Chambers USA 2022 Recognizes Fried Frank as “Leading Firm”
Chambers and Partners | June 1, 2022
Chambers & Partners, an independent and research-based publisher of client and leading practitioner surveys, has recognized Fried Frank in its Chambers USA 2022 guide as a “leading firm.” The guide recognizes 81 individual Fried Frank attorneys and ranks the firm in 33 categories across its District of Columbia, Nationwide, and New York regions.
The firm was ranked in the following categories and regions:
District of Columbia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Real Estate
Tax
Nationwide
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel
Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Derivatives
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Government Contracts: The Elite
Hedge Funds
Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Real Estate
REITs
Tax: Corporate & Finance
New York
Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite
Private Equity: Buyouts
Real Estate: Litigation
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
Technology
Fried Frank attorneys were ranked in the following categories and corresponding regions:
District of Columbia
Antitrust
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr.
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Brian T. Mangino and Andrew P. Varney
Litigation: Securities
James D. Wareham
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
James D. Wareham
Real Estate
Neil G. Hood, Valerie Kelly and Franz R. Rassman
Tax
Michael J. Alter, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden and Jason Schwartz
Nationwide
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky and Mark Hayek
Capital Markets: Structured Products
Ray Shirazi and Nick Allen
Derivatives
Darren A. Littlejohn, Steven Lofchie, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell, Nihal Patel and Ray Shirazi
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Joseph P. Vitale
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
Steven Lofchie and Nihal Patel
Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
Joseph P. Vitale
Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Alexander B. Ginsberg and James J. McCullough
Government Contracts: Bid Protests
James J. McCullough
Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Walid Khuri, Dorothy Mehta and Lisa M. Schneider
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Michael T. Gershberg
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Jessica Forbes
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Gerald H. Brown Jr., Matthew W. Howard, Kenneth I. Rosh and Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
REITs
Stuart A. Barr
REITs: Tax
Cameron N. Cosby
New York
Antitrust
Nathaniel L. Asker
Banking & Finance
Daniel J. Burksy, Meredith L. Mackey, J. Christian Nahr and F. William Reindel
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Gary L. Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler
Corporate/M&A
Steven Epstein and Philip Richter
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Donald P. Carleen and Jeffrey Ross
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Donna Mussio
Litigation: Securities
Scott B. Luftglass and Peter L. Simmons
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Evan T. Barr, Geoffrey S. Berman, Stephen M. Juris and Steven M. Witzel
Private Equity: Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Robert C. Schwenkel and Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate: Corporate
Fiona J. Kelly
Real Estate: Finance
Michael J. Barker, Suzanne deVries Decker and Michael Vines
Real Estate: Litigation
Janice Mac Avoy and Matthew D. Parrott
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Ross Z. Silver, Robert Sorin and Michael Werner
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Penny King, Stephen Lefkowitz, Melanie Meyers and Carol E. Rosenthal
Tax
Robert Cassanos, Christopher Roman, David I. Shapiro and Libin Zhang
Technology
Amir R. Ghavi
The firm was ranked in the following categories and regions:
District of Columbia
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Real Estate
Tax
Nationwide
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel
Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Derivatives
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Government Contracts: The Elite
Hedge Funds
Private Equity: Buyouts: Mid-Market
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Real Estate
REITs
Tax: Corporate & Finance
New York
Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite
Private Equity: Buyouts
Real Estate: Litigation
Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
Technology
Fried Frank attorneys were ranked in the following categories and corresponding regions:
District of Columbia
Antitrust
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr.
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Brian T. Mangino and Andrew P. Varney
Litigation: Securities
James D. Wareham
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
James D. Wareham
Real Estate
Neil G. Hood, Valerie Kelly and Franz R. Rassman
Tax
Michael J. Alter, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden and Jason Schwartz
Nationwide
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky and Mark Hayek
Capital Markets: Structured Products
Ray Shirazi and Nick Allen
Derivatives
Darren A. Littlejohn, Steven Lofchie, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell, Nihal Patel and Ray Shirazi
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Joseph P. Vitale
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
Steven Lofchie and Nihal Patel
Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
Joseph P. Vitale
Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Alexander B. Ginsberg and James J. McCullough
Government Contracts: Bid Protests
James J. McCullough
Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Walid Khuri, Dorothy Mehta and Lisa M. Schneider
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
Michael T. Gershberg
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Jessica Forbes
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Gerald H. Brown Jr., Matthew W. Howard, Kenneth I. Rosh and Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
REITs
Stuart A. Barr
REITs: Tax
Cameron N. Cosby
New York
Antitrust
Nathaniel L. Asker
Banking & Finance
Daniel J. Burksy, Meredith L. Mackey, J. Christian Nahr and F. William Reindel
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Gary L. Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler
Corporate/M&A
Steven Epstein and Philip Richter
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Donald P. Carleen and Jeffrey Ross
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Donna Mussio
Litigation: Securities
Scott B. Luftglass and Peter L. Simmons
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Evan T. Barr, Geoffrey S. Berman, Stephen M. Juris and Steven M. Witzel
Private Equity: Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Robert C. Schwenkel and Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate: Corporate
Fiona J. Kelly
Real Estate: Finance
Michael J. Barker, Suzanne deVries Decker and Michael Vines
Real Estate: Litigation
Janice Mac Avoy and Matthew D. Parrott
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Ross Z. Silver, Robert Sorin and Michael Werner
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Penny King, Stephen Lefkowitz, Melanie Meyers and Carol E. Rosenthal
Tax
Robert Cassanos, Christopher Roman, David I. Shapiro and Libin Zhang
Technology
Amir R. Ghavi
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