The Legal 500 US 2019 Guide Recognizes Fried Frank Practices and Lawyers
The Legal 500 | June 3, 2019
Fried Frank was ranked in 28 categories in The Legal 500 US 2019 guide, which ranks leading commercial law firms in the United States. Six lawyers are included in the prestigious “Hall of Fame,” 14 lawyers are listed in the elite “leading lawyers” list, 12 lawyers are listed in the up-and-coming “next generation lawyers” list, 80 lawyers are recommended and mentioned in the 2019 editorial, and two attorneys are listed as associate rising stars.
The following attorneys are included in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame:
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge funds
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate; Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
The following attorneys are noted as Leading Lawyers:
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge funds
Donald P. Carleen, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
F. William Reindel, Finance: Commercial Lending
Carol E. Rosenthal, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Kenneth I. Rosh, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Jeffrey Ross, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
James Wareham, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
The following attorneys are noted as Next Generation Lawyers:
Nathaniel L. Asker, Antitrust: Merger Control
Andrew B. Barkan, Finance: Capital Markets – Debt Offerings
Zachary Bernstein, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Joseph Fox, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
Andrea Gede-Lange, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Mark S. Hayek, Finance: Capital Markets – Equity Offerings
Adam Kaminsky, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Valerie Kelly, Real Estate
Randi Lally, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Matthew V. Soran, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+)
Adam Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
The following attorneys are included in Legal 500’s list of Associates: Rising Stars:
Alex Sutherland, Real Estate
Shane Hoffman, Tax: US taxes – Non-Contentious
The Firm was ranked in the following categories, and included the following attorneys in its editorial:
Antitrust: Merger Control
Nathaniel L. Asker, Aleksandr B. Livshits
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Evan T. Barr, Una A. Dean, Lawrence Gerschwer, Stephen M. Juris, James D. Wareham, Steven M. Witzel
Dispute Resolution: Financial Services – Litigation
Stephen M. Juris
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Douglas W. Baruch, David Morris, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation – Defense
Scott B. Luftglass, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation – Defense
James E. Anklam, Israel David, Samuel P. Groner, Stephen M. Juris, Scott B. Luftglass, James D. Wareham
Finance: Capital Markets – Debt
Andrew B. Barkan, Lee T. Barnum, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark S. Hayek
Finance: Capital Markets – Equity Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Lee T. Barnum, Daniel J. Bursky, Mark S. Hayek, Meredith L. Mackey
Finance: Capital Markets – Global Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Mark S. Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets – High-Yield Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark S. Hayek, Meredith L. Mackey
Finance: Commercial Lending
Daniel J. Bursky, Brian D. Murphy, J. Christian Nahr, F. William Reindel, Adam D. Summers
Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy) – Corporate
Brad Eric Scheler
Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
William J. Breslin, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Douglas W. Baruch, James J. McCullough, Jennifer M. Wollenberg
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Walid Khuri, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Jeremy R. Berry, Matthew W. Howard, Kenneth I. Rosh, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Amy L. Blackman, Donald P. Carleen, Adam Kaminsky, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+)
Steven Epstein, Christopher Ewan, Brian T. Mangino, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel, Matthew V. Soran
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate
Tal J. Golomb, Valerie Kelly, Stephen Lefkowitz, Nathaniel Lifschitz, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Joshua Mermelstein, Robert Sorin, Alexander B. Sutherland
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O'Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nicholas R. Williams
Real estate: Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Lee S. Parks, Christopher Roman, Steven Rudgayzer
Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
Michael J. Alter, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffman, Alan S. Kaden, Colin S. Kelly, Christopher Roman, Kenneth Rosenfeld, David I. Shapiro, Eli Weiss
The following attorneys are included in Legal 500’s Hall of Fame:
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge funds
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate; Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
The following attorneys are noted as Leading Lawyers:
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge funds
Donald P. Carleen, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
F. William Reindel, Finance: Commercial Lending
Carol E. Rosenthal, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Kenneth I. Rosh, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Jeffrey Ross, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+); M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
James Wareham, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals
The following attorneys are noted as Next Generation Lawyers:
Nathaniel L. Asker, Antitrust: Merger Control
Andrew B. Barkan, Finance: Capital Markets – Debt Offerings
Zachary Bernstein, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Joseph Fox, Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
Andrea Gede-Lange, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Mark S. Hayek, Finance: Capital Markets – Equity Offerings
Adam Kaminsky, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Valerie Kelly, Real Estate
Randi Lally, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Matthew V. Soran, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+)
Adam Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
The following attorneys are included in Legal 500’s list of Associates: Rising Stars:
Alex Sutherland, Real Estate
Shane Hoffman, Tax: US taxes – Non-Contentious
The Firm was ranked in the following categories, and included the following attorneys in its editorial:
Antitrust: Merger Control
Nathaniel L. Asker, Aleksandr B. Livshits
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Evan T. Barr, Una A. Dean, Lawrence Gerschwer, Stephen M. Juris, James D. Wareham, Steven M. Witzel
Dispute Resolution: Financial Services – Litigation
Stephen M. Juris
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
Douglas W. Baruch, David Morris, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation – Defense
Scott B. Luftglass, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation – Defense
James E. Anklam, Israel David, Samuel P. Groner, Stephen M. Juris, Scott B. Luftglass, James D. Wareham
Finance: Capital Markets – Debt
Andrew B. Barkan, Lee T. Barnum, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark S. Hayek
Finance: Capital Markets – Equity Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Lee T. Barnum, Daniel J. Bursky, Mark S. Hayek, Meredith L. Mackey
Finance: Capital Markets – Global Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Mark S. Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets – High-Yield Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark S. Hayek, Meredith L. Mackey
Finance: Commercial Lending
Daniel J. Bursky, Brian D. Murphy, J. Christian Nahr, F. William Reindel, Adam D. Summers
Finance: Restructuring (including Bankruptcy) – Corporate
Brad Eric Scheler
Finance: Structured Finance – Derivatives and Structured Products
William J. Breslin, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Douglas W. Baruch, James J. McCullough, Jennifer M. Wollenberg
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Walid Khuri, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Jeremy R. Berry, Matthew W. Howard, Kenneth I. Rosh, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans – Transactional
Amy L. Blackman, Donald P. Carleen, Adam Kaminsky, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1bn+)
Steven Epstein, Christopher Ewan, Brian T. Mangino, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel, Matthew V. Soran
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate
Tal J. Golomb, Valerie Kelly, Stephen Lefkowitz, Nathaniel Lifschitz, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Joshua Mermelstein, Robert Sorin, Alexander B. Sutherland
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O'Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nicholas R. Williams
Real estate: Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Lee S. Parks, Christopher Roman, Steven Rudgayzer
Tax: US Taxes – Non-Contentious
Michael J. Alter, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffman, Alan S. Kaden, Colin S. Kelly, Christopher Roman, Kenneth Rosenfeld, David I. Shapiro, Eli Weiss
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