Our interdisciplinary team has decades of experience helping businesses navigate major transitions. We monitor federal developments and provide timely analysis to help companies stay ahead of change. As the new administration takes shape, we will work closely with companies across sectors to help them understand and respond to new federal priorities and state actions, positioning them to address challenges and seize opportunities.
Selected Areas of Focus
Our Antitrust & Competition team has unparalleled expertise in handling the full range of antitrust matters for our clients, from merger clearance to complex litigation.
Learn more about our Antitrust & Competition group.
Contact: Arman Oruc
Our Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning team works with innovators and investors to advance their AI objectives while steering clear of the risks. We help ensure that companies use AI in ways that minimize IP, data privacy and other regulatory issues.
Learn more about our Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning group.
Contact: Omer Tene
Our Employment team supports clients with the employment aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions, develops and negotiates employment and compensation agreements, conducts employment investigations, and represents clients throughout the litigation process.
Learn more about our Employment group.
Contact: Christina Lewis
Our top-ranked Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice is one of the longest-standing of any Am Law 50 firm. Across the United States and Europe, our specialists include former federal prosecutors, assistant US attorneys, and experienced legal professionals in every aspect of global privacy and cybersecurity law.
Learn more about our Data, Privacy, & Cybersecurity group.
Contacts: Pete Marta, Omer Tene
Our global team of highly regarded advisors has expertise in every area affecting players in the digital currency and digital asset spaces. We embrace the potential of innovation to make lasting impact, and we partner with companies that are shaping the future of digital currency and blockchain in rapidly developing areas.
Learn more about our Digital Currency & Blockchain group.
Contacts: Grant Fondo, Karen Ubell
We help clients achieve long-term success by developing strategies and implementing solutions that meet evolving regulatory and social expectations, advance goals for impact and responsible investing, and generate superior long-term returns.
Learn more about our ESG Impact group.
Contact: Danielle Reyes
Our practice includes attorneys with expertise in every segment of financial services and relevant practice area, from transactions, regulatory and advisory (including the Corporate Transparency Act), enforcement, and litigation.
Learn more about our Financial Services group.
Contact: Samantha Kirby
We advise US and international companies that receive grants from or sell goods and services to federal and state agencies and tribal governments in the US. We represent companies in all aspects of the procurement process, including bidding on and negotiating contracts and grant awards with federal agencies.
Learn more about our Government Contracts & Grants group.
Contact: Liza Craig
Our team focuses on the needs of stakeholders in the pharmaceutical, biologic, medical device, diagnostic, laboratory testing, and digital health industries. We provide strategic counseling at every step in the medical product lifecycle, from idea conception and product development to commercialization. That includes advising on clinical trials, FDA approval and clearance, market access, reimbursement, and customer contracts.
Learn more about our Life Sciences Regulatory & Compliance group.
Contact: Matt Wetzel
We represent companies, executives, directors and audit committees, and other business leaders in investigations relating to financial and securities fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute, healthcare fraud, whistleblower claims, national security and sanctions requirements and alleged violations of financial lending regulations. We advocate for our clients on a daily basis before a wide range of federal and state agencies, including the SEC, DOJ, CFPB, US Attorneys’ Offices and state attorneys general.
Learn more about our Government Investigations, Enforcement & White Collar Defense group.
Contact: Allan Medina
We are a global leader in mergers and acquisitions, providing highly differentiated strategic and commercial advice and top-tier execution on more transactions annually than any other firm in the world. We represent clients in transactions of all kinds, including their most important and complex international deals. That includes public and private companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and founders, as well as financial advisors and investors.
Learn more about our Mergers & Acquisitions group.
Contact: Mike Patrone
Our Public Company Advisory team advises hundreds of US and non-US public companies, as well as private companies seeking to go public, on SEC and corporate governance issues, including SEC regulatory and disclosure requirements and stock exchange listing compliance.
Learn more about our Public Company Advisory group.
Contact: Dave Lynn
We advise private equity, real estate, life sciences, and technology clients on how to structure their transactions to achieve optimal tax outcomes. This includes advising on company formation, taxable and tax-free M&A, recapitalizations, real estate transactions, investment fund formations, research and development joint ventures, tech transfers, leveraged buyouts, partnership transactions, and private and public securities offerings.
Learn more about our Tax group.
Contact: Neal Sandford
We help companies involved in cross-border transactions to navigate regulatory hurdles relating to the export and re-export of sensitive goods and technologies; investments and other dealings having national security implications; and relationships with persons and entities that may be governed by US economic sanctions, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption laws.
Learn more about our Global Trade group.
Contact: Rich Matheny
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Allan Medina
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Karen Ubell
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Grant P. Fondo
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Samantha M. Kirby
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Christina Lewis
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