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United Arab Emirates

Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Construction
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
• Employment
• Energy and infrastructure
• Intellectual property
• Real estate
• TMT

Angola

• Foreign law firms

Australia

Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Competition and trade
• Construction
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Dispute resolution : Class actions
• Energy (transactions and regulatory)
• IT and telecoms
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Labour and employment
• Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
• Project development
• 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 : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : White-collar crime (including fraud)
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Private client
• Projects and energy
• Real estate
• Tax

Belgium

Offices in Antwerp and Brussels

• Aviation
• Banking, finance and capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition : EU and global
• Dispute resolution
• EU regulatory : Chemicals and environment
• EU regulatory : Financial services
• EU regulatory : Information technology
• EU regulatory : Pharma, medical devices and biotech
• EU regulatory : Privacy and data protection
• Employment
• Fraud and white-collar crime
• Industry focus : Energy
• Industry focus : Food and beverage
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : IT and telecoms
• Industry focus : Media and entertainment
• Industry focus : Retail
• Industry focus : Transport
• Insolvency and restructuring
• Intellectual property
• Not-for-profit
• Real estate and construction
• Tax

China

Offices in Beijing and Shanghai

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

Chile

Offices in Santiago

• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Energy and natural resources : Electricity/oil and gas
• Labour and employment
• Public law

Canada

Offices in Yellowknife, Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary

Czech Republic

Offices in Prague

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

Germany

Offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich

• Antitrust
• Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
• Compliance
• Compliance : Internal investigations
• Corporate and M&A : Corporate
• Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international 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
• Insurance : Advice to insurers
• Insurance : Insurance litigation
• Intellectual property : Patent litigation
• Intellectual property : Trade marks and unfair competition
• Media : Press and publishing
• Public sector : PPP
• Public sector : Planning and environment
• Real estate and construction : Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring
• Tax
• Trade and distribution
• White-collar crime : Advice to companies

Denmark

Offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Energy
• Environment
• Information technology
• Insolvency
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Media and entertainment
• Real estate and construction
• Shipping and transport
• Tax

Spain

Offices in Madrid

• 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

Finland

Offices in Helsinki

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Intellectual property
• Maritime and transport
• Real estate and construction
• TMT

France

Offices in Paris

• Aviation
• Banking and finance : Transactional work
• Capital markets : Debt
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• EU, competition and distribution
• Employment
• Industry focus : Energy
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
• Insolvency
• Insurance
• Intellectual property : Patents
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity : LBO
• Project finance
• Real estate
• Tax

Hong Kong

Offices in Hong Kong

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Construction
• Corporate (including M&A)
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Litigation
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Investment funds
• Labour and employment
• Private equity
• Projects and energy
• Real estate
• Regulatory
• Regulatory : Anti-corruption and compliance
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Shipping
• 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

Latin America: International firms

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• International arbitration
• Projects and energy

India

• Foreign firms

Italy

Offices in Milan and Rome

• Administrative and public law
• Banking and finance : Bank regulatory
• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Capital markets : Debt
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Compliance
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Industry focus : Energy
• Industry focus : Food
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : Luxury goods
• Industry focus : Manufacturing
• Industry focus : Retail
• Industry focus : TMT
• Intellectual property
• Investment funds
• Private equity
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Japan

Offices in Tokyo

• Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
• Labour and employment : International firms and joint ventures
• Real estate and construction : International firms and joint ventures
• Tax : International firms and joint ventures

Kuwait

Offices in Kuwait City

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Intellectual property

London

Offices in London

• Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
• Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
• Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
• Corporate and commercial : Financial services
• Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
• Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
• Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
• Corporate and commercial : Trade, WTO, anti-dumping, and customs
• Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Gaming and betting
• Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Public international law
• Finance : Acquisition finance
• Finance : Asset-based lending
• Finance : Asset finance and leasing
• 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
• Human resources : Employee share schemes
• Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
• Human resources : Health and safety
• Human resources : Pensions
• Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
• Investment fund formation and management : Private funds
• 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, nuclear and renewables)
• Public sector : Administrative and public law
• Real estate : Commercial property
• Real estate : Construction: contentious and non-contentious
• Real estate : Environment
• Real estate : Planning
• Real estate : Property finance
• Real estate : Property litigation
• Risk advisory : Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
• Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
• Risk advisory : Reputation management
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
• 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) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
• Transport : Aviation
• Transport : Rail
• Transport : Shipping

Luxembourg

Offices in Luxembourg

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

Myanmar

• Foreign desks

Mongolia

• Leading firms

Morocco

Offices in Casablanca

• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Projects and public law
• Tourism and real estate

Mexico

Offices in Mexico City

Netherlands

Offices in Amsterdam

• Banking and finance : Borrower side
• Banking and finance : Financial services regulatory
• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution : Arbitration
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Energy : Transactional
• Environment and planning
• Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
• Industry focus : IT
• Industry focus : Media and entertainment
• Industry focus : Telecoms
• Intellectual property : Patents
• Intellectual property : Trade marks, copyrights and design rights
• Private equity
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Tax

