AWARDS & RANKINGS
June 5, 2025
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The Chambers USA Guide recognized Schulte Roth & Zabel as a leading law firm in its 2025 rankings, with strong positioning and an expanded presence across practices and individuals.
Marking a year of significant growth, the firm ranked in 15 different categories, including a new ranking in New York Litigation White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.
Seven Schulte lawyers received their first individual ranking across multiple categories including Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS; Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism; Hedge Funds; Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance and Startups & Emerging Companies.
Following is a complete list of the firm’s ranked lawyers and practice areas:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (New York and Nationwide)
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Adam Harris (New York and Nationwide)
- Kristine Manoukian (New York)
- Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (Nationwide)
- Stephen Schauder
- Boris Ziser
- Capital Markets: Securitization: CLOs (Nationwide)
- Phillip Azzollini
- Daniel Oshinsky
- Craig Stein
- Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax (Nationwide)
- Andi Mandell
- Corporate/M&A: Shareholder Activism (New York)
- Brandon Gold
- Ele Klein
- Adriana Schwartz
- Marc Weingarten
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York)
- David Cohen
- Ian Levin
- Ronald Richman
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement) (Nationwide)
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (Nationwide)
- Julian Rainero
- Hedge Funds (Nationwide)
- Stephanie R Breslow
- David Efron
- Peter Greene
- Daniel Hunter
- Jason Kaplan
- Peter Naismith
- David Nissenbaum
- Eileen Overbaugh
- Paul Roth
- Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)
- Timothy Gilman
- Investment Funds: Investor Representation (Nationwide)
- Peter Naismith
- Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (Nationwide)
- Chris Avellaneda
- Tinika Brown
- Marc Elovitz
- Kelly Koscuiszka
- Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (New York)
- Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)
- Peter White
- Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)
- John Nowak
- Private Equity: Fund Formation (Nationwide)
- Stephanie Breslow
- Phyllis Schwartz
- Joseph Smith
- Real Estate: Finance (New York)
- Julian Wise
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance (New York)
- Startups & Emerging Companies (Nationwide)
- Michael Flynn
- Saarah Woodby
- Tax (New York)
- Philippe Benedict
- Shlomo Twerski
- Alan Waldenberg
Chambers USA Guide 2025 is an annual publication that highlights market-leading law firms and lawyers based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with clients and peers.
