Fried Frank was ranked in 19 categories in the Legal 500 United States 2009 edition, a guide to leading commercial law firms in the US. Forty-three Fried Frank partners garnered 55 recognitions; in addition, Fried Frank partners were cited as "Leading Lawyers" in nine practice areas. The full results are below:

Finance: Bank Lending: National

Arthur Kaufman; F. William Reindel

Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob; Daniel Bursky

Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob (Leading Lawyer); Stuart Gelfond; Michael Levitt

Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers

Valerie Ford Jacob (Leading Lawyer); Stuart Gelfond

Finance: Corporate Restructuring

Gary Kaplan; Brad Eric Scheler

Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products

Jessica Forbes; Walid Khuri; David Mitchell (Leading Lawyer)

Investment Fund Formation and Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds

Lawrence Barshay (Leading Lawyer); Jonathan Adler; Robert Cassanos; Walid Khuri; David Shapiro

Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds

Lawrence Barshay; Kenneth Rosh; David Shapiro; Richard Ansbacher

Labor and Employment: Executive Compensation

Donald Carleen; Laraine Rothenberg

Litigation: International Arbitration

Elliot Polebaum (Leading Lawyer)

Litigation: Securities: Shareholder Litigation

William McGuinness; David Morris

Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense: Full Service

Audrey Strauss (Leading Lawyer); Dixie Johnson; Kevin Harnisch; Michael de Leeuw

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Antitrust -- New York

Michael de Leeuw

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: Mega Deals

Arthur Fleischer (Leading Lawyer); Robert Schwenkel

Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: Private Equity Buyouts

Jonathan Adler; Christopher Ewan; Brian Mangino; Robert Schwenkel

Real Estate and Construction: New York: Corporate and Private Equity Acquisitions

Lee Parks; Steven Scheinfeld; Joshua Mermelstein

Real Estate and Construction: New York: Transactions

Jonathan Mechanic (Leading Lawyer); Robert Sorin

Real Estate and Construction: New York: Land Use and Zoning

Stephen Lefkowitz (Leading Lawyer); Richard Leland; Melanie Meyers; Carol Rosenthal

Tax: Domestic Tax: East Coast

Michelle Gold; Alan Kaden; Joel Scharfstein; Robert Cassanos; Lisa Levy; David Shapiro (Leading Lawyer)

Legal 500 United States is a guide to commercial law firms in the United States. The editorial team bases its research on the combined opinions of the lawyers interviewed for each practice area, commentary from corporate clients and an analysis of deals or contentious issues reported. For more information on Legal 500, please visit: www.legal500.com.