S&C was listed as a top law firm in 42 categories in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. In addition, S&C received 100 lawyer recommendations in the directory. The Firm was ranked in the top two bands in the following categories:

Nationwide
#1 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
#1 Corporate/M&A: The Elite
#1 Energy: Mining and Metals (Transactional)
#1 Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
#1 Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
#1 Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A
#1 Projects: Mining & Metals
#1 Securities: Litigation
#1 Tax: Corporate & Finance
#2 Antitrust
#2 Capital Markets: Derivatives
#2 Capital Markets: Structured Products
#2 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
#2 Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
#2 Projects: Oil & Gas
#2 Real Estate

New York
#1 Corporate/M&A: The Elite
#1 Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
#1 Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
#1 Litigation: Securities
#1 Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Governmental Investigations
#1 Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
#1 Tax
#2 Antitrust
#2 Environmental: Mainly Transactional
#2 Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
#2 Latin America Investment

California
#1 Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
#2 Corporate/M&A: Southern California

Click here to view the Firm's rankings in Chambers USA.