LONDON - International law firm Reed Smith congratulates 28 of its London-based lawyers for being recognized in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.
Commodities lawyer Andrew Mead was also named as a “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® in the United Kingdom. The “Lawyer of the Year” appellation is granted to the one lawyer with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area.
The Reed Smith lawyers who were included in the UK Best Lawyers list are:
- Peter Alfandary, Immigration Law
- Alex Andrews, Shipping Law
- Nick Austin, Shipping Law
- Chris Borg, Commodities
- Tamara Box, Derivatives
- Claude Brown, Derivatives and Securitisation Law
- Stephen Edwards, Media and Entertainment Law
- Richard Gunn, Shipping Law
- Peter Hardy, Insurance Law
- Charles Hewetson, Litigation
- Marjorie Holmes, Shipping Law
- William Howard, Shipping Law
- Robin Jeffcott, Employment Law
- Stephen Kirkpatrick, Shipping Law
- Michael Maxtone-Smith, Media and Entertainment Law
- Andrew Meads, Commodities (also named Lawyer of the Year)
- Belinda Paisley, Litigation
- Richard Philipps, Media and Entertainment Law
- Jonathan Radcliffe, Intellectual Property Law
- Lawrence Radley, Real Estate Law
- Graham Reid, Real Estate Law
- Nicholas Rock, Environmental Law
- Michael Skrein, Defamation Law
- Richard Spafford, Litigation
- Richard Swinburn, Commodities
- Andrew Taylor, Shipping Law
- David Warne, Litigation
- Charles Weller, Shipping Law
Selection to the Best Lawyers® list of outstanding lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey.