UNITED STATES, 2018
Antitrust
- Cartel (tier 3)
- Civil litigation/class actions: defence (tier 1)
- Merger control (tier 2)
Dispute resolution
- Appellate (tier 1, 2)
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defence (tier 2, 3)
- Financial services: litigation (tier 3)
- General commercial disputes (tier 1)
- International trade (tier 4)
- M&A litigation: defence (tier 1)
- Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport (tier 4)
- Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco) (tier 3)
- Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical
devices – defence (tier 1)
- Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort – defence (tier 1)
- Securities litigation: defence (tier 2)
Finance
- Capital markets: debt offerings (tier 2)
- Capital markets: equity offerings (tier 2, 4)
- Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings (tier 1)
Commercial lending (tier 1)
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate (tier 1)
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal (tier 3)
- Structured finance: derivatives and structured products (tier 3)
- Structured finance: securitisation (tier 2)
Industry focus
- Energy litigation: oil and gas (tier 3)
- Energy transactions: oil and gas (tier 2)
- Energy: transactions: conventional power (tier 2)
- Environment: litigation (tier 1)
- Environment: regulatory (tier 3)
- Environment: transactional (tier 1)
- Healthcare: life sciences (tier 5)
Intellectual property
- Copyright (tier 1)
- Patent litigation: full coverage (tier 1)
- Patent litigation: international trade commission (tier 2)
- Patents: licensing (tier 2)
- Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters) (tier 1)
- Trademarks: litigation (tier 2)
Investment fund formation and management
- Private equity funds (including venture capital) (tier 1)
Labour and employment
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional (tier 1)
M&A/corporate and commercial
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) (tier 2)
- Private equity buyouts (tier 1)
Media, technology and telecoms
- Advertising and marketing: litigation (tier 2)
- Media and entertainment (tier 4)
- Outsourcing (tier 1)
- Technology: transactions (tier 1)
Real estate
- Construction (including construction litigation) (tier 3)
- Real estate (tier 2)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) (tier 3)
Tax
- International tax (tier 2)
- US taxes: contentious (tier 3)
- US taxes: non-contentious (tier 3)
UK, 2017
Corporate and commercial
- Corporate tax (tier 4)
- EU and competition (tier 4)
- Financial services (non-contentious/regulatory) (tier 5)
- Private equity: transactions – large-cap deal capability (tier 2)
Dispute resolution
- Commercial litigation (tier 5)
- International arbitration (tier 3)
Finance
- Acquisition finance (tier 2)
- Corporate restructuring and insolvency (tier 2)
- High yield (tier 2)
Investment fund formation and management
Risk advisory
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (tier 2)
EMEA, 2018
Germany:
Corporate (including M&A)
- M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m) (tier 5)
Private equity
- Fund formation (tier 2)
- Venture capital (tier 2)
Restructuring and insolvency
Asia, 2018
China:
Banking and finance
Dispute resolution
Private equity/venture capital
Regulatory/compliance
India:
Foreign firms (tier 5)
Hong Kong:
Banking and finance
- Banking and finance (tier 2)
Capital markets
Corporate (including M&A) (tier 1)
Investment funds (tier 1)
Private equity (tier 1)
Restructuring and insolvency (tier 1)