Awards & Recognition
U.S. News — Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms’ Recognizes Schulte as a Leading Law Firm in 25 Practice Areas
November 2019
The 2020 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” recognized Schulte in 25 practice areas, both nationally and in the metropolitan areas of New York City and Washington, DC. Included firms are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers during an extensive evaluation process. Schulte was recognized in the following practice areas:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Practices
- Bank Regulatory
- Special Situations and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Broker-Dealer Regulatory and Enforcement
- Business Reorganization
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Employment and Employee Benefits
- Finance
- Hedge Funds
- Individual Client Services
- Investment Management
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Regulatory and Compliance
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Litigation and Class Action
- Structured Finance
- Tax
- SEC Enforcement and White Collar Defense
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