Emerging Business Tools
Our Business and Finance Practice is composed of more than 350 lawyers who focus on mergers and acquisitions—including joint ventures, spin-offs, and strategic alliances—private equity, private investment funds, finance, restructuring, capital markets, corporate governance, emerging business matters, outsourcing, and tax. We have lawyers in offices across the United States and in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Beijing, and Tokyo.
Client Diversity
We provide counsel to clients representing a diverse range of industry sectors, including:
- Life sciences
- Technology
- Media and entertainment
- Financial services
- Energy
- Shipping
- Retail
Practice Facts
- Advised on more than 550 M&A transactions in the last five years with a combined market value of more than $200 billion
- More than 400 venture capital financing transactions completed in the last five years
- Buy side advisor in Buyouts' Deal of the Year and Middle Market Deal of the Year (2010) between Ovation Pharmaceuticals and H. Lundbeck
- Sell side advisor in Buyouts' Turnaround of the Year (2010) as Sun Capital Partners sold Tarami K.K. to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company
- More than 100 private equity transactions completed in the last five years
- Clients include more than 700 mutual funds, venture capital funds, private equity, and hedge funds
- More than $5 billion in venture financing transactions in the last five years
- More than 30 of our lawyers are SEC alumni, covering all areas of expertise
- More than 150 lawyers named in Chambers and Partners, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2011)
Practice Rankings
Morgan Lewis consistently ranks among the top transactional law firms. The following are selected results:
- Ranked 1st - Law Firms that Most Often Represent America's Largest Companies by Corporate Counsel (2011)
- Ranked in the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms (2011)
- Ranked among the top 30 U.S. law firