Reflecting its diverse marketplace, our New York office provides clients with
broad legal counsel in corporate and transactional, finance, financial services,
litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, intellectual property (IP), and
maritime matters.
Our Corporate and Finance practices cover securities, corporate finance, mergers
and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, domestic and international tax,
structured finance, asset securitization, private equity, and leveraged buyouts.
Our New York lawyers regularly represent public and privately held clients both
within the United States and abroad.
In the financial services area, our team represents clients across the full range
of investment company products and activities, including open-end and closed-end
investment companies, funds of funds, funds of hedge funds, exchange-traded
funds, variable insurance products, private and offshore investment funds, and
unit investment trusts. Our team also represents numerous private
funds—including hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds—in
a wide variety of formation, structural, operational, regulatory, and compliance
matters, as well as portfolio transactions and other investment matters.
Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team represents individuals and
corporations in complex commercial disputes, securities and transaction
litigation, securities enforcement actions and other government investigations,
arbitrations, internal corporate investigations, appellate matters,
environmental litigation, and product liability and toxic tort matters.
Our Real Estate team represents domestic and international clients in
acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and investments involving commercial
real estate. We also represent lenders, borrowers, and special servicers in
commercial mortgage loans, workouts, restructurings of financing arrangements,
and securitized products.
Our IP team’s experience encompasses patent, trademark, and copyright
litigation; technology licensing and due diligence; trade secret matters; and
procurement of patents, trademarks, and other rights in the United States and
worldwide. Particular focuses include pharmaceutical patent litigation and IP
rights; transactional IP in support of mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy
restructuring; patent portfolio mining; and patent sales and purchases.
Members of our Maritime team have represented a number of clients in high-profile
civil and criminal environmental litigation, including the successful defense of
the masters of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker and the Selendang Ayu cargo ship. Our
team has substantial experience defending and resolving oil pollution incidents
and other maritime environmental claims, frequently interacting with
environmental regulation enforcement entities, including the US Department of
Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Coast Guard, and state
environmental departments.
Our Labor, Employment, and Workplace Safety team counsels clients on legal
compliance and litigation issues, including wage and hour matters, employment
discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, and noncompete matters. We
advise on labor and employment issues in mergers and acquisitions and offer
preventive litigation strategies through management training programs and
compliance audits.
For client needs that extend beyond the United States, our New York office has a
team of cross-border lawyers with experience in international arbitration, as
well as regular hands-on experience in matters relating to Brazil, China,
Canada, France, Spain, Korea, and Japan (among others). This team often works in
concert with our lawyers in offices across South America, Europe, Asia, and
Australia.
