Awards & Recognition
SRZ Recognized as a Leading Law Firm by US News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
November 2022
The 2023 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” recognized Schulte Roth & Zabel in 20 practice areas in national rankings and 24 in New York City and Washington, DC metropolitan rankings. Firms that are recognized are noted for their professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.
SRZ was recognized in the following practice areas:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- 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 - 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
- Special Situations and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Employment and Employee Benefits
- Finance
- Hedge Funds
- Individual Client Services
- Investment Management
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Litigation
- Regulatory and Compliance
- Securities Litigation and Class Action
- Tax
- SEC Enforcement and White Collar Defense
Related Insights
Alerts
On June 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend existing anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (“AML/CFT”) program[1] regulations to require that financial institutions establish, implement and maintain effective, risk-based and reasonably designed AML/CFT programs with certain minimum components, including a mandatory risk assessment process (hereinafter, “Proposed Rule”).[2] For purposes of the Proposed Rule, “financial institutions” include: banks; broker dealers; mutual funds; futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) and introducing brokers in commodities (“IB-Cs”); insurance companies; money services businesses (“MSBs”); casinos and card clubs; dealers in precious metals, precious stones or jewels; operators of credit card systems; loan or finance companies; and housing government sponsored enterprises.[3] In addition to establishing minimum risk assessment requirements for these AML/CFT programs, the Proposed Rule would require that financial institutions document each component of their AML/CFT programs and make this documentation available to FinCEN or its designee, which can include the appropriate agency to which FinCEN has delegated examination authority,[4] or the appropriate SRO.[5] The Proposed Rule would also require that these AML/CFT programs be approved and overseen by the financial institution’s board of directors or, if the financial institution does not have a board of directors, an equivalent governing body.
Alerts
On June 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend existing anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (“AML/CFT”) program[1] regulations to require that financial institutions establish, implement and maintain effective, risk-based and reasonably designed AML/CFT programs with certain minimum components, including a mandatory risk assessment process (hereinafter, “Proposed Rule”).[2] For purposes of the Proposed Rule, “financial institutions” include: banks; broker dealers; mutual funds; futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) and introducing brokers in commodities (“IB-Cs”); insurance companies; money services businesses (“MSBs”); casinos and card clubs; dealers in precious metals, precious stones or jewels; operators of credit card systems; loan or finance companies; and housing government sponsored enterprises.[3] In addition to establishing minimum risk assessment requirements for these AML/CFT programs, the Proposed Rule would require that financial institutions document each component of their AML/CFT programs and make this documentation available to FinCEN or its designee, which can include the appropriate agency to which FinCEN has delegated examination authority,[4] or the appropriate SRO.[5] The Proposed Rule would also require that these AML/CFT programs be approved and overseen by the financial institution’s board of directors or, if the financial institution does not have a board of directors, an equivalent governing body.