NEW YORK, September 8, 2022: Morgan Lewis has earned 61 practice rankings and 95 individual lawyer recognitions in the IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate 2022 guide. The annual guide ranks the world’s leading corporate law firms and lawyers in banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, capital markets, corporate M&A and private equity, project development, and real estate based on transactional work and client and peer feedback.
The firm secured practice rankings across seven regions in this year’s edition, including six Tier 1 practice rankings, and earned new rankings in the United Kingdom. Additionally, 95 Morgan Lewis lawyers earned select designations including Market Leader, Highly Regarded, Notable Practitioner, and Rising Star.
The guide’s 2022 rankings recognized Morgan Lewis and several of its practice areas in the following jurisdictions:
TIER 1 PRACTICE RANKINGS
Kazakhstan
Banking and Finance
Capital Markets: Equity
Corporate and M&A: M&A
United States – Massachusetts
Banking and Finance: Banking
Corporate and M&A: M&A
United States – Pennsylvania
Corporate and M&A: M&A
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE RANKINGS
China
Capital Markets: Foreign
M&A: Foreign
Private Equity: Foreign
Hong Kong
Capital Markets: Equity
Corporate and M&A: M&A
Corporate and M&A: Private Equity
Private Equity Funds
Kazakhstan
Capital Markets: Debt
Project Development
Singapore
Banking and Finance
Capital Markets: Debt
Capital Markets: Equity
Corporate and M&A: M&A
Project Development: Foreign
Restructuring and Insolvency
United Arab Emirates
Banking and Finance: Banking
Banking and Finance: Project Finance
Capital Markets: Debt
Corporate and M&A: M&A
United Kingdom
Banking and Finance: Bank Lending: Borrower Side
Banking and Finance: Bank Lending: Lender Side
Banking and Finance: Project Finance
Capital Markets: Equity
Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization
Corporate and M&A: M&A
Financial Services Regulatory: Non-Contentious
Private Equity
Private Equity Funds
Project Development: Energy
Real Estate Funds
Restructuring and Insolvency
United States
Banking and Finance: Banking
Banking and Finance: Project Finance
Capital Markets: Debt
Capital Markets: Derivatives
Capital Markets: Equity
Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization
Corporate and M&A: M&A
Corporate and M&A: Private Equity
Hedge Funds
Private Equity Funds
Project Development: Energy
Registered Funds
Restructuring and Insolvency
United States – California
Banking and Finance: Banking
Corporate and M&A: M&A – Southern California
United States – District of Columbia
Corporate and M&A: M&A
Restructuring and Insolvency
United States – Massachusetts
Capital Markets
Restructuring and Insolvency
United States – New Jersey
Corporate and M&A: M&A
United States – New York
Banking and Finance: Banking
Corporate and M&A: M&A
United States – Pennsylvania
Capital Markets
United States – Texas
Corporate and M&A: M&A
LAWYER RANKINGS
Richard Aldridge: Highly Regarded - State
Felipe Alice: Notable Practitioner
Reed D. Auerbach: Highly Regarded
Asem B. Bakenova: Highly Regarded
Jeannine T. Bishop: Notable Practitioner
Harlyn Bohensky: Notable Practitioner
Patricia F. Brennan: Notable Practitioner
Carter Brod: Highly Regarded
Steven C. Browne: Notable Practitioner
Andrew Budreika: Rising Star Partner
Laurie A. Cerveny: Highly Regarded - State
Justin W. Chairman: Highly Regarded - State
Steven M. Cohen: Notable Practitioner
Michael A. Conza: Notable Practitioner
Tim Corbett: Notable Practitioner
Thomas V. D’Ambrosio: Highly Regarded
R. Alec Dawson: Notable Practitioner
Paul Denham: Notable Practitioner
Jeffrey Dinerstein: Highly Regarded - State
Christopher J. Dlutowski: Notable Practitioner
Joshua Dorchak: Rising Star
Bradley K. Edmister: Notable Practitioner
Frederick F. “Rick” Eisenbiegler: Highly Regarded
Charles E. Engros Jr.: Notable Practitioner
Jennifer Feldsher: Rising Star
Laura E. Flores: Rising Star
Julia Frost-Davies: Rising Star
Matthew F. Furlong: Notable Practitioner
Andrew J. Gallo: Rising Star
Mark Geday: Notable Practitioner
Thomas P. Giblin Jr.: Notable Practitioner
John C. Goodchild III: Highly Regarded - State
Sean Graber: Rising Star
Andrew Hamilton: Highly Regarded - State
Asa J. Herald: Rising Star
Luis A. Herrero: Rising Star Partner
Maurice Hoo: Highly Regarded
Alice Huang: Highly Regarded
Bruce Johnston: Highly Regarded
Matthew P. Joseph: Highly Regarded
Howard A. Kenny: Notable Practitioner
Ayman A. Khaleq: Highly Regarded
Mark Kirsons: Notable Practitioner
John Klauberg: Highly Regarded
Theresa Kradjian: Highly Regarded
David Lawton: Rising Star
Marc R. Leduc: Highly Regarded
Steve Levitan: Highly Regarded
Sin Teck Lim: Highly Regarded
Bernard Lui: Highly Regarded
Edwin Luk: Highly Regarded
Jeffrey S. MacDonald: Rising Star
Rob Mailer: Highly Regarded
Andrew Mariniello: Rising Star – State
James W. McKenzie Jr.: Notable Practitioner
Christina Edling Melendi: Notable Practitioner
Thomas C. Mellor: Notable Practitioner
Nicholas Moore: Highly Regarded
Jonathan D. Morris: Notable Practitioner
Steven A. Navarro: Notable Practitioner
Gina Ng: Notable Practitioner
Joo Khin Ng: Highly Regarded
Klara A. Nurgaziyeva: Rising Star
Humberto Padilla Gonzalez: Highly Regarded - State
Daniel I. Papermaster: Notable Practitioner
Michael M. Philipp: Highly Regarded - State
David W. Pollak: Notable Practitioner
Andrew M. Ray: Notable Practitioner
Paul B. Raymond: Rising Star
Harry T. Robins: Notable Practitioner
Robert G. Robison: Notable Practitioner
Philip W. Russell: Rising Star
David C. Schwartz: Highly Regarded - State
Etienne D. Shanon: Notable Practitioner
Kevin S. Shmelzer: Notable Practitioner
Aset Shyngyssov: Market Leader
David A. Sirignano: Notable Practitioner
Joanne R. Soslow: Highly Regarded
Mark Stein: Highly Regarded - State
Paul R. St. Lawrence: Rising Star
Marshall C. Stoddard Jr.: Highly Regarded - State
Charles A. Sweet: Notable Practitioner
Eric Tajcher: Notable Practitioner
Stephen C. Tirrell: Notable Practitioner
Carl A. Valenstein: Notable Practitioner
Ayesha Waheed: Highly Regarded
Chris Warren-Smith: Highly Regarded
Katherine G. Weinstein: Highly Regarded
Ian M. Wenniger: Notable Practitioner
Jedd H. Wider: Notable Practitioner
Benjamin R. Wills: Notable Practitioner
Tomasz Wozniak: Notable Practitioner
Iain Wright: Notable Practitioner
Wai Ming Yap: Highly Regarded
Ning Zhang: Highly Regarded