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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Offices
2300 N STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20037-1122
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Melissa Lesmes
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United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP handles the full range of litigation and arbitration cases, particularly before state superior courts, as demonstrated by its representation of an energy company in a $25m litigation regarding the SalesForce Tower construction before the San Francisco Superior Courts. Elsewhere, the firm regularly represents owners, general contractors, and various other clients in breach of contract claims, builders risk insurance regarding damages, as well as advising on project close-outs. Washington DC-based Melissa Lesmes jointly leads the team alongside Clark Thiel and Charles Conrad, who operate from the San Francisco and Houston offices respectively. Former head of the construction counselling and disputes team, John Heisse has considerable experience in the field, while head of the energy and infrastructure projects team Robert Thum advises on EPC transactions, PPPs, and solar energy projects.
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Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions