Mr Kevin Perra > Proskauer Rose LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Kevin Perra
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Kevin J. Perra is a partner in Proskauer’s Litigation Department and co-head of the Sports Litigation team. He is an experienced counselor, litigator and trial lawyer who represents a wide variety of clients in pre-litigation counseling, state and federal court litigation, arbitration and mediation.
Kevin focuses on large, complex commercial cases, with an emphasis on litigation in the areas of (i) intellectual property, entertainment, media and sports; (ii) trademark and false advertising; (iii) hedge funds, private equity funds and private investment funds; and (iv) fiduciary duties, appropriation of trade secrets and employee-related restrictive covenants.
As a result, he has substantial experience in obtaining and opposing applications for emergency relief for clients, including preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Clients praise Proskauer Rose LLP for its ‘determination, creativity and depth of understanding of the client’s issues and objectives.‘ The team regularly represents clients before state and federal courts, in domestic and international arbitrations and alternative dispute resolution proceedings as well as before administrative regulatory tribunals. Clients are often active in asset management, sports, life sciences and the consumer product industries. Litigation chair Timothy Mungovan in Boston is a particularly well-versed advisor to financial services institutions. The Los Angeles-based Bart Williams covers commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense and internal corporate investigations. In New York, Bradley Ruskin
is a key contact for sports clients. Other prominent practitioners are Susan Gutierrez and Jonathan Weiss (Los Angeles) and Kevin Perra (New York).
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings