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United Arab Emirates

Offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Construction
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
• Dispute resolution : Local court litigation
• 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 : Electricity
• 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
• Energy (transactions and regulatory)
• Intellectual property
• IT and telecoms
• Labour and employment
• Media and entertainment
• Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate
• Regulatory compliance and investigations
• 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
• Intellectual property
• 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
• 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

Brazil

Offices in Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro

• Banking and finance
• Bankruptcy and restructuring
• Capital markets
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A (including ‘compliance’)
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources : Electricity
• Energy and natural resources : Hydrocarbons
• Energy and natural resources : Mining
• Environment
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• International trade and customs
• Labour and employment
• Projects and infrastructure
• Public law
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax
• Transport and shipping

China

Offices in Beijing and Shanghai

• Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition: foreign firms
• Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
• Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: foreign firms
• Fintech : Fintech: foreign firms
• Healthcare and life sciences : Healthcare and life sciences: foreign firms
• Intellectual property : Intellectual property: foreign firms
• Investment funds : Investment funds: foreign firms
• Labour and employment : Labour and employment: foreign firms
• Private equity/venture capital : Private equity/venture capital: foreign firms
• Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
• Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction: foreign firms
• Regulatory/compliance : Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms
• Tax : Tax: foreign firms
• TMT : TMT: foreign firms

Chile

Offices in Santiago

• Banking and finance
• Competition and antitrust
• Corporate and M&A (including compliance)
• 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

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
• Compliance : Internal investigations
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate
• Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
• Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized domestic deals (€100m-€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
• 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 : Arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Employment
• Energy
• Intellectual property
• Projects and infrastructure
• TMT

Spain

Offices in Madrid and Barcelona

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Industry focus : Food
• 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 : Transactional work
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• 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 copyright
• 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 : Capital markets (equity)
• Corporate (including M&A)
• Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Investment funds
• Labour and employment
• Real estate
• Regulatory
• Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax and trusts
• TMT

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

• Antitrust and competition
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Foreign firms
• Intellectual property
• IT and telecoms
• Labour and employment
• 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
• Compliance
• 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 : Antitrust and competition – International firms and joint ventures
• Banking and finance : Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures
• Capital markets : Capital markets – International firms and joint ventures
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
• Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution – International firms and joint ventures
• Intellectual property : Intellectual property – International firms and joint ventures
• Labour and employment : Labour and employment – International firms and joint ventures
• Projects and energy : Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures
• Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction – International firms and joint ventures
• Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency – International firms and joint ventures
• Tax : Tax – International firms and joint ventures
• TMT : TMT – International firms and joint ventures

Kazakhstan

Offices in Almaty

• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate 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 : Equity capital markets
• Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
• Corporate and commercial : EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
• 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 : 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
• Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
• Finance : Acquisition finance
• Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• 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: employers and senior executives
• Human resources : Immigration
• Human resources : Pensions
• Insurance : Product liability: defendant
• Investment fund formation and management : Private funds
• Investment fund formation and management : Real estate funds
• Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
• Private client : Personal tax, trusts and probate
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity and renewables)
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Water
• Public sector : Administrative and public law
• Real estate : Commercial property
• Real estate : Construction
• Real estate : Environment
• Real estate : Property finance
• Risk advisory : Brexit
• Risk advisory : Corporate governance
• Risk advisory : Data protection privacy and cybersecurity
• Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• 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

Luxembourg

Offices in Luxembourg

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

Myanmar

Offices in Yangon

• Corporate and M&A
• Projects

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

• Antitrust and competition
• 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
• Tax
• TMT

Netherlands

Offices in Amsterdam

• Banking and finance : Asset finance and structured finance
• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Financial services regulatory
• 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
• Energy : Regulatory
• Energy : Transactional
• Industry focus : IT
• Intellectual property : Trade marks, copyrights and design rights
• Private equity
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Peru

Offices in Lima

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

Philippines

Offices in Manila

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

Poland

Offices in Warsaw and Lodz

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

Qatar

Offices in Doha

• Foreign firms

Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration

• Leading firms

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
• Private client
• 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
• Real estate
• Tax

Singapore

Offices in Singapore

• Antitrust and competition : Antitrust and competition – Local firms
• Banking and finance : Banking and finance – Foreign firms
• Capital markets : Capital markets – Foreign firms
• Construction : Construction – Local firms
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Local firms
• Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution – Local firms
• Energy : Energy – Foreign firms
• Financial services regulatory : Financial services regulatory – Local firms
• Intellectual property : Intellectual property – Local firms
• International arbitration
• Investment funds : Investment funds – Foreign firms
• Labour and employment : Labour and employment – Local firms
• Private wealth
• Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
• Tax : Tax – Local firms
• TMT : TMT – Local firms

South Korea

Offices in Seoul

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

Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh and Jeddah

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• 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
• Sports law
• TMT
• Tax
• Transport
• Leading firms: French-speaking Switzerland
• Leading firms: German-speaking Switzerland

Taiwan

Offices in Taipei

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

Thailand

Offices in Bangkok

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Dispute resolution: international arbitration
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax
• TMT

Turkey

Offices in Istanbul and Istanbul

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

United States

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

• Antitrust : Cartel
• Antitrust : Merger control
• Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Dispute resolution : International litigation
• Dispute resolution : International trade
• 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
• Industry focus : Transport: aviation and air travel - regulation
• 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, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
• Labor and employment : Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• 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 privacy and data protection)
• 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

• 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
• IP : IP – International firms
• Labour and employment
• Projects and energy
• Real estate and construction
• Tax
• TMT