News About Reed Smith

Directors and officers increasingly worried about geopolitical liability insurance risk - study

WTW and Reed Smith survey shows geopolitics listed as a top-seven risk for the first time

16 Jun 2026

Reed Smith grows in Germany with three-partner corporate team from Dentons

Partner trio join in Munich alongside three further lawyers to boost US firm’s transactions capabilities

30 Apr 2026

Reed Smith boosts Boston office with disputes team hire from K&L Gates

Incoming group includes three partners, with a fourth joining in its Princeton office

9 Apr 2026

Reed Smith builds in Saudi Arabia with corporate trio

US firm nearly doubles Riyadh headcount with two partners and an associate from local boutique AlAmmar Law

30 Mar 2026

Reed Smith turnover approaches $1.6bn as PEP tops $2m

Solid performance across private equity, finance and litigation help drive record results for Pittsburgh-based firm

25 Mar 2026

Reed Smith hires partners from six Big Law rivals for Boston debut

Top 40 firm launches with partners hired from K&L Gates, White & Case, Goodwin Procter, Morrison Foerster, McDermott Will & Schulte and Weil

17 Mar 2026

Reed Smith promotes 29 to partnership in biggest round since 2023

US accounts for majority of promotions, completed by four in London and one in Singapore

2 Feb 2026

Reed Smith adds former Gowling WLG tech sector group co-head as a partner in London

David Brennan will join the firm’s corporate team after almost 14 years at Gowling WLG

1 Feb 2026

Successful challenges to arbitral awards remain low globally – study

Reed Smith report shows that England and Wales has the highest overall success rate

16 Dec 2025

Reed Smith hires Bird & Bird’s Middle East head in regional growth push

Anders Nilsson joins the US firm as a partner in Abu Dhabi

10 Nov 2025

Reed Smith expands in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia office launch

Venture will be overseen by European and Middle East managing partner who is being seconded to Riyadh

20 Oct 2025

Reed Smith, A&O Shearman see trio of German partners exit Big Law for independent practice

FGvW gains two real estate partners from Reed Smith in Frankfurt, while A&O loses arbitration partner to newly minted disputes boutique in Hamburg

2 Oct 2025

Squire Patton Boggs makes twin transatlantic structured finance hire from Reed Smith

Trish O’Donnell will be based in New York, while Nathan Menon joins in London

24 Sep 2025

Reed Smith hires regulatory partner in China from A&O Shearman

Jieni Ji joins leading US firm to bolster regulatory offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong

16 Sep 2025

Crowell adds 16 healthcare litigation partners across US from Reed Smith

Dozens of lawyers set to move across as part of team hire that will see Crowell open an office in Dallas

6 Aug 2025

Casey Ryan to extend tenure as Reed Smith’s global managing partner

Ryan ran unopposed and will begin new four-year term on 1 January 2026

24 Jun 2025

Reed Smith hires prominent white-collar crime KC in London

Richard Kovalevsky has joined from US disputes boutique Cohen & Gresser after leaving the Bar in 2018

2 Jun 2025

Reed Smith hires A&O Shearman trio across Singapore, Hong Kong

A&O Shearman’s joint Singapore managing partner Tim Beech moves over with newly-minted partner Regina Lui and an associate to boost US firm’s global corporate trust team

19 May 2025

Greenberg Traurig hits Reed Smith for London infrastructure partner

Richard Ceeney second Reed Smith partner to defect to GT in London in a month

3 Apr 2025

Reed Smith hits record $1.5bn in revenue

PEP rises nearly 14% to $1.8m while London office grows turnover 15% following two years of decline

12 Mar 2025