June 5, 2015 (New York) – Global law firm Proskauer has again been ranked as one of the top law firms in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 United States, one of the leading independent legal referral guides. The firm earned rankings across 37 practices, and 126 lawyers were distinguished as among the best in their fields, with 27 of those receiving leading lawyer recognition. Proskauer was newly ranked in the category of Commercial Litigation and received elevated rankings in seven additional categories.
First-tier rankings:
- Labor & Employment – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Labor & Employment – ERISA Litigation
- Labor & Employment – Labor and Employment Litigation
- Labor & Employment – Labor-Management Relations
- Labor & Employment – Workplace & Employment Counseling
- Industry Focus – Sport
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Marketing & Advertising
The firm was also named a leader in the following practice areas:
- Finance – Bank Lending: National
- Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Managers
- Finance – Capital Markets: Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
- Finance – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings – Advice to Issuers
- Finance – Capital Markets: Global Offerings – Advice to Financial Institutions
- Finance – Capital Markets: Global Offerings – Advice to Corporates
- Finance – Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings – Advice to Issuers
- Finance – Capital Markets: High Yield Debt Offerings – Advice to Managers
- Finance – Corporate Restructuring (including Bankruptcy)
- Finance – Not-for-Profit
- Insurance – Advice to Policyholders
- Intellectual Property – Copyright
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
- Investment Fund Formation & Management – Alternative/Hedge Funds
- Investment Fund Formation & Management – Private Equity Funds
- Labor & Employment – Immigration
- Litigation – Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Securities: Shareholder Litigation
- Litigation – Supreme Court and Appellate
- Litigation – Trade Secrets
- Litigation – White Collar Criminal Defense
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Cyber Crime
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Data Protection & Privacy
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Technology: Outsourcing
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Technology: Transactions
- Media, Technology & Telecoms – Telecoms & Broadcast: Transactional
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts – National Firms: Large Deals
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts – Private Equity Buyouts
- Real Estate
- Real Estate – REITs
- Tax – Domestic Tax