Norway

Offices in Oslo

• Banking and finance (including shipping finance)
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Electricity and renewable energy
• Employment
• Insolvency and corporate recovery
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Real estate
• TMT
• Tax

North West

Offices in Liverpool and Manchester

• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Manchester
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Liverpool
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Crime: general
• Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Manchester
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Liverpool
• Finance : Banking and finance
• Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
• Human resources : Employment
• Human resources : Pensions
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Project finance and PFI
• Public sector : Local government
• Real estate : Commercial property: Manchester
• Real estate : Commercial property: Liverpool
• Real estate : Construction
• Real estate : Planning and environment
• Real estate : Property litigation
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
• Transport

New Zealand

Offices in Auckland and Wellington

• Banking and finance
• Competition law
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Insurance
• Investment funds
• Labour and employment
• Projects and resource management (including environment)
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency

Oman

Offices in Muscat

• Shipping

Philippines

• Foreign firms

Poland

Offices in Warsaw

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets : Equity
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Competition/antitrust
• Construction
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Energy and natural resources
• Insurance
• Intellectual property
• Public law
• Real estate
• Restructuring and insolvency
• TMT
• Tax
• White-collar crime

Portugal

Offices in Lisbon

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• EU and competition
• Employment
• Energy and natural resources
• Intellectual property
• Projects and project finance
• Public law
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax
• Transport

Qatar

Offices in Doha

• Foreign firms

Asia Pacific: Regional international arbitration

• Regional international arbitration

Romania

Offices in Bucharest

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Employment
• Energy and natural resources
• Gambling law
• Intellectual property
• PPP and procurement
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax

Russia

Offices in Moscow and St Petersburg

• Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
• 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
• Real estate and construction
• TMT
• Tax
• Transport

South Africa

Offices in Johannesburg

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

Scotland

Offices in Edinburgh

• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
• Finance : Banking and finance
• Human resources : Employment
• Human resources : Health and safety
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Energy (excluding oil and gas)
• Projects, energy and natural resources : Projects
• Public sector : Parliamentary and public affairs
• Real estate : Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
• Real estate : Construction
• Real estate : Planning
• Real estate : Property litigation
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
• Transport

Sweden

Offices in Stockholm and Stockholm

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

Singapore

Offices in Singapore

• Capital markets : Foreign firms
• Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
• International arbitration

South Korea

Offices in Seoul

• International arbitration
• Projects and energy : Foreign firms

Slovakia

Offices in Bratislava

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

Saudi Arabia

Offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Al-Khobar

• Banking and finance
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution
• Projects and energy

Thailand

Offices in Bangkok

• Banking and finance
• Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
• Dispute resolution
• Dispute resolution : International arbitration
• Real estate and construction
• Restructuring and insolvency
• TMT
• Tax
• Transport

Ukraine

Offices in Kiev

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

United States

Offices in San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, San Diego (Downtown), Boston, Los Angeles, Tampa, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Austin, Houston, Reston, Virginia, Minneapolis, Atlanta, La Jolla, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego (Golden Triangle), Los Angeles, Orlando, New Jersey, Maryland, Miami, and Wilmington

• Antitrust : Cartel
• Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
• Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
• Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
• Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
• Finance : Commercial lending
• Finance : Project finance
• Finance : Structured finance: securitization
• Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
• Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
• Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
• Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
• Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
• Industry focus : Insurance: non-contentious
• Intellectual property : Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
• Intellectual property : Patent litigation: international trade commission
• Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
• Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• 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 : Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
• Labor and employment : Labor-management relations
• M&A/corporate and commercial : Commercial deals and contracts
• M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
• M&A/corporate and commercial : Private equity buyouts
• M&A/corporate and commercial : Venture capital and emerging companies
• Media, technology and telecoms : Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms : Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Media, technology and telecoms : Outsourcing
• Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
• Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
• Real estate : Construction (including construction litigation)
• Real estate : Land use/zoning
• Real estate
• Real estate : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Tax : International tax
• Tax : US taxes: contentious
• Tax : US taxes: non-contentious

West Midlands

Offices in Birmingham

• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Birmingham
• Finance : Banking and finance
• Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
• Human resources : Employment
• Real estate : Commercial property: Birmingham
• Real estate : Planning
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property

Yorkshire and the Humber

Offices in Leeds and Sheffield

• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
• Crime, fraud and licensing : Licensing
• Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
• Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Finance : Banking and finance
• Finance : Insolvency and corporate recovery
• Human resources : Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
• Human resources : Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
• Human resources : Employment: Hull and East Yorkshire
• Human resources : Health and safety
• Insurance : Professional negligence: claimant
• Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Energy
• Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) : Infrastructure
• Public sector : Education
• Public sector : Local government
• Real estate : Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
• Real estate : Commercial property: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
• Real estate : Construction
• Real estate : Environment
• Real estate : Planning
• Real estate : Property litigation
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
• Transport