The Legal 500 US 2022 Guide Recognizes Fried Frank Practices and Lawyers
The Legal 500 | June 15, 2022
Fried Frank was ranked in 29 categories in The Legal 500 US 2022 guide, which ranks leading commercial law firms in the United States. Eleven lawyers are included in the prestigious “Hall of Fame,” 24 lawyers are noted as elite “Leading Lawyers,” 11 lawyers are listed in the up-and-coming “Next Generation Partners” list, 106 lawyers are recommended and mentioned in the 2022 editorial, and three attorneys 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 and Structured Products
Kenneth I. Rosh, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
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
Ray Shirazi, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
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
Steven Epstein, M&A/Corporate and commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
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 and Dispute Resolution: Securities 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 and Structured Products
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr., Antitrust: Merger Control
F. William Reindel, Finance: Commercial Lending
Philip Richter, M&A/Corporate and commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
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
Ray Shirazi, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Steven J. Steinman, M&A/Corporate and commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
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
Dorothy Mehta, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jason Schwartz, Tax: Financial Products and Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Adam D. Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
The following attorneys 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
Wesley O’Brien, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
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, Ilan T. Graff, Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Audrey Strauss, 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
Scott B. Luftglass, 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, Mark Hayek, Brian D. Murphy, J. Christian Nahr, F. William Reindel, Ezra Schneck, Adam D. Summers
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Mandip Englund, Gary L. Kaplan, Ashley Katz, Jennifer L. Rodburg, Brad Eric Scheler, Adam L. Shiff, Peter B. Siroka
Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
William J. Breslin, Darren A. Littlejohn, Steven Lofchie, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell, Ray Shirazi
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Alexander B. Ginsberg, James J. McCullough
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jessica Forbes, Walid Khuri, Dorothy Mehta, Rachel E. Perez, Russel Perkins, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jeremy R. Berry, Russel Perkins, Kenneth I. Rosh, Jeremy Schatz, Rami Turayhi, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Amy L. Blackman, Donald P. Carleen, Jason R. Ertel, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Amber Banks (Meek), Steven Epstein, Erica Jaffe, Brian T. Mangino, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Andrew J. Colosimo, Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Mark H. Lucas, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
Amir R. Ghavi, Jason L. Greenberg
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Jeremy Kozin, Stephen Lefkowitz, Ellen V. Lehman, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O’Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nick Williams
Real Estate: Real Estate
Fiona J. Kelly, Valerie Kelly, Laurinda Martins, Jonathan L. Mechanic, 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, Philip Richter, Libin Zhang
Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michael J. Alter, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden, Christopher Roman, Jason Schwartz, David I. Shapiro, Eli Weiss, 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 and Structured Products
Kenneth I. Rosh, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
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
Ray Shirazi, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
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
Steven Epstein, M&A/Corporate and commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
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 and Dispute Resolution: Securities 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 and Structured Products
Bernard (Barry) A. Nigro Jr., Antitrust: Merger Control
F. William Reindel, Finance: Commercial Lending
Philip Richter, M&A/Corporate and commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
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
Ray Shirazi, Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
David I. Shapiro, Tax: US Taxes: Non-Contentious
Steven J. Steinman, M&A/Corporate and commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
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
Dorothy Mehta, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jason Schwartz, Tax: Financial Products and Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Adam D. Summers, Finance: Commercial Lending
The following attorneys 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
Wesley O’Brien, Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
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, Ilan T. Graff, Robin A. Henry, Stephen M. Juris, Audrey Strauss, 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
Scott B. Luftglass, 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, Mark Hayek, Brian D. Murphy, J. Christian Nahr, F. William Reindel, Ezra Schneck, Adam D. Summers
Finance: Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Mandip Englund, Gary L. Kaplan, Ashley Katz, Jennifer L. Rodburg, Brad Eric Scheler, Adam L. Shiff, Peter B. Siroka
Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
William J. Breslin, Darren A. Littlejohn, Steven Lofchie, Robert M. McLaughlin, David S. Mitchell, Ray Shirazi
Government: Government Contracts
Michael J. Anstett, Alexander B. Ginsberg, James J. McCullough
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds
Jonathan S. Adler, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jessica Forbes, Walid Khuri, Dorothy Mehta, Rachel E. Perez, Russel Perkins, Lisa M. Schneider
Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital)
Richard I. Ansbacher, Lawrence N. Barshay, Jeremy R. Berry, Russel Perkins, Kenneth I. Rosh, Jeremy Schatz, Rami Turayhi, Rebecca Neuschatz Zelenka
Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Amy L. Blackman, Donald P. Carleen, Jason R. Ertel, Jeffrey Ross
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+)
Amber Banks (Meek), Steven Epstein, Erica Jaffe, Brian T. Mangino, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel
M&A/Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts
Andrew J. Colosimo, Christopher Ewan, Andrea Gede-Lange, Randi Lally, Mark H. Lucas, Brian T. Mangino, Robert C. Schwenkel, Steven J. Steinman
Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions
Amir R. Ghavi, Jason L. Greenberg
Real Estate: Land Use/Zoning
Zachary Bernstein, David Karnovsky, Jeremy Kozin, Stephen Lefkowitz, Ellen V. Lehman, Jonathan L. Mechanic, Melanie Meyers, Wesley O’Brien, Carol E. Rosenthal, Nick Williams
Real Estate: Real Estate
Fiona J. Kelly, Valerie Kelly, Laurinda Martins, Jonathan L. Mechanic, 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, Philip Richter, Libin Zhang
Tax: US Taxes: Non-contentious
Michael J. Alter, Joseph E. Fox, Michelle B. Gold, Shane C. Hoffmann, Alan S. Kaden, Christopher Roman, Jason Schwartz, David I. Shapiro, Eli Weiss, Libin Zhang
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