For more than a century, Morgan Lewis lawyers have helped clients achieve their business goals, and clients have come to rely on the firm for its tradition of professional excellence, integrity and client service. Morgan Lewis has more than 1,400 lawyers and 300 other professionals (including technical specialists, patent agents and paralegals) in 22 offices worldwide. We have a complete range of practices and are well positioned to meet clients' critical legal needs. Our deep infrastructure enables us to handle the most complex transactional and litigation needs of the world's largest companies.

Our internationally recognized practice areas include: corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulations, restructuring, antitrust, investment management, labor and employment, patents, copyright and other intellectual property matters, and employee benefits and executive compensation.

Many of our practice groups and individual lawyers have received national and international recognition for their significant work on behalf of clients, as well as for being leaders in their fields, based on their depth of experience, writing of seminal articles, and participation in international conferences.

A significant number of our lawyers have held senior positions at government agencies, including the SEC, NASD, CFTC, IRS, Department of Justice, European regulatory offices and U.S. Attorney offices and, as a result, have a keen understanding of the workings of key regulatory agencies and the regulatory issues that our clients face today.

As part of every transaction, the firm fields an appropriate multi-disciplinary team comprised of transactional lawyers and lawyers experienced in relevant fields. This breadth of knowledge enables our clients to anticipate and deal with potential problems and opportunities quickly and accurately.

Accolades & Achievements

• Ranked among the top law firms serving the Fortune 250 in the September 2007 issue of Corporate Counsel magazine
• Ranked as a leading transactional firm in California, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
• Ranked Most Active Law Firm on behalf of LP investors into private equity funds in the U.S. and second most active law firm overall - Private Equity Analyst (2007)
• Ranked Top-5 in multiple Financial Services M&A sectors, including Broker/Dealer, Asset Management, and Securities & Investment Companies, SNL Financial 2007
• Ranked Top-10 Capital Markets Ranking: Equity Issuer Counsel by the number of deals according to GSI, 2006
• Ranked Top-10 Technology M&A transactions, based on market share, Bloomberg 2006
• Ranked Top-10 Middle Market M&A transactions, Thomson Buyouts, 2006
• 108 lawyers named in Chambers and Partners, America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2007
• More than 30 of our lawyers are SEC alumni, covering all areas of expertise
• One of nine U.S. law firms named to the BTI "Client Service 30" for five consecutive years, and as "Best of the Best" in providing value for the dollar