Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer recognized for excellence in Chambers USA 2026

Chambers USA has recognized Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer across 25 practice categories and ranked 50 individuals as part of its 2026 guide. This reflects the strength of our teams and our high-caliber, complex work on behalf of clients across the US market.

The firm achieved nine Band 1 practice rankings across New York, Washington, DC and nationwide, as well as 15 Band 1 individual recognitions, underscoring our strong market reputation, commercial insight and focus on delivering results on complex, high-stakes matters.

The firm was ranked in the following categories:

District of Columbia

• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

New York

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite

• Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded

• Environment

• Immigration

• Intellectual Property: Patent

• Labor & Employment: The Elite

• Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

• Litigation: Securities

• Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite

• Real Estate: Litigation

• Real Estate: Mainly Dirt

• Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

• Tax

USA – Nationwide

• Advertising: Litigation

• Advertising: NAD Proceedings

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite

• Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS

• Capital Markets: Securitization: PACE

• Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded

• Derivatives

• Immigration

• International Arbitration: The Elite

• Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

• Product Liability: Tobacco

The following lawyers were ranked:

Accountant & Auditor Liability (USA – Nationwide)

• Michael Dell

Advertising: Litigation (USA – Nationwide)

• Eileen M. Patt

• Norman C. Simon

Advertising: NAD Proceedings (USA – Nationwide)

• Norman C. Simon

Antitrust (District of Columbia)

• David Pearl

Appellate Law (USA – Nationwide)

• Roy Englert Jr.

 Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)

• Adam Rogoff

• Amy Caton

• Kenneth H. Eckstein

• Kyle Ortiz

• Rachael Ringer

• Thomas Moers Mayer

Bankruptcy/Restructuring (USA – Nationwide)

• Amy Caton

• Kenneth H. Eckstein

• Thomas Moers Mayer

Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (USA – Nationwide)

• Daniel Michaelson

• Gilbert K.S. Liu

• Jamie Kocis

• Laurence Pettit

Capital Markets: Securitization: PACE (USA – Nationwide)

• Gilbert K.S. Liu

• Jamie Kocis

• Laurence Pettit

Corporate/M&A (New York)

• Ernest Wechsler

Derivatives (USA – Nationwide)

• Fabien Carruzzo

• Linda Sharkey

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York)

• Marissa J. Holob

Immigration (New York)

• Allison D. Gray

• Mark D. Koestler

• Matthew S. Dunn

• Scott Gorski

Immigration (USA – Nationwide)

• Mark D. Koestler

• Matthew S. Dunn

Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory (New York)

• Daniel Rabinowitz

Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

• Aaron Frankel

International Arbitration: Counsel (USA – Nationwide)

• Amal Bouchenaki

• Christian Leathley

International Arbitration: Enforcement (USA – Nationwide)

• Christian Leathley

Labor & Employment (New York)

• Kevin B. Leblang

• Robert Holtzman

Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia)

• Ariel Lavinbuk

Litigation: General Commercial (New York)

• Marc Gottridge

Litigation: Securities (New York)

• Michael Dell

White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

• Paul Schoeman

Private Equity: Buyouts (New York)

• Howard T. Spilko

Product Liability: Tobacco (USA – Nationwide)

• Benjamin Rubinstein

• Gregory M. Loss

• Maxwell Herman

Real Estate: Litigation (New York)

• Ronald S. Greenberg

Real Estate: Mainly Dirt (New York)

• Daniel Berman

• James Godman

• Jay A. Neveloff

• Jonathan H. Canter

• Josh Winefsky

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (New York)

• Adam Taubman

• James Power

• Paul D. Selver

• Valerie Campbell

Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA – Nationwide)

• Michael Dell

Tax (New York)

• Abraham Reshtick

• Barry Herzog

• Pamela Capps

Technology (New York)

• Burr Eckstut

The full rankings are available here.