The Legal 500 US 2021 Guide Recognizes Fried Frank Practices and Lawyers
The Legal 500 | June 9, 2021
Fried Frank was ranked in 28 categories in The Legal 500 US 2021 guide, which ranks leading commercial law firms in the United States. Nine lawyers are included in the prestigious “Hall of Fame,” 20 lawyers are listed in the elite “Leading Lawyers” list, 10 lawyers are listed in the up-and-coming “Next Generation Partners” list, 90 lawyers are recommended and mentioned in the 2021 editorial, and two associates are listed as 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 and Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate: Real Estate and Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
The following attorneys are noted as Leading Lawyers:
Michael J. Barker, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds and Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
William J. Breslin, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Daniel J. Bursky, Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, and Finance: Commercial Lending
Stephen M. Juris, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-collar Criminal Defense
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Scott B. Luftglass, Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate: Real Estate and Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr., Antitrust: Merger Control
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+) and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Michael Vines, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
The following attorneys are noted as Next Generation Partners:
Nathaniel L. Asker, Antitrust: Merger Control
Zachary Bernstein, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Jeremy R. Berry, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Suzanne deVries Decker, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Joseph E. Fox, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Andrea Gede-Lange, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Mark Hayek, Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
Randi Lally, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Matthew V. Soran, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Adam D. Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
The following associates are included in Legal 500's list of Rising Stars:
Matthew Bettinger, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Shane C. Hoffmann, 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, Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr.
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Evan T. Barr, Geoffrey S. Berman, Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Motty Shulman, James D. Wareham, Steven M. Witzel
Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
Scott B. Luftglass, Peter L. Simmons, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Scott B. Luftglass, Motty Shulman, Peter L. Simmons, James D. Wareham
Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek
Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek
Finance: Commercial Lending
Emil Buchman, 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, Darren A. Littlejohn, Victoria T. Mazgalev, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Christopher H. Bell, James J. McCullough
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jessica Forbes, Walid Khuri, Marc Palumbo, Rachel E. Perez, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jeremy R. Berry, Kenneth I. Rosh, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Donald P. Carleen, Jason R. Ertel, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Steven Epstein, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel, Matthew V. Soran
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Mark H. Lucas, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Stephen Lefkowitz, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O’Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nick Williams
Real Estate: Real Estate
Tal J. Golomb, Fiona J. Kelly, Valerie Kelly, Laurinda Martins, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Steven Rudgayzer, Ross Z. Silver, Robert Sorin, Alexander B. Sutherland, Michael J. Werner
Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Michael J. Barker, Matthew Bettinger, Suzanne deVries Decker, Nathaniel Lifschitz, Kabaye Liku, Michael Vines
Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Stuart A. Barr, Cameron N. Cosby
Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michael J. Alter, Robert Cassanos, Cameron N. Cosby, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden, Christopher Roman, Kenneth Rosenfeld, David I. Shapiro, Libin Zhang
The following attorneys are included in Legal 500's Hall of Fame:
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds and Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate: Real Estate and Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives
Robert C. Schwenkel, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
The following attorneys are noted as Leading Lawyers:
Michael J. Barker, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Lawrence N. Barshay, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds and Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
William J. Breslin, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Daniel J. Bursky, Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, and Finance: Commercial Lending
Stephen M. Juris, Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-collar Criminal Defense
Alan S. Kaden, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Stephen Lefkowitz, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Scott B. Luftglass, Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
James J. McCullough, Government: Government Contracts
Jonathan L. Mechanic, Real Estate: Real Estate and Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Melanie Meyers, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
David S. Mitchell, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr., Antitrust: Merger Control
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+) and M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Michael Vines, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
The following attorneys are noted as Next Generation Partners:
Nathaniel L. Asker, Antitrust: Merger Control
Zachary Bernstein, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Jeremy R. Berry, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Suzanne deVries Decker, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Joseph E. Fox, Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Andrea Gede-Lange, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Mark Hayek, Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Offerings
Randi Lally, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Matthew V. Soran, M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Adam D. Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
The following associates are included in Legal 500's list of Rising Stars:
Matthew Bettinger, Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Shane C. Hoffmann, 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, Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr.
Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense
Evan T. Barr, Geoffrey S. Berman, Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Motty Shulman, James D. Wareham, Steven M. Witzel
Dispute Resolution: M&A Litigation: Defense
Scott B. Luftglass, Peter L. Simmons, James D. Wareham
Dispute Resolution: Securities Litigation: Defense
Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Scott B. Luftglass, Motty Shulman, Peter L. Simmons, James D. Wareham
Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek
Finance: Capital Markets: Global Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek, Joshua Wechsler
Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings
Andrew B. Barkan, Daniel J. Bursky, Joshua Thomas Coleman, Mark Hayek
Finance: Commercial Lending
Emil Buchman, 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, Darren A. Littlejohn, Victoria T. Mazgalev, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Christopher H. Bell, James J. McCullough
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jessica Forbes, Walid Khuri, Marc Palumbo, Rachel E. Perez, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jeremy R. Berry, Kenneth I. Rosh, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Donald P. Carleen, Jason R. Ertel, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Steven Epstein, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel, Matthew V. Soran
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Mark H. Lucas, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Stephen Lefkowitz, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O’Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nick Williams
Real Estate: Real Estate
Tal J. Golomb, Fiona J. Kelly, Valerie Kelly, Laurinda Martins, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Steven Rudgayzer, Ross Z. Silver, Robert Sorin, Alexander B. Sutherland, Michael J. Werner
Real Estate: Real Estate Finance
Michael J. Barker, Matthew Bettinger, Suzanne deVries Decker, Nathaniel Lifschitz, Kabaye Liku, Michael Vines
Real Estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Stuart A. Barr, Cameron N. Cosby
Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michael J. Alter, Robert Cassanos, Cameron N. Cosby, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden, Christopher Roman, Kenneth Rosenfeld, David I. Shapiro, Libin Zhang
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