Cleary Gottlieb Practices and Lawyers Recognized in The Legal 500 EMEA 2018

April 20, 2018

Cleary Gottlieb has been named a top-tier firm in 11 practice areas and received recommendations in 37 other practice areas in The Legal 500’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa 2018 guide.

Cleary lawyers were also recognized in the following areas:

  • 20 Cleary lawyers have been named to the guide’s “Leading Lawyers” elite list of outstanding lawyers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
  • Eight of the firm’s lawyers were listed as “Next Generation Lawyers” in the list of up-and-coming lawyers in those regions
  • 69 Cleary lawyers are recommended in the guide’s editorial

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

Belgium

  • Banking, finance, and capital markets
  • Commercial, corporate, and M&A
  • Competition—EU and global

France

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

Italy

  • EU and competition

Russia

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

Cleary received recommendations for our work in 37 practice areas by region:

Belgium

  • Competition—Belgian law
  • Customs, trade, WTO, and anti-dumping
  • EU regulatory—Financial services
  • EU regulatory—Information technology
  • Industry focus—IT and telecoms
  • Industry focus—Media and entertainment

France

  • Banking and finance—Transactional work
  • Dispute resolution—Stock market litigation
  • Dispute resolution—White-collar crime
  • EU competition and distribution
  • Industry focus—Energy
  • 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)
  • Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation
  • Tax

Italy

  • Administrative and public law
  • Banking and finance—Bank regulatory
  • Banking and finance—Borrower side
  • Capital markets—Equity
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Compliance
  • Dispute resolution
  • Industry focus—Energy
  • Industry focus—Health care and life sciences
  • Industry focus—TMT
  • Private equity
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Tax

Russia

  • Energy and natural resources

United Arab Emirates

  • Commercial, corporate, and M&A

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

Belgium

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

Capital markets—Equity—Leading individuals

  • 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

Dispute resolution—Leading individuals

  • Ferdinando Emanuele

EU and competition—Leading individuals

  • Marco D’Ostuni
  • Mario Siragusa

Tax—Leading individuals

  • Vania Petrella

Russia

Capital markets—Leading individuals

  • Yulia Solomakhina

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

  • Scott Senecal

Eight Cleary lawyers are on the “Next Generation Lawyers” list:

Belgium

Commercial, corporate, and M&A

  • Géraldine Bourguignon

Competition—EU and global

  • François-Charles Laprévote

EU regulatory—Financial services

  • Christophe Wauters

France

Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation

  • Delphine Michot

Germany

Antitrust

  • Patrick Bock

Italy

EU and competition

  • Matteo Beretta
  • Pietro Merlino

Russia

Commercial, corporate, and M&A—Moscow

  • Mikhail Suvorov

These 70 Cleary lawyers have been recognized in the guide’s editorial:

Belgium

Banking, finance, and capital markets

  • Christophe Wauters
  • Géraldine Bourguignon
  • Laurent Legein

Commercial, corporate, and M&A

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

Competition—Belgian law

  • Antoine Winckler
  • Dirk Vandermeersch
  • Romano Subiotto QC

Competition—EU and global

  • Antoine Winckler
  • Christopher Cook
  • François-Charles Laprévote
  • Maurits Dolmans
  • Nicholas Levy
  • Richard Pepper
  • Robbert Snelders
  • Thomas Graf
  • Wolfgang Deselaers

Customs, trade, WTO, and anti-dumping

  • François-Charles Laprévote
  • Till Müller-Ibold

EU regulatory—Financial services

  • Christophe Wauters
  • Christopher Cook
  • Robbert Snelders

EU regulatory—Information technology

  • Maurits Dolmans
  • Robbert Snelders
  • Thomas Graf

Industry focus—IT and telecoms

  • Robbert Snelders

Industry focus—Media and entertainment

  • Francisco Enrique González-Díaz
  • Maurits Dolmans

France

Banking and finance—Transactional work

  • Barthélemy Faye
  • Fabrice Baumgartner
  • Valérie Lemaitre

Capital markets—Debt

  • Andrew Bernstein
  • Anne-Sophie Coustel
  • Fabrice Baumgartner
  • 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

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

Dispute resolution—Stock-market litigation

  • Jean-Yves Garaud

Dispute resolution—White-collar crime

  • Delphine Michot
  • Jean-Yves Garaud

EU competition and distribution

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

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Charles Masson
  • Jean-Marie Ambrosi
  • Pierre-Yves Chabert

Tax

  • Anne-Sophie Coustel

Germany

Antitrust

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

Banking and finance—Financial services—regulatory

  • Gabriele Apfelbacher
  • Hanno Sperlich
  • Thomas Kopp
  • Ward Greenberg

Capital markets—Debt capital markets

  • Gabriele Apfelbacher
  • Ward Greenberg

Capital markets—Equity capital markets

  • Gabriele Apfelbacher
  • Ward Greenberg

Corporate and M&A—Corporate

  • Michael Ulmer
  • Oliver Schröder

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

  • Gabriele Apfelbacher
  • Michael Ulmer
  • Oliver Schröder

Dispute resolution—Arbitration (including international arbitration)

  • Richard Kreindler
  • Thomas Buhl

Dispute resolution—Commercial litigation

  • Dirk Schroeder
  • Richard Kreindler
  • Thomas Kopp

Tax

  • Daniel Weyde

Italy

Banking and finance—Bank regulatory

  • Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini

Banking and finance—Borrower side

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

Capital markets—Equity

  • Pietro Fioruzzi

Commercial, corporate, and M&A

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

Compliance

  • Francesco De Biasi
  • Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini
  • Pietro Fioruzzi

Dispute resolution

  • Ferdinando Emanuele

EU and competition

  • Marco D’Ostuni
  • Mario Siragusa
  • Matteo Beretta
  • Pietro Merlino

Industry focus—Energy

  • Ferdinando Emanuele
  • Roberto Bonsignore

Industry focus—Health care and life sciences

  • Mario Siragusa
  • Pietro Merlino

Industry focus—TMT

  • Marco D’Ostuni
  • Mario Siragusa

Private equity

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

Restructuring and insolvency

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

Tax

  • Paola Albano
  • Vania Petrella

Russia

Capital markets

  • Murat Akuyev
  • Yulia Solomakhina

Commercial, corporate, and M&A—Moscow

  • Mikhail Suvorov
  • Scott Senecal
  • Yulia Solomakhina

Energy and natural resources

  • Scott Senecal
  • Yulia Solomakhina

United Arab Emirates

Commercial, corporate, and M&A

  • Chris Macbeth
  • Gamal Abouali