Intellectual Property

• National
  • Copyright - national
  • Patent prosecution - utility and design patents
  • Patent prosecution - plant patents
  • Patent licensing
  • Patent re-examination
  • Technology - outsourcing
  • Technology - transactions
    

Corporate M&A

• National
  • M&A: national firms - large deals
  • Venture capital and emerging companies

 Capital Markets

• National
  • Capital markets - debt offerings
    • Debt Offerings - Advice to Issuers
    • Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers
  • Capital markets - equity offerings
    • Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers
    • Equity Offerings - Advice to Managers
  • Global offerings
    • Global Offerings: Advice to Financial Institutions
    • Global Offerings: Advice to Corporates
  • Structured finance - derivatives and structured products

Litigation

• National
  • Antitrust
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Patent litigation - full coverage
  • Product liability and mass tort defense - consumer products (including tobacco)
  • Product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation
  • Securities - shareholder litigation
  • Supreme Court and appellate
  • Trademarks - litigation
  • Trade secrets
  • White-collar criminal defense - full service

 Finance

• National
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Mutual funds
  • Project finance
    • Project finance: Advice to Lenders
    • Project finance: Advice to Sponsors
• Regional
  • Bank lending - West Coast

Other Recognized Specialties

• Privacy
  • National
    • Technology - data protection and privacy
      
• Real Estate
  • Regional
    • New York - capital markets
    • North California - transactions and finance
    • North California - land use and zoning
• Tax
  • National
    • Employee benefits
    • Tax controversy
  • Regional
    • Domestic tax - West Coast
• Telecommunications
  • National
    • Telecoms and broadcast - regulatory
    • Telecoms and broadcast - transactional

NATIONAL RANKINGS

• Finance: Capital markets - debt offerings
  • Debt Offerings - Advice to Issuers (Tier 3)
  • Debt Offerings - Advice to Managers (Tier 3)
• Finance: Capital markets - equity offerings
  • Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers (Tier 3)
  • Equity Offerings - Advice to Managers (Tier 3)
• Finance: Corporate restructuring (Tier 5)
• Finance: Global offerings
  • Global Offerings: Advice to Financial Institutions (Tier 4)
  • Global Offerings: Advice to Corporates (Tier 3)
  • Leading Lawyer: Anna Pinedo
• Finance: Project finance
  • Project Finance: Advice to Lenders (Tier 4)
  • Project Finance: Advice to Sponsors (Tier 4)
• Finance: Structured finance - derivatives and structured products (Tier 3)
• Intellectual Property: Copyright - national (Tier 4)
• Intellectual Property: Patent litigation - full coverage (Tier 4)
  • Leading Lawyer: Steven Comer
• Intellectual Property: Patent prosecution - utility and design patents (Tier 4)
• Intellectual Property: Patent prosecution - plant patents (Tier 3)
• Intellectual Property: Patent licensing (Tier 1)
  • Leading Lawyer: Peng Chen
• Intellectual Property: Patent re-examination (Tier 3)
• Intellectual Property: Trademarks - litigation (Tier 4)
• Investment fund formation and Management: Mutual funds (Tier 3)
• Litigation: Antitrust (Tier 5)
• Litigation: Energy (Tier 4)
• Litigation: Environment (Tier 3)
  • Leading Lawyer: Michele Corash
• Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense - consumer products (including tobacco) (Tier 1)
• Litigation: Product liability and mass tort defense - aerospace/aviation (Tier 1)
  • Leading Lawyer: Don Rushing
• Litigation: Securities - shareholder litigation (Tier 6)
• Litigation: Supreme Court and appellate (Tier 3)
• Litigation: Trade secrets (Tier 4)
  • Leading Lawyer: James Pooley
• Litigation: White-collar criminal defense - full service (Tier 7)
• Media, technology and telecoms: Technology - data protection and privacy (Tier 1)
  • Leading Lawyer: Miriam Wugmeister
• Media, technology and telecoms: Technology - outsourcing (Tier 3)
  • Leading Lawyers: John Delaney, Vivian Hanson
• Media, technology and telecoms: Technology - transactions (Tier 1)
  • Leading Lawyers: William Schwarz, Russell Weiss
• Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast - regulatory (Tier 2)
  • Leading Lawyer: Cheryl Tritt
• Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional (Tier 3)
• Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts: M&A: national firms - large deals (Tier 1)
  • Leading Lawyer: Robert Townsend
• Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts: Venture capital and emerging companies
• Venture Capital Funds (Tier 3)
• Tax: Employee benefits (Tier 3)
• Tax: Tax controversy (Tier 4)

REGIONAL RANKINGS

• New York
  • Real estate: New York - capital markets (Tier 4)
• California
  • Finance: Bank lending - West Coast (Tier 1)
  • Real estate: North California - transactions and finance (Tier 1)
    • Leading Lawyers: Philip Levine, Carl Seneker
  • Real estate: North California - land use and zoning (Tier 3)
  • Tax: Domestic tax - West Coast (Tier 2)

See also Chambers Rankings.