Our Los Angeles office’s capabilities reflect the City of Angels’
diverse economy and sprawling industries, which include financial services,
technology, manufacturing, construction, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare,
food services, retailing, oil and gas, and energy. Our lawyers counsel local,
regional, and international clients across a wide range of dispute resolution,
transactional, and regulatory issues.
Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice engages in dispute resolution
counseling and representation in numerous areas, handling matters ranging from
routine disputes to complex class actions. Because California statutes and state
rules of court frequently present unique challenges for corporate defendants,
the Los Angeles Litigation and Dispute Resolution group has teamed with its
counterparts in the firm’s San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Orange County
offices to form a California litigation service that offers niche competencies
to address special challenges, such as California Unfair Competition lawsuits.
Other lawyers in the Los Angeles office have extensive experience counseling
clients on California’s employment and labor law issues, as well as
representing them in employment-related litigation matters. Our Construction and
Infrastructure Dispute Resolution practice represents contractors, designers,
engineers, and owners in disputes arising from the development and construction
of major public and private projects. Our Intellectual Property Litigation
practice focuses on handling disputes involving copyrights, patents, and trade
secrets.
Local lawyers engaged in corporate and securities matters address issues
involving the financing and corporate governance needs of public and privately
held companies in areas as diverse as specialty finance, high technology, and
life sciences. The Mergers and Acquisitions practice focuses on representing
private equity funds and corporate clients in middle market mergers and
acquisitions, in addition to joint ventures with transaction values ranging from
US$20 million to US$250 million. Lawyers in this area also represent lenders,
underwriters, placement agents, institutional purchasers, and investment
bankers. Our Corporate team also regularly advises trustees and directors of
investment funds–such as banks, thrift institutions, trust companies,
investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other institutional investment
managers–regarding their fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act and state fiduciary statutes. The office is equipped with
bankruptcy lawyers who handle creditor work, transactions, and counseling in
connection with troubled businesses, distressed assets, and complicated
commercial frauds, as well as lawyers in our Energy, Infrastructure, and
Resources practice who work on transactional, financing, regulatory, and
development matters relating to traditional and renewable energy generation,
energy storage, and energy transmission.
