WilmerHale Practices, Lawyers Ranked Among Nation’s Best by Chambers USA

WilmerHale Practices, Lawyers Ranked Among Nation’s Best by Chambers USA

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Providing comprehensive solutions for the acquisition, enforcement and protection of IP.
A global team handling highly complex and sensitive matters in all aspects of litigation.
Clients trust us to protect their most important intellectual property matters.

By patenting their innovations, our clients increase the value of their intellectual property and enhance their ability to compete in the marketplace. We work with laboratory and research teams and R&D and product development groups to determine whether, when and where it is in our clients’ business and technical interests to seek patent protection. And we don’t just file patent applications. Drawing on our experience with patent litigation, corporate financings and technology transactions, we implement IP strategies that conserve resources, add measurable value and give our clients a cost-effective and commercially practical competitive edge.

We help clients obtain more than 750 US and foreign patents each year, covering innovations that span the technological spectrum, including aerospace, biochemistry, biotechnology, business methods, chemistry, computer science, fuel cells, genetics, high-speed data communication, integrated circuits, materials science, medical devices, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor devices and processes, and software.

We also prepare and prosecute patent applications internationally under the Patent Cooperative Treaty and by working with a network of seasoned patent lawyers around the world. Our experience extends to appeals, interferences and opposition proceedings within the US Patent and Trademark Office, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the European Patent Office.

“The firm is at its best during a fight—whether that’s against an enforcer, or in court against a private litigant.” — Global Competition Review
Combining our trial and appellate strengths allows us to shape litigation strategy from the outset to maximize the likelihood of ultimate success.
Sophisticated knowledge of the bankruptcy process, combined with top-notch appellate and trial experience and the perspective and insight required to address a wide range of bankruptcy litigation and regulation issues.
Named an “FCPA Powerhouse” and “Practice Group of the Year,” we have been involved in some of the most notable public and non-public cases and key developments related to FCPA and anti-corruption issues.
Drawing on years of experience in the public and private sectors, our lawyers handle a range of litigation involving the federal government, state and foreign governments, and complex regulatory regimes.
WilmerHale offers one of the world’s premier international arbitration and dispute resolution practices.
Uncompromising defense of corporations and individuals in high-profile and complex litigation and investigations.
WilmerHale has defended clients in hundreds of class, derivative, shareholder and individual actions alleging securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other corporate misconduct.
We offer clients exceptional insight in dealing with competition agencies in the United States, Europe and around the world.
We help companies protect data, comply with evolving regulations, and respond to investigations and litigation.
Bringing significant depth and critical experience to government contracting matters.
Advising clients on changing priorities, new regulations, emerging threats and untapped opportunities.
With lawyers across the United States and in key international locations, our team handles high-stakes matters before the regulatory and enforcement agencies with energy and environmental oversight.
Clients turn to us to advance their objectives and manage risk in today’s complex, ever-changing global trade landscape.
When legal, public policy and media challenges converge and an institution's reputation and business are at stake, no firm rivals WilmerHale’s ability to navigate fast-moving events and craft lasting solutions.
WilmerHale’s Investment Management Group provides sophisticated legal and regulatory advice to investment advisers, private fund sponsors, registered funds, and their independent trustees.

We have litigated many significant cases before the federal and state courts, adjudicatory agencies and private arbitrators. Our lawyers have appeared before the Supreme Court and the federal appellate courts in dozens of appeals of Federal Communications Commission  and other agency decisions.

The strength of our practice extends to both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, we litigate matters for clients before the European Court of First Instance and Court of Justice, and also handle litigation and appeals to national courts from regulatory authorities.

We have successfully handled a number of the most challenging CFIUS cases on record.
WilmerHale has been at the forefront of complex financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation and policy matters for decades.
Leveraging our sophisticated technical, market and legal experience to help clients effectively and efficiently manage complex transactions and get the deal done.
Helping clients launch their businesses and transform their innovative ideas into successful companies.
WilmerHale lawyers have decades of experience advising public and private companies in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

We counsel an array of public, private and nonprofit clients as they navigate the complex, ever-changing legal landscape that shapes employee benefits and retirement plans. Our attorneys help human resources professionals understand and manage the tax, securities and employment law implications of their benefits programs. We also regularly advise employers, boards of directors, and compensation and administrative committees as they design and draft qualified and non-qualified retirement programs, health and welfare plans, and fringe benefit plans, and we represent these employers and their plans before government agencies and in litigation. WilmerHale’s highly experienced transactional and tax lawyers collaborate to tackle employer concerns that range from negotiating the employee-related issues involved in buying or selling a business to advising on worker classification and employment tax matters.

We advise on all aspects of executive compensation plans and arrangements, offering experienced counsel on the complex web of applicable tax, corporate, securities and employment laws and regulations. Our executive compensation lawyers provide guidance to companies, boards of directors, compensation committees and select senior executives at all stages of executive compensation planning, from design to disclosure to implementation. Our capabilities also include advising on the interpretation of existing plans and arrangements in a wide variety of transactions. We stay at the cutting edge of changes to the legal framework and public and shareholder sentiment, balancing the technical and the practical to best achieve our clients’ business goals and navigate the impact of regulatory and market developments. Our lawyers have significant experience in equity and cash incentive compensation arrangements; nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements; employment, severance, retention and change-in-control agreements; and, for our non-corporate and ex-US clients in particular, profits interests and phantom equity arrangements.

Private equity and hedge fund sponsors turn to WilmerHale for advice on complex issues relating to the design and operation of tax-efficient structures for their funds and their funds’ investments. We advise investment fund sponsors concerning optimal offshore and onshore structures for their funds and investments, including the tax consequences for US and non-US investors of holding and disposing of their investment in such funds, tax treatment of the funds under US and non-US tax regimes, and tax considerations relevant to investments to be made by such funds. We also assist funds in connection with equity investments in technology and healthcare companies.
We leverage technical knowledge, business acumen and legal experience to structure, prepare and negotiate innovative and effective technology-related agreements.
Lawyers with deep and broad experience counseling clients in every industry on the design, implementation, and interpretation of executive compensation arrangements and on general compensation and benefits issues.
We provide legal insight and practical solutions for one of the most complex and highly regulated areas of business.
WilmerHale is renowned for its sophisticated representation of investors, developers, landlords, tenants, lenders and institutions on complex real estate projects and transactions.
A deep and diverse practice focused on maximizing tax efficiencies and minimizing tax risks for clients nationally and internationally.

Our Outsourcing Practice supports clients who seek comprehensive assistance in negotiating and managing complex outsourcing contractual arrangements, and our lawyers have represented many leading global corporations and financial institutions. We address all major legal and regulatory elements of these transactions—including privacy and data security, intellectual property, employment, tax, governance, and dispute resolution—and apply years of practical experience to assist our clients in structuring agreements that enhance their long-term performance and are consistent with their strategic objectives. Our attorneys have extensive experience and we have represented clients in more than 200 major outsourcing transactions. As a result, we have a robust understanding of the domestic and international commercial outsourcing marketplaces. We have experienced outsourcing lawyers based in the United States and Europe, and the practice is consistently recognized by numerous rankings organizations and publications.

We assist our clients in all aspects of outsourcing transactions, including preparing and negotiating the services agreement and related exhibits, and continue to advise clients throughout the negotiations and life cycle of the relationships. We are quite familiar with emerging outsourcing models and new technologies that are influencing the marketplace, such as cloud computing and autonomic. We have extensive experience representing clients in virtually every industry, including retail, manufacturing, banking and other financial services, insurance, technology, general commercial, telecommunications, construction, healthcare and medical devices, transportation, electronics, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, internet and e-commerce, and business services. Our lawyers have represented clients on the outsourcing of virtually every type of IT and BPO service, including data center and other infrastructure, application development, network services, finance and accounting functions, procurement, call center, mortgage processing, insurance and other claims, and HR services. We also have a particular depth of experience with legal compliance issues faced by regulated businesses and can draw upon the experience of our leading Financial Institutions and Securities Practices when needed.

Comprehensive counseling for healthcare providers, insurers and the companies that supply them with products and services.
Advising life sciences innovators, investors and industry leaders on complex transactions, legal issues and business challenges.
Providing sophisticated counsel on complex regulatory issues and high-stakes litigation while leveraging the experience of some of the nation’s best strategic counselors and advocates focused on tribal issues.
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We guide clients through today’s ever-changing debt markets, representing them in a broad variety of debt deals that range from complex financial structures to traditional loan transactions.
Providing a strategic, multidisciplinary approach to help clients develop and use AI and to navigate the landscape of Big Data.

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business announced its final rankings for the 2015 edition, with WilmerHale ranking among the nation's best in 46 practice area categories. Chambers also ranked 86 WilmerHale attorneys as leaders in their respective fields.

Chambers USA is published annually and distributed to general counsel of global and national businesses. The guide rates attorneys based on technical legal skills, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by clients. Practice area rankings are based on individual lawyers within the field, and the strength and depth of a department as a whole.

Complete Chambers USA rankings can be found on the Chambers & Partners website. Please see below for the list of WilmerHale lawyers and practice areas recognized in the 2015 edition.

Lawyer: Practice Area (Region)

Phil Anker: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)

Katharine Bachman: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Michael Bain: Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)

Charlene Barshefsky: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)

John Batter: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)

Michael Bevilacqua: Intellectual Property: Licensing (Massachusetts); Technology (Massachusetts)  

Molly Boast: Antitrust (New York)

Mark Borden: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts); Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment (Massachusetts)

Jay Bothwick: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)

Sean Boulger: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Russell Bruemmer: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (Nationwide)

Robert Burke: Tax (Massachusetts)

James Burling: Antitrust (Massachusetts)

A. William Caporizzo: Tax (Massachusetts)

Patrick Carome: Media & Entertainment (District of Columbia)

James H. Carter: International Arbitration (Nationwide); International Arbitration: Arbitrators (Nationwide)

Steven F. Cherry: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide)

Meredith B. Cross: Securities: Regulation: Advisory (Nationwide)

Christopher Davies: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide)

Douglas Davison: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide)

Peter Dichiara: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Stephanie Evans: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity (District of Columbia)

Robert M. Finkel: Outsourcing (Nationwide); Technology & Outsourcing (New York)

D. Reed Freeman: Privacy & Data Security (Nationwide)

Craig Goldblatt: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (District of Columbia)

Andrew Goldman: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (New York)

Jamie Gorelick: Government: Government Relations (Nationwide)

Karen Green: Healthcare (Massachusetts); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)

Leon Greenfield: Antitrust (District of Columbia)

Robert Gunther Jr.: Intellectual Property: Patent (New York)

Natalie Hanlon Leh: Intellectual Property (Colorado)

Franca Harris Gutierrez: Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (Nationwide); Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance) (Nationwide)

Jay Holtmeier: FCPA (Nationwide); Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

Fraser Hunter Jr.: Litigation: Securities (New York)

Paul Jakubowski: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Dennis Jenkins: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)

Boyd Johnson: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York)

Robert Keefe: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Massachusetts)

Rachael Kent: International Arbitration (Nationwide)

Robert Kirsch: Environment (Massachusetts)

Jason Kropp: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)

William Lee: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation (Nationwide); International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (Nationwide); Litigation: Trial Lawyers (Nationwide) 

Yoon-Young Lee: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (Nationwide)

Hal Leibowitz: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)

James W. Lowe: Antitrust (District of Columbia)

Lori Martin: Litigation: Securities (New York)

William McLucas: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide)

Ronald Meltzer: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (Nationwide)

Michelle Miller: Antitrust (Massachusetts)

Thomas Mueller: Antitrust (District of Columbia); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide)

Bruce Newman: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (Nationwide)

Stephanie Nicolas: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (Nationwide)

Robert Novick: International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (Nationwide)

Amy Null: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)

David Ogden: Litigation: General Commercial (District of Columbia)

William O'Reilly Jr.: Real Estate (Massachusetts)

Andre Owens: Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance) (Nationwide)

William Paine: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)

Kimberly Parker: FCPA (Nationwide)

John Pierce: International Arbitration (Nationwide)

Lisa Pirozzolo: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Charles Platt: Litigation: General Commercial (New York)

Benjamin Powell: International Trade: CFIUS Experts (Nationwide)

David Redlick: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts); Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)

Roger Ritt: Tax (Massachusetts)

Andrea Robinson: Litigation: Securities (Massachusetts)

Julie Hogan Rodgers: Tax (Massachusetts)

Jonathan Rosenfeld: Labor & Employment (Massachusetts)

Sarah Rothermel: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation (Nationwide); Private Equity: Fund Formation (Massachusetts)

Matthew Schnall: Tax (Massachusetts)

Robert Schwed: Private Equity: Buyouts (Nationwide)

Mark Selwyn: Intellectual Property: Patent (California)

Howard Shapiro: Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (District of Columbia)

John Sigel: Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Massachusetts)

Steven Singer: Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide)

Andrew Spielman: Natural Resources & Environment (Colorado)

Wayne Stoner: Intellectual Property (Massachusetts)

Heather Tewksbury: Antitrust (California); Antitrust: Cartel (Nationwide)

Seth Waxman: Appellate Law (Nationwide); Native American Law (Nationwide)

Harry Weiss: Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide)

Kimberly Wethly: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Massachusetts)

David Westenberg: Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts)

Roger Witten: FCPA (Nationwide)

Jonathan Wolfman: Corporate/M&A (Massachusetts)

Paul Wolfson: Appellate Law (Nationwide)

Heather Zachary: Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite (District of Columbia)

Region: Practice Area

Nationwide

Antitrust
Antitrust: Cartel
Appellate Law
Corporate Crime & Investigations
FCPA
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance)
Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance & Litigation)
Government: Government Relations
Intellectual Property
International Arbitration
International Trade
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Investment Funds: Venture Capital
Life Sciences
Native American Law
Securities: Litigation
Securities: Regulation

California

Intellectual Property

District of Columbia

Antitrust
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Media & Entertainment
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite

Massachusetts

Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation: General Commercial
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment
Real Estate
Tax
Technology

New York

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Intellectual Property: Patent
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
Litigation: Securities
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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