Reed Smith
| Reed Smith LLP | |
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| Headquarters |  Pittsburgh |
| No. of offices | 23 |
| No. of attorneys | 1,600+ |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue |  $993 million USD [3] |
| Date founded | 1877 (Pittsburgh) |
| Founder | Philander Knox and James Hay Reed |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Slogan | The business of relationships. |
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| www.reedsmith.com | |
Reed Smith LLP is a global law firm, with more than 1,600 lawyers in 23 offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.[1] Reed Smith represents leading international businesses from Fortune 500 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises.[1]
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[edit] History
Reed Smith LLP’s rise to prominence can be at least partly credited to a symbiotic relationship with an American industrial tycoon. Attorney James Reed, who founded the firm in Pittsburgh with fellow 24-year-old Philander Knox in 1877, cultivated strong ties with the man most singularly responsible for giving Steel City its blue-collar identity: Andrew Carnegie.[2] In addition to leading the firm’s representation of Carnegie at the peak of his empire-building, Reed served as a charter director of Carnegie’s U.S. Steel. Other industrialists and financiers such as Mellon, Heinz and Frick soon became clients of the firm.[2]
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[edit] Recognition
- Ranked 19th among American law firms with the most gross revenue by AmLaw 100.[3]
- Ranked 62nd among the most prestigious American law firms by Vault.[2]
- Ranked 1st out of 411 law firms by The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for building and maintaining client relationships, June 2009.[citation needed]
- Middle East team of the year by The Lawyer, 2009.
- CSR firm of the year by Legal Business, 2008.
- Ranked 1st place out of international firms and 8th place out of all participating firms in the UK Diversity League Table survey published by Black Solicitors Network, for 2008.
- Reed Smith's Product Liability Group was named among Top 3 in The American Lawyer Litigation Department of the Year awards in 2008 and 2006.
[edit] Notable mandates
- Advised long-standing client Mellon Financial Corporation in its $16.5 billion merger with the Bank of New York.
- Through its Hong Kong office, the firm advised SABMiller as a selling shareholder in Anheuser-Busch's HK$5.6 billion tender offer for the Harbin Brewery Group.
- Counseled Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. in various acquisitions and stake purchases throughout Europe.
