Simpson Thacher Practice Areas Ranked Among the Best in the U.S.
Simpson Thacher practice areas are listed as among the country's best, according to the 2005 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business released earlier today. These rankings are based on in-depth interviews with clients and peers conducted by researchers from Chambers & Partners Publishing. Simpson Thacher placed in the top two tiers in 16 practice areas and was highly recognized in 7 other areas, as identified below:
#1 Antitrust
#1 Banking & Finance
#1 Capital Markets
#1 Employee Benefits & Executive Competition
#1 Insurance: Dispute Resolution
#1 Litigation: General Commercial
#1 Litigation: Securities
#1 Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
#1 Private Equity: Fund Formation
#2 Arbitration (International)
#2 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
#2 Corporate M&A
#2 Energy: Transactional
#2 Environment: Mainly Transactional
#2 Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
#2 Tax
#3 Aviation
#3 Bankruptcy & Restructuring
#3 Capital Markets: Securitization
#3 Products Liability
#4 Intellectual Property
#4 Projects
#5 Real Estate