Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the world’s leading law firms in Chambers Global 2018: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Firm or its lawyers were recognized in 58 practice categories, including a total of 31 Firm rankings in the top two bands.
 The Firm once again excelled in the Global-wide section, which ranks firms with “truly international practices … [that] demonstrate the ability to work across continents. …” The Firm was also recognized for its regional and cross-border work across North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe, as well as by country in the United States, China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and the United Kingdom. In addition, the Firm’s attorneys received a total of 83 recognitions as leaders in their respective fields of practice.
  Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:
 
 Global-wide
 #1 Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
#1 Private Equity
#2 Banking & Finance
#2 Capital Markets: Debt
#2 Capital Markets: Equity
#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
#2 Corporate/M&A
#2 Investment Funds: Real Estate
 
 USA 
 #1 Banking & Finance 
#1 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity 
#1 Corporate/M&A 
#1 Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation 
#1 Private Equity: Buyouts
#1 Tax: Corporate & Finance
#2 Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
 
 Asia-Pacific Region
 #1 Capital Markets: Equity
#1 Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
#1 Investment Funds: Private Equity
#2 Capital Markets: Debt
#2 Investment Funds: Real Estate 
 
 China
 #1 Corporate/M&A: The Elite (International Firms)
#2 Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
 
Japan
 #1 Capital Markets: International: US Law
 South Korea
 #1 Capital Markets: International Firms
 
 Latin America-wide
 #1 Capital Markets
#1 Corporate/M&A
#2 Banking & Finance
 
 Brazil
 #1 Capital Markets: International
#1 Corporate/M&A: International 
 
 UK
 #1 Banking & Finance: Sponsors