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United Arab Emirates

Offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Intellectual property
• Islamic finance
• Real estate
• Shipping

Afghanistan

• Foreign law firms

Argentina

Offices in Buenos Aires

• Banking and finance
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources : Mining
• Energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
• Environment
• Intellectual property
• International trade and customs
• Labour and employment
• Public law
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

Australia

Offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Competition and trade
• Construction
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Energy (transactions and regulatory)
• IT and telecoms
• Intellectual property
• Media and entertainment
• Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
• Projects
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Austria

Offices in Vienna

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : White-collar crime (including fraud)
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

Azerbaijan

Offices in Baku

• Legal market overview

Belgium

Offices in Brussels and Antwerp

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition : Belgian law
• Competition : EU and global
• Dispute resolution
• EU regulatory : Financial services
• EU regulatory : Food
• EU regulatory : Privacy and data protection
• Employment
• Environment
• Industry focus : IT and telecoms
• Intellectual property
• Private equity
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

Bahrain

Offices in Manama

• Legal market overview
• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Islamic finance
• Projects and energy

China

Offices in Beijing and Shanghai

• Banking and finance : Foreign firms
• Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
• Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
• Employment : Foreign firms
• Intellectual property : Foreign firms
• Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
• Projects and energy : Foreign firms
• Real estate and construction : Foreign firms
• TMT : Foreign firms
• Tax : Foreign firms

Chile

Offices in Santiago and Santiago

• Banking and finance
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources : Mining
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Projects and infrastructure
• Public law
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

Canada

Offices in Toronto

• Capital markets
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Intellectual property
• International trade
• Labour and employment
• Tax
• Technology, media and telecoms

Colombia

Offices in Bogota

• Banking and finance
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration
• Energy and natural resources
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Projects
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

Czech Republic

Offices in Prague

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Germany

Offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, and Munich

• Antitrust
• Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
• Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
• Compliance
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate
• Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (sub-€500m)
• Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (sub-€500m)
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration (including international arbitration)
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Employment
• IT and outsourcing : Data protection
• IT and outsourcing : Information technology (including contracts)
• IT and outsourcing : Outsourcing
• Industry focus : Energy
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : Telecoms
• Intellectual property : Patent litigation
• Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
• Private equity : Transactions
• Public sector : Planning and environment
• Public sector : Public procurement
• Real estate and construction : Construction (including construction litigation)
• Real estate and construction : Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
• Tax
• Trade and distribution

Egypt

Offices in Cairo

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Intellectual property
• Oil and gas
• Projects and infrastructure
• Telecoms

Spain

Offices in Madrid and Barcelona

• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Environment
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : Manufacturing
• Industry focus : Retail
• Industry focus : TMT
• Intellectual property : Copyright
• Intellectual property : Patents
• Intellectual property : Trade marks
• Private equity
• Projects and energy
• Public law
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

France

Offices in Paris

• Administrative and public law
• Banking and finance
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• EU competition and distribution
• Employment
• Environment
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the internet
• Intellectual property : Trade marks, designs and copyrights
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Project finance
• Real estate
• Tax

Hong Kong

Offices in Hong Kong

• Antitrust and competition
• Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Construction
• Corporate (including M&A)
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Employment
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Investment funds
• Projects and energy
• Real estate
• Regulatory
• Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
• Restructuring and insolvency
• TMT
• Tax and trusts

Hungary

Offices in Budapest

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Intellectual property
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Indonesia

Offices in Jakarta

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Foreign firms
• IT and telecoms
• Intellectual property
• Projects and energy
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

India

• Foreign firms

Italy

Offices in Rome, Milan, and Bologna

• Administrative and public law
• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : TMT
• Intellectual property
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

Japan

Offices in Tokyo

• Antitrust and competition law : International firms and joint ventures
• Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
• Capital markets : International firms and joint ventures
• Construction : International firms and joint ventures
• Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
• Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
• Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
• Labour and employment : International firms and joint ventures
• Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
• Real estate : International firms and joint ventures
• Restructuring and insolvency : International firms and joint ventures
• Structured finance/securitisation : International firms and joint ventures
• TMT : International firms and joint ventures
• Tax : International firms and joint ventures

Kazakhstan

Offices in Almaty

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Corporate, commercial and M&A
• Dispute resolution

