Cleary Gottlieb Practices and Lawyers Recognized in Legal 500 EMEA 2017

Cleary Gottlieb has been named a top tier firm in 12 practice areas, received recommendations in 34 practice areas and 97 Cleary lawyers have been recognized in Legal 500’s Europe, Middle East and Africa 2017 guide.

The firm has been ranked outside the top band in addition to receiving 12 practice area top tier rankings. Cleary lawyers were also recognized in the following areas:

• 19 lawyers were named to the guide’s “Leading Lawyers” elite list of outstanding lawyers in in Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Four lawyers were listed as “Next Generation Lawyers” in Legal 500’s list of up-and-coming lawyers
• 74 lawyers have been recognized for their editorial content

Cleary has been recognized as top tier in the following region and practice categories:

Belgium

• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• EU regulatory—Financial services
• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Competition—EU and global
• EU regulatory—Information technology

France

• Capital markets—Debt
• Capital markets—Equity
• Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation
• Mergers and acquisitions

Italy

• EU and competition

Russia

• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A—Moscow

Cleary has received recommendations for our work in 34 practice areas by region:

Belgium

• Competition—Belgian law
• Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
• Industry focus—IT and telecoms

France

• Banking and finance
• Dispute resolution—International arbitration
• Dispute resolution—Stock market litigation—Other recommended firms
• Dispute resolution—White-collar crime—Other recommended firms
• EU competition and distribution
• Industry focus—Energy—Other recommended firms
• Project finance
• Tax

Germany

• Antitrust
• Banking and finance—Financial services—regulatory
• Capital markets—Debt capital markets
• Capital markets—Equity capital markets
• Corporate and M&A—Corporate
• Corporate and M&A—M&A—large international deals (€500m+)
• Dispute resolution—Arbitration (including international arbitration) —Other recommended firms
• Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation—Other recommended firms
• Tax—Other recommended firms

Italy

• Administrative and public law—Other recommended firms
• Banking and finance—Bank regulatory
• Banking and finance—Borrower side
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution 
• Industry focus—Energy
• Industry focus—Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus—TMT
• Private equity 
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Regional Summary: Africa

• Africa—Regional summary—Africa

Russia

• Energy and natural resources

United Arab Emirates

• Commercial, corporate and M&A

The firm’s lawyers were recognized in the guide’s “Leading Lawyers” rankings:

Belgium

Banking, finance and capital markets—Leading individuals

• Jan Meyers

Commercial, corporate and M&A—Leading individuals

• Jan Meyers
• Laurent Legein

Competition—EU and global—Leading individuals

• Antoine Winckler
• Nicholas Levy

France

Capital markets—Debt—Leading individuals

• Andrew Bernstein
• John Brinitzer
• Marie-Laurence Tibi

Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation—Leading individuals

• Jean-Yves Garaud

Dispute resolution—International arbitration—Leading individuals

• Claudia Annacker

EU competition and distribution—Leading individuals

• Antoine Winckler

Mergers and acquisitions—Leading individuals:

• Pierre-Yves Chabert

Tax—Leading individuals

• Anne-Sophie Coustel

Germany

Antitrust—Leading individuals

• Dirk Schroeder
• Romina Polley

Dispute resolution—Arbitration (including international arbitration) —Leading individuals

• Richard Kreindler

Italy

Commercial, corporate and M&A—Leading individuals

• Roberto Casati

Dispute resolution—Leading individuals

• Ferdinando Emanuele

EU and competition—Leading individuals

• Mario Siragusa

Private equity—Leading individuals

• Roberto Casati

Tax—Leading individuals

• Vania Petrella

Russia

Commercial, corporate and M&A—Moscow—Leading individuals

• Scott Senecal

The following four Cleary lawyers were placed on the “Next Generation Lawyers” list:

Belgium

Commercial, corporate and M&A

• Géraldine Bourguignon

Competition—EU and global

• François-Charles Laprévote

Italy

EU and competition

• Pietro Merlino

Russia

Commercial, corporate and M&A—Moscow

• Mikhail Suvorov

These 74 lawyers at Cleary were recognized for their editorial content:

Belgium

Banking, finance and capital markets

• Géraldine Bourguignon
• Laurent Legein
• Laurent Ruzette

Commercial, corporate and M&A

• Carlo Meert
• Filip Moerman
• Géraldine Bourguignon
• Jan Meyers
• Laurent Legein

Competition—Belgian law

• Dirk Vandermeersch
• Robbert Snelders

Competition—EU and global

• Antoine Winckler
• Nicholas Levy
• Robbert Snelders
• Stephan Barthelmess
• Thomas Graf
• Till Müller-Ibold

Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping

• François-Charles Laprévote
• Till Müller-Ibold

EU regulatory—Financial services

• Christopher Cook
• Robbert Snelders
• Romano Subiotto QC

EU regulatory—Information technology

• Francisco Enrique González-Díaz
• Maurits Dolmans
• Industry focus—IT and telecoms
• Robbert Snelders
• Thomas Graf

France

Banking and finance

• Amélie Champsaur
• Fabrice Baumgartner
• Valérie Lemaitre

Capital markets—Debt

• Andrew Bernstein
• Fabrice Baumgartner
• John Brinitzer
• Valérie Lemaitre

Capital markets—Equity

• Andrew Bernstein
• Fabrice Baumgartner
• John Brinitzer
• Marie-Laurence Tibi
• Pierre-Yves Chabert

Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation

• Delphine Michot
• Jean-Yves Garaud

Dispute resolution—International arbitration

• Cameron Murphy
• Claudia Annacker
• Jean-Yves Garaud
• Laurie Achtouk-Spivak
• Robert Greig

EU competition and distribution

• Antoine Winckler
• François Brunet
• François-Charles Laprévote
• Frédéric de Bure

Mergers and acquisitions

• Amélie Champsaur
• Charles Masson
• Jean-Marie Ambrosi
• Pierre-Yves Chabert
• Sophie de Beer

Project finance

• Andrew Bernstein
• Barthélemy Faye
• Jean-Pierre Vignaud
• Tax
• Anne-Sophie Coustel

Germany

Antitrust

• Dirk Schroeder
• Patrick Bock
• Romina Polley
• Tilman Kuhn

Banking and finance—Financial services—regulatory

• Gabriele Apfelbacher
• Thomas Kopp
• Ward Greenberg

Capital markets—Debt capital markets

• Ward Greenberg

Capital markets—Equity capital markets

• Gabriele Apfelbacher
• Ward Greenberg

Corporate and M&A—Corporate

• Gabriele Apfelbacher
• Hanno Sperlich
• Oliver Schröder

Corporate and M&A—M&A—large international deals (€500m+)

• Gabriele Apfelbacher
• Jacques Reding
• Michael Ulmer

Italy

Banking and finance—Bank regulatory

• Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini

Banking and finance—Borrower side

• Carlo de Vito Piscicelli
• Claudio Di Falco
• Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini
• Roberto Bonsignore

Commercial, corporate and M&A

• Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini
• Matteo Montanaro
• Pietro Fioruzzi
• Roberto Bonsignore
• Roberto Casati

Dispute resolution

• Carlo Santoro
• Ferdinando Emanuele
• Francesca Gesualdi

EU and competition

• Mario Siragusa
• Matteo Beretta
• Pietro Merlino

Industry focus—Energy

• Roberto Bonsignore

Industry focus—TMT

• Marco D’Ostuni
• Mario Siragusa

Private equity

• Roberto Bonsignore
• Roberto Casati

Restructuring and insolvency

• Carlo de Vito Piscicelli
• Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini
• Roberto Bonsignore

Tax

• Vania Petrella

Regional Summary: Africa

• Barthélemy Faye

Russia

Capital markets

• Russell Pollack
• Yulia Solomakhina

Commercial, corporate and M&A—Moscow

• Gabriele Antonazzo
• Maxim Izvekov
• Murat Akuyev
• Scott Senecal
• Yulia Solomakhina

Energy and natural resources

• Russell Pollack

United Arab Emirates

Commercial, corporate and M&A

• Chris Macbeth
• Gamal Abouali