Our New York office was established in 1987.  The office, which is now the firm’s second largest, has experienced significant growth in the last five years through the addition of lateral partner groups in capital markets, securities litigation and bankruptcy and restructuring.  The lawyers in the N.Y. office have been recognized as leaders in their practices by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, PLC Which lawyer? and other third-party rankings services.  Each practice based in the NY office is a market leader; these include bankruptcy and restructuring; capital markets; corporate; financial services, litigation; real estate; state and local tax; federal tax; and technology transactions.

Our New York litigators have particular expertise in complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on securities litigation, antitrust, white collar, internal investigations, products liability, IP and consumer class action defense for major companies and financial institutions. Chambers USA commenting on the N.Y. litigation practice notes that the New York group is "respected for its general commercial and securities expertise...”

Part of the firm’s preeminent financial services group is based in New York.  Their focus is on counseling foreign banks on doing business in the U.S., counseling sovereigns in their financial transactions and advising clients on consumer finance issues.  Chambers USA says “The firm is established as one of the largest and finest financial services regulatory practices in the USA.  With teams of intellectually superb lawyers based in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.…provides the broadest array of services….  According to commentators, the group is indisputably the strongest in the field of consumer financial services and retail banking.”

The firm’s capital markets group has one of the five most active capital markets/securities practices in the U.S., representing both issuers and underwriters in a broad array of securities transactions, from private placements and PIPEs to IPOs, 144A offerings, international offerings and offerings of innovative financial products and derivatives and structured products.  The capital markets group is ranked as a leader in capital markets in IFLR1000, Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Legal 500 US and ranks in the top 10 by Thomson Financial, Bloomberg Capital Markets and the American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard for advising on investment grade debt offerings; equity offerings by U.S. corporations; all debt offerings by U.S. corporations; and all equity offerings—underwriters’ counsel; and in the top 5 for preferred stock offerings and IPOs by Thomson Financial, Bloomberg Capital Markets and theAmerican Lawyer Corporate Scorecard.

The firm’s corporate and Asia-focused transactional practice handles financing and M&A transactions with a focus on Asia, as well as on clients in the life sciences, pharmaceutical and entertainment and media industries.

The real estate group represents financial institutions, pension and real estate opportunity funds, and institutional, domestic and foreign investors in connection with real estate development projects and real estate funds.  Our real estate lawyers were featured in the Mann Report as being among New York’s leading real estate lawyers, and included in Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, Chambers Global and PLC Which lawyer? as leaders in their practice.

The bankruptcy and restructuring group advises debtors, creditors’ committees, creditors, receivers and liquidators in all aspects of domestic and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, workouts and restructurings, as well as distressed mergers and purchase and sale of distressed assets, loans and financial products.  The group is ranked in the top 10% of bankruptcy law firms based on the number of active cases by The Deal in the Bankruptcy League Tables.

The New York office has an active technology licensing and transactional practice, especially focused on clients in the internet, interactive media, entertainment, outsourcing and life science industries.  The TTG practice is recommended by Chambers USA and other rankings services; Chambers notes that the NY TTG practice “continues to be lauded due to its tech-savvy attorneys….  It is well-known for its technology expertise…..”

The firm’s tax practice is comprised of a federal tax group and an international tax group that provide state of the art tax advice on an array of capital markets transactions, including hybrid securities, derivatives and debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and real estate transactions; the country’s leading state and local tax practice; and a highly skilled employee benefits and executive compensation group.