Practice Areas
Our Capabilities
Our attorneys have practiced at the world’s largest law firms and in the highest ranks of government. With the breadth of our experience, our team is ready to represent you in a full spectrum of deals and disputes.
Energy
The energy industry is a cornerstone of our practice, and we proudly serve energy clients in many specific practice areas. We combine broad expertise in energy-related regulation and litigation to provide energy clients with zealous and effective advocacy before regulators, courts, and the public. We also handle all types of corporate and commercial matters for energy clients, including mergers & acquisitions, negotiating commercial agreements, non-bank delay draw term loans, fund formation for energy private equity, project finance, debt finance, and other negotiated commercial agreements.
Corporate & Real Estate
We provide counsel on commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, negotiated agreements, corporate governance, venture capital, real estate transactions, diligence, risk assessments, asset purchases, LLC and LP agreements, and entity selection and formation.
The umbrella of real estate-specific transactions includes property acquisition or sale, commercial leasing, real estate development, and real estate financing.
Environment, Health, & Safety
Our EH&S team has extensive, on-the-ground experience guiding clients through commercial diligence, risk evaluation, crises, enforcement actions, disputes, and litigation with environmental activists. We work closely with government regulators to obtain permits, negotiate agency action, and comment on rulemakings.
First Amendment
We represent a variety of corporate, nonprofit, and individual clients in difficult cases involving freedom of speech, press, and religion, from commercial cases involving defamation and business torts to claims of infringement of First Amendment rights by federal, state, and local governments. In addition to working on behalf of corporate clients, we have an active pro bono practice.
Antitrust & Competition
Rapid technological changes and new corporate interest in social initiatives have created many new situations with substantial and novel risk of liability for anticompetitive conduct. We have substantial experience with all types of antitrust matters, from criminal and civil litigation over collusion to clearing major mergers and divestitures with federal regulators. We can protect your business from anticompetitive conduct by your suppliers or competitors, and we can counsel your business through major mergers and acquisitions to ensure compliance with federal laws.
Class Action/Complex Litigation
We have extensive experience litigating all sizes of class actions and multidistrict litigation, as well as large numbers of parallel and related cases in district and appeals courts across the country. In complex cases, we are trusted to create comprehensive strategies for coordinating with potential co-plaintiffs or co-defendants, timing key litigation steps in relation to similar litigation, and planning for major contingencies.
Trial Advocacy
We successfully try a broad range of cases before juries, judges, and arbitrators, on both sides of the “v.” This flexibility allows us to serve a broader range of interests than typical corporate counsel. Our trial experience also means we can be appropriately aggressive, smartly strategic, and proactively protective.
Technology and Emerging Business
We help businesses keep pace with technological advancement. Those advancements are now more rapid and disruptive than ever. Our clients are innovators in their industries and work with incredible tools such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data privacy, health tech, blockchain, Web3, defi, and digital assets. Whether your business creates cutting-edge technology, leverages innovation into existing operations, or simply must account for the changes that affect you and your competitors, we will advise, equip, and protect you along the way.
Board Governance and Related Disputes
We represent public and private companies and boards of directors as well as individual shareholders, partners, members, directors, and officers in governance disputes and director and officer (D&O) litigation. Governance disputes and D&O claims are by nature complex; our experience enables us to analyze these disputes efficiently and to work with our clients to determine the best strategy to achieve success in each unique situation. We also advise both new and established companies on how best to structure their corporate governance before disputes arise to minimize the risks of litigation or activist investors.
Administrative Law
Government agencies regulate all aspects of companies’ operations, yet the legality of their actions and enforcement decisions are governed by arcane administrative law principles and special statutory schemes. We have deep experience in handling regulatory enforcement actions and challenges to agency regulations and other agency actions for a wide range of administrative agencies – because we served in many roles in government, we understand the process from top to bottom. We can successfully navigate the technicalities of the system and achieve the best results for our clients.
Outside General Counsel
We serve as outside general counsel to start ups, small businesses, and private companies. Often for a flat fee, or on a general retainer, we serve as trusted business advisors and go-to problem solvers — highly responsive, practical, and focused on solutions. We work with you on all aspects of businesses from inception through the operational lifecycle, including front-end contract strategy, regulatory matters, and risk management across industries. Whether a client is considering a transaction or engaged in a dispute, we are prepared to advise and advocate.
Construction and Infrastructure
We advise public and private sector businesses across infrastructure and construction on all aspects of capital projects from inception through operation, including front-end contract strategy, project documentation, regulatory matters and risk management, and dispute resolution. We guide clients through every step of the construction process and we perform a range of services including bid protests, negotiation and preparation of contracts, advice and counsel during contract performance, dispute avoidance, claims preparation and analysis, and various forms of dispute resolution. We have extensive jury trial, bench trial, arbitration and mediation experience.
State Attorney General Practice
With our broad experience in state and federal litigation, regulation, enforcement, and policy, we are able to provide a full range of services to State Attorneys General. We handle challenges to federal action and defend against federal suits, enforcement actions, and investigations, as well as counsel on litigation and regulatory risk management and strategy and on regulatory and policy initiatives.
False Claims Act/Qui Tam Litigation
We represent corporate clients and individuals with qui tam claims against those who have defrauded the government. We are experienced in all aspects of the process, from investigating a potential case and working with the government to build the basis for intervention in support of the relator to litigating the case to successful completion, including negotiating a successful settlement.