Legal 500 US 2017 has recognized Kramer Levin and its attorneys for excellence in a number of practice areas. Fifty-one attorneys were recognized across 17 practice areas, including 10 attorneys who were included on the elite Leading Lawyers list, and four attorneys who were included on the Next Generation Lawyers list.
The firm was ranked in the top tier in two categories:
- Media, technology and telecoms – Advertising and marketing
- Real estate – Land use/zoning
The firm was also recognized in the following areas:
- Dispute resolution – Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution – General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution – Securities litigation: defense
- Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance – Structured finance
- Investment fund formation and management – Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment – Immigration
- Labor and employment – Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial – M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial – Private equity buyouts
- Real estate
- Tax – International tax
- Tax – US taxes: non-contentious