The International Financial Law Review's IFLR1000
Calfee earned recognition in four practice areas in the 2025 IFLR1000 – Guide to the World's Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms rankings lists:
- Banking – USA: Notable; Ohio: Tier 1
- Capital Markets – Ohio Active
- M&A – Ohio Tier 2
- Restructuring and Insolvency – Ohio Tier 2
Three Calfee Partners were recognized:
- Karl S. Beus – Highly Regarded in Banking
- Brent M. Pietrafese – Highly Regarded in M&A
- Jennifer L. Vergilii – Highly Regarded in Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A
The International Financial Law Review 1000 Guide recognizes the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. IFLR1000 has been producing legal market intelligence since 1990, and remains the only international legal directory dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers based on financial and corporate transactional work.
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP is a full-service corporate law firm with 160 attorneys and professionals in five offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Washington, D.C. Calfee serves clients in the Midwest, nationally and globally in the areas of Corporate and Finance, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy and Utilities, Estate and Succession Planning and Administration, Government Relations and Legislation, Intellectual Property, Investment Management Law, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Real Estate Law. Calfee has been recognized as a leading law firm by Chambers USA 2025 in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, Government Relations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, and Real Estate, and by Chambers HNW 2025 in Private Wealth Law. A founding member of Lex Mundi, Calfee offers international representation through a network of independent law firms with access to 22,000 attorneys located in more than 125 countries. Additional information is available at Calfee.com.
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