Fried Frank was ranked in 19 categories in the Legal 500 United States 2010 edition, a guide to leading commercial law firms in the US. Fifty-two Fried Frank partners garnered 66 recognitions; in addition, Fried Frank partners were cited as "Leading Lawyers" in ten practice areas. The full results are below:

Finance: Bank Lending: National

Emil Buchman; Arthur S. Kaufman; F. William Reindel

Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob

Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers

Valerie Ford Jacob (Leading Lawyer); Stuart H. Gelfond; Michael A. Levitt

Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob (Leading Lawyer); Stuart H. Gelfond; Michael A. Levitt

Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob (Leading Lawyer); Stuart H. Gelfond

Finance: Corporate Restructuring

Jean E. Hanson; Gary L. Kaplan; Alan N. Resnick; Brad Eric Scheler; Bonnie Steingart

Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products

Jessica Forbes; Walid Khuri; David Mitchell (Leading Lawyer); William Thum

Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds

Lawrence Barshay (Leading Lawyer); Walid Khuri; Brian Kniesly; David W. Selden

Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds

Jonathan S. Adler; Lawrence N. Barshay; Kenneth I. Rosh; David W. Selden; Edward F. Ughetta

Litigation: Insurance: Advice to Policyholders

Gregg L. Weiner

Litigation: International Arbitration

Douglas W. Baruch; Elliot E. Polebaum (Leading Lawyer)

Litigation: Securities: Shareholder Litigation

Alan S. Kaden; William G. McGuinness; David Morris

Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense

Michael J. Rivera; Audrey Strauss

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Antitrust

Peter Guryan; Barry Nigro

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: Mega Deals

Andrew J. Colosimo; Christopher Ewan; Peter S. Golden; Arthur Fleischer, Jr. (Leading Lawyer); Robert C. Schwenkel

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Private Equity Buyouts

Andrew J. Colosimo; Christopher Ewan; Brian T. Mangino; Robert C. Schwenkel (Leading Lawyer)

Real Estate and Construction: Real Estate: East Coast

Jonathan L. Mechanic (Leading Lawyer); Joshua Mermelstein; Melanie Meyers; Franz R. Rassman; Robert Sorin

Tax: Domestic Tax: East Coast

Michael J. Alter; Robert Cassanos; Michelle B. Gold; Alan S. Kaden; Brian Kniesly; Lisa A. Levy; Joel Scharfstein; David I. Shapiro (Leading Lawyer); Eli Weiss

Tax: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Donald P. Carleen; Jeffrey Ross; Laraine S. Rothenberg

Legal 500 United States is a guide to commercial law firms in the United States. The editorial team bases its research on the combined opinions of the lawyers interviewed for each practice area, commentary from corporate clients and an analysis of deals or contentious issues reported. For more information on Legal 500, please visit: www.legal500.com.