London

Offices in London

• Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
• Corporate and commercial : Customs and excise
• Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
• Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: Trade, WTO, anti-dumping and customs
• Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
• Corporate and commercial : Financial services
• Corporate and commercial : Investment funds
• Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
• Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
• Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Corporate crime (including fraud, bribery and corruption)
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
• Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Professional discipline
• Dispute resolution : Public international law
• Finance : Acquisition finance
• Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
• Finance : Debt capital markets
• Finance : Derivatives and structured products
• Finance : Emerging markets
• Finance : High yield
• Finance : Securitisation
• Finance : Trade finance
• Human resources : Employee share schemes
• Human resources : Employment: employees/ unions
• Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
• Human resources : Immigration
• Human resources : Pensions
• Insurance : Product liability: defendant
• Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
• Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
• Public sector : Administrative and public law
• Real estate : Commercial property
• Real estate : Construction
• Real estate : Environment
• Real estate : Property finance
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Data protection
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Franchising
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
• Transport : Aviation

Luxembourg

Offices in Luxembourg

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• IP and IT
• Insurance
• Investment funds
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

Myanmar

Offices in Yangon

• Corporate and M&A
• Projects (including energy)

Morocco

Offices in Casablanca

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A

Mexico

Offices in Juarez, Tijuana, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara

• Banking and finance
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources
• Environment
• Intellectual property
• International trade and customs
• Labour and employment
• Projects and infrastructure
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

Malaysia

Offices in Kuala Lumpur

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Intellectual property
• Islamic finance
• Labour and employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Netherlands

Offices in Amsterdam

• Banking and finance : Asset finance and structured finance
• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Capital markets : Debt
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Industry focus : Energy
• Industry focus : IT
• Intellectual property
• Investment funds
• Private equity
• Project finance and PFI
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Philippines

Offices in Manila

• Aviation
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Foreign firms
• Immigration
• Intellectual property
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Poland

Offices in Warsaw and Lodz

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition/antitrust
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Energy and natural resources
• Intellectual property
• Private equity
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Qatar

Offices in Doha

• Foreign firms

Asia Pacific: Regional international arbitration

• Regional international arbitration

Russia

Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg

• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
• Commercial, corporate and M&A : St Petersburg and elsewhere
• Competition
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Employment
• Energy and natural resources
• Intellectual property
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

South Africa

Offices in Johannesburg

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Mining
• Projects and infrastructure
• Tax

Sweden

Offices in Stockholm

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• IT and telecoms
• Insolvency
• Insurance
• Intellectual property and media
• Public procurement
• Real estate
• Tax

Singapore

Offices in Singapore

• Antitrust and competition : Local firms
• Banking and finance : Foreign firms
• Capital markets : Local firms
• Capital markets : Foreign firms
• Construction : Local firms
• Corporate and M&A : Local firms
• Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
• Dispute resolution : Local firms
• Employment : Local firms
• Energy : Foreign firms
• Financial services regulatory : Local firms
• Intellectual property : Local firms
• International arbitration
• Investment funds : Foreign firms
• Private wealth : Local firms
• Projects : Foreign firms
• Real estate : Local firms
• Restructuring and insolvency : Local firms
• TMT : Local firms
• Tax : Local firms

South Korea

Offices in Seoul

• Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
• Projects and energy : Foreign firms

Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh and Jeddah

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction

Switzerland

Offices in Zurich and Geneva

• Banking and finance : Geneva
• Banking and finance : Zurich
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Employment
• Insolvency and corporate recovery
• Intellectual property
• Private client
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax
• French-speaking Switzerland: leading firms
• German-speaking Switzerland: leading firms

Taiwan

Offices in Taipei

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Thailand

Offices in Bangkok

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
• Dispute resolution
• Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
• Intellectual property
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• TMT
• Tax

Turkey

Offices in Istanbul and Istanbul

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Energy
• Foreign firms
• IT and telecoms
• Intellectual property
• Project finance/projects
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

Ukraine

Offices in Kiev

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy
• Intellectual property
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

United States

Offices in Washington DC, Palo Alto, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston

• Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Dispute resolution : International litigation
• Dispute resolution : International trade
• Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Finance : Project finance
• Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
• Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
• Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Industry focus : Environment: regulatory
• Intellectual property : Patent: prosecution (including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
• Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Labor and employment : ERISA litigation
• Labor and employment : Employee benefits and executive compensation (transactions)
• Labor and employment : Immigration
• Labor and employment : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
• M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data protection and privacy)
• Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
• Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
• Real estate
• Tax : International tax
• Tax : US taxes: contentious
• Tax : US taxes: non-contentious

Venezuela

Offices in Valencia and Caracas

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources
• Environment
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Public law
• Real estate
• Tax

Vietnam

Offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Insurance
• Intellectual property : International firms
• Intellectual property : Local firms
• Labour and employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax