WilmerHale Honored Throughout 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms List, Named Patent Law Firm of the Year

WilmerHale Honored Throughout 2021 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms List, Named Patent Law Firm of the Year

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Clients rely on our team of experienced regulatory litigators and former government officials to handle all aspects of administrative law litigation.
Deep-rooted experience, country-specific knowledge and offices in key business and regulatory centers
We offer clients exceptional insight in dealing with competition agencies in the United States, Europe and around the world.
“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.
Counseling clients on challenging banking and financial services issues and complex consumer financial services rules and regulations.
WilmerHale has been at the forefront of complex financial restructuring and bankruptcy litigation and policy matters for decades.
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.
WilmerHale’s broker-dealer team draws on its intricate knowledge of the regulatory landscape to advise the world’s leading financial market participants.
Leveraging our sophisticated technical, market and legal experience to help clients effectively and efficiently manage complex transactions and get the deal done.
Providing effective, creative and efficient representation for clients’ most complex commercial disputes.
Resolving large-scale commercial disputes, complex litigation, and government inquiries in construction matters.
A premier corporate governance and disclosure practice providing timely, tailored and practical advice to public company clients based on in-depth experience and insight.
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.
Representing clients in sensitive inquiries across jurisdictions.
We help companies protect data, comply with evolving regulations, and respond to investigations and litigation.
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.
Helping clients launch their businesses and transform their innovative ideas into successful companies.
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.
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.
With litigators who previously served as senior lawyers in the Departments of Justice and Defense, and in-house for a major defense contractor, our team has successfully represented clients in difficult, high-stakes FCA litigation brought by relators and the government.
WilmerHale has played a leading role in shaping the rules that govern the financial services industry in the United States.
We help clients navigate the complex world of financial crimes compliance.
Representing FinTech clients throughout their lifecycles.
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.
Our team provides guidance on all facets of swaps, futures and derivatives market activity, including regulatory compliance, transactions, litigation, and investigations and enforcement.
Bringing significant depth and critical experience to government contracting matters.
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.
Our experience gives us the insight to understand the most complex issues, develop the most efficient and effective strategies to address those issues, and reach results that solve problems from a litigation, regulatory, compliance and brand-preservation perspective.
Providing comprehensive solutions for the acquisition, enforcement and protection of IP.
Clients trust us to protect their most important intellectual property matters.
WilmerHale offers one of the world’s premier international arbitration and dispute resolution practices.
Clients turn to us to advance their objectives and manage risk in today’s complex, ever-changing global trade landscape.
WilmerHale is uniquely positioned to provide counseling, strategic advice and litigation representation to clients confronting issues involving both antitrust and intellectual property law—and the intersection between the two.
Guiding clients through high-stakes and sensitive investigations.
WilmerHale’s Investment Management Group provides sophisticated legal and regulatory advice to investment advisers, private fund sponsors, registered funds, and their independent trustees.
We provide legal insight and practical solutions for one of the most complex and highly regulated areas of business.
Advising life sciences innovators, investors and industry leaders on complex transactions, legal issues and business challenges.
A global team handling highly complex and sensitive matters in all aspects of litigation.
New and traditional media companies turn to WilmerHale to address their most complex legal, regulatory and business challenges.
WilmerHale lawyers have decades of experience advising public and private companies in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
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.
We advise clients on the smartest, most cost-effective ways to challenge or defend issued patents.
Offering a sophisticated, full-service solution to private equity sponsors and entrepreneurs, from initial investment to exit.
Providing effective counsel and advice to those in the professional services industry
WilmerHale is renowned for its sophisticated representation of investors, developers, landlords, tenants, lenders and institutions on complex real estate projects and transactions.
WilmerHale has a record of success at all stages of enforcement proceedings—from informal inquiries to litigation.
WilmerHale has defended clients in hundreds of class, derivative, shareholder and individual actions alleging securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other corporate misconduct.
A deep and diverse practice focused on maximizing tax efficiencies and minimizing tax risks for clients nationally and internationally.
Critical industry insight and formidable strength across key practices.
We leverage technical knowledge, business acumen and legal experience to structure, prepare and negotiate innovative and effective technology-related agreements.
Battle-tested. Globally Respected.
Multinational companies, corporate executives, high-ranking public officials and in-house counsel rely on our preeminent practice and depth of experience when facing complex and challenging criminal and regulatory investigations.
Uncompromising defense of corporations and individuals in high-profile and complex litigation and investigations.

WilmerHale has been recognized among the 2021 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® list of Best Law Firms, an honor it has earned since the inception of the annual rankings in 2010. The firm earned first-tier rankings in 23 national practice categories and 68 first-tier metropolitan area practice rankings for Boston, Colorado, New York City, San Jose and Washington DC. In this year’s rankings, WilmerHale was also named Law Firm of the Year in Patent Law.

Firms included in the 2021 Best Law Firms list were assessed by a collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. The 2021 rankings are available at BestLawFirms.USNews.com.

WilmerHale is recognized in the following practice areas (separated by region and tier):

National Tier 1
Appellate Practice
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Biotechnology Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Environmental Law
International Arbitration – Commercial
International Arbitration – Governmental
Litigation - Antitrust
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Litigation - Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Mutual Funds Law
Native American Law
Patent Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Tax Law
Venture Capital Law

National Tier 2
Advertising Law
Antitrust Law
Banking and Finance Law
Copyright Law
Derivatives and Futures Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Information Technology Law
Insurance Law
International Arbitration - Governmental
International Trade and Finance Law
Litigation – Tax
Media Law
Real Estate Law
Securities Regulation
Technology Law
Trademark Law

National Tier 3
Health Care Law
Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Metropolitan Tier 1
Boston
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Appellate Practice
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Biotechnology Law
Commercial Litigation
Copyright Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law – Management
Environmental Law
Information Technology Law
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Patent
Litigation – Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Patent Law
Real Estate Law
Securities Regulation
Tax Law
Technology Law
Trademark Law
Venture Capital Law

Colorado
Environmental Law
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Patent Law

New York City
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Arbitration
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Biotechnology Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Insurance Law
International Arbitration - Commercial
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Securities
Mutual Funds Law

San Jose
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent

Washington, D.C.
Antitrust Law
Appellate Practice
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Environmental Law
First Amendment Law
Government Relations Practice
International Arbitration - Governmental
International Trade and Finance Law
Litigation – Antitrust
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – First Amendment
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Litigation – Securities
Native American Law
Privacy and Data Security Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Metropolitan Tier 2
Boston
Litigation – Tax
Nonprofit/Charities Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law

Colorado
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Corporate Law
Energy Regulatory Law

New York City
International Arbitration – Governmental
Mergers & Acquisitions Law

San Jose
Patent Law

Washington, D.C.
Advertising Law
Derivatives and Futures Law
FDA Law
Health Care Law
International Arbitration – Commercial
Media Law

Metropolitan Tier 3
Boston
Health Care Law
Mutual Funds Law
Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Colorado
Native American Law

New York City
Tax Law

Washington, D.C.
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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