Appeal, for the 14th consecutive year
• Dispute Resolution: Appellate: Supreme Court, for the 14th consecutive year
• Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products, for the second consecutive year
• Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization, for the second consecutive year
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing, for the 13th consecutive year
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech
• Tax: US Taxes: Contentious, for the 14th consecutive year
• Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious, for the second consecutive year
• Tax: International Tax, for the second consecutive year
• Tax: Financial Products, for the second consecutive year

The publication also listed 22 Mayer Brown lawyers as “Leading Individuals” in their practice areas:

• Nicole Saharsky – Dispute Resolution: Appellate
• Mark Hanchet – Dispute Resolution: Financial Services Litigation
• Joseph Seliga – Finance: Project Finance
• Anna Pinedo – Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products; and Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings
• Scott Zemser – Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Stuart Litwin – Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization
• Philip Recht – Government: Government Relations
• Tim Bishop – Industry Focus: Environment: Litigation
• Kara Baysinger – Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-Contentious
• Evan Tager – Industry Focus: Transport: Rail and Road – Litigation and Regulation
• Lauren Goldman – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• Rajesh De – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection)
• David Beam – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech
• Brad Peterson – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
• Rebecca Eisner – Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing
• Joanna Horsnail – Real Estate: Construction
• Mark Leeds – Tax: Financial Products
• Thomas Humphreys – Tax: Financial Products
• Brian Kittle – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
• John Hildy – Tax: US Taxes: Contentious
• James Barry – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
• Jason Bazar – Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious

Following is a complete list of the practice categories in which Mayer Brown is ranked in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 United States:

Antitrust

• Cartel
• Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Merger Control

Dispute Resolution

• Appellate: Courts of Appeal
• Appellate: Supreme Courts
• Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
• 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 Managers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Capital Markets: Global Offerings: Advice to Underwriters
• Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings: Advice to Issuers
• Commercial Lending: Advice to Borrowers
• Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders
• Financial Services Regulation
• Project Finance
• 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
• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• 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)

Labor and Employment

• Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans (Design)
• Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans (Transactions)
• ERISA Litigation
• Immigration
• Labor and Employment Disputes: 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
• Land Use/Zoning

• Real Estate

• REITs

Tax

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