Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer recognized in Legal 500 US 2026

The Legal 500 United States has ranked Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer across 21 practice categories and noted 25 lawyers in its 2026 edition. The rankings reflect the range of the firm's practices and the depth of our teams working across the US market. 

The firm was ranked in the following categories: 

Dispute resolution 

• Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal) – Courts of Appeal 

• Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal) – Supreme Courts (States and Federal) 

• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates 

• Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals 

• General commercial disputes – mid-market ($250–500m) 

• International arbitration 

• Product liability, mass tort and class action – defense: consumer products (including tobacco) 

• Securities litigation: defense 

Finance 

• Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate 

• Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal 

• Structured finance: derivatives and structured products 

• Structured finance: securitization 

Labor and employment 

• Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional 

• Immigration 

• Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions) 

M&A/corporate and commercial 

• M&A: middle-market ($0–250m) 

• Private equity buyouts: middle-market (up to $500m) 

Media, technology and telecoms 

• Advertising and marketing: litigation 

Real estate 

• Land use/zoning 

• Real estate – large cap ($500m+) 

Tax 

• US taxes: non-contentious 

 The full rankings are available here.