The Legal 500

Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm advising clients across the Americas, Asia and Europe. In Asia the firm operates as Mayer Brown JSM as the result of a 2008 combination with JSM (formerly Johnson Stokes & Master). The firm has also had an association with Tauil & Chequer Advogados in Brazil since 2009. The firm serves many of the world’s largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, Hang Seng Index and DAX companies, and more than half of the world’s largest investment banks. Mayer Brown has an alliance with Ramón & Cajal, the Madrid-based law firm.

Main areas of practice

Banking and finance: many of the firm’s largest clients are bank holding companies, commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, asset-based lenders, leasing companies or institutional real estate companies. Finance is a signature strength of the firm and structured finance is a key component.

Corporate and securities: the firm’s lawyers provide a full range of legal services for transactions such as complex cross-border deals and industry-specific issues. Key groups within this core practice are capital markets, M&A, private equity, and business and technology sourcing.

Employment and benefits: Mayer Brown provides sophisticated solutions to the most complex employment- and benefits-related issues in employment, employee benefits, executive compensation, ERISA litigation and pensions, as well as country-by-country knowledge of employment law and practices.

Intellectual property: the firm’s lawyers assess IP portfolios, perform due diligence for an acquisition, secure patents, trade marks, trade secrets or copyrights, or use litigation to resolve business disputes over infringement or misappropriation.

Litigation and dispute resolution: Mayer Brown’s services cover Supreme Court and appellate; antitrust and competition; commercial litigation; consumer litigation and class actions; electronic discovery and records management; employment and ERISA; international arbitration; product liability and mass torts; securities enforcement and litigation; and white-collar defense and compliance.

Real estate: the firm is experienced in every stage of the real estate cycle, including acquisition, disposition, construction, leasing, financing, zoning and environmental matters. Clients include commercial banks, REITs, developers and corporations of every kind.

Tax controversy, tax transactions and consulting: the tax practice includes subpractices in transactions, consulting and planning, audits, administrative appeals, litigation and international transfer pricing.

Other key practices are financial services regulatory and enforcement; government and global trade; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and wealth management.

Chairman: Herbert W Krueger (Chicago)

Managing partner: Kenneth S Geller (Washington DC)

Other Offices:
Americas: Charlotte
Houston
Los Angeles
New York
Palo Alto
Washington DC
Asia: Bangkok
Beijing
Guangzhou
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Shanghai
Europe: Berlin
Brussels
Cologne
Frankfurt
Paris

Number of Partners: 590
Number of Lawyers: 1,600