Simpson Thacher has once again been ranked among the leading law firms in the United States in The Legal 500 United States 2013. The Firm was recognized in 40 practice areas, including a total of 17 rankings in the top tier. Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:~~~~Simpson Thacher was highly ranked in the following practice areas:~~~~Finance~~#1 Bank Lending (including other sources of financing)~~#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - advice to managers~~#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - advice to managers~~#1 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to financial institutions~~#1 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to issuers~~#1 Financial Services: Litigation~~#1 Not-for-profit (non profit and tax exempt organizations)~~#2 Capital Markets: Global Offerings - advice to corporates~~#2 Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - advice to managers~~~~Industry Focus~~#1 Insurance: Advice to insurers~~~~Investment Fund Formation and Management~~#1 Private Equity Funds~~#2 Mutual/Registered Funds~~~~Labor and Employment~~#1 Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation~~~~Litigation~~#1 Securities: Shareholder Litigation~~~~Mergers, Acquisitions & Buyouts~~#1 Antitrust~~#1 M&A: Mega-Deals ($5bn+)~~#1 Private Equity Buyouts~~#2 M&A: Litigation~~~~Real Estate and Construction~~#1 Real Estate~~Tax #2 Domestic Tax: East Coast~~~~The Legal 500 United States also recognized a number of the Firm’s attorneys. Barry R. Ostrager and Henry B. Gutman, partners in the Firm’s Litigation Department, have been named as two of the country’s “Leading Trial Lawyers.” This is Mr. Ostrager’s seventh consecutive year and Mr. Gutman’s second consecutive year receiving this recognition. In addition, the following attorneys were recognized as “Leading Lawyers” in their respective fields of practice:~~~~Bruce D. Angiolillo~~Kevin J. Arquit~~Thomas H. Bell~~Victoria B. Bjorklund Joshua Ford Bonnie~~Richard Capelouto~~Sarah E. Cogan~~Charles I. Cogut~~James D. Cross~~Gary I. Horowitz~~Lee A. Meyerson~~Wilson S. Neely~~Barry R. Ostrager~~Peter V. Pantaleo~~Gregory J. Ressa~~Brian D. Robbins~~David A. Shevlin~~Mary Kay Vyskocil~~~~Michael W. Wolitzer~~~~In addition to the practice areas noted above, the Firm was recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the following practice areas:~~Finance: Asset Finance and Leasing~~Finance: Corporate Restructuring~~Finance: Financial Services: Regulatory~~Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Lender~~Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Sponsor~~Finance: Structured Finance~~Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative~~Industry Focus: Energy: Transactions~~Industry Focus: Environment: Transactional and Regulatory~~Industry Focus: Insurance: Non-contentious~~Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds~~Litigation: International Arbitration~~Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Consumer Products (including tobacco)~~Litigation: Supreme Court and Appellate~~Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense~~Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology: Transactions~~Tax: Domestic Tax: West Coast~~Tax: International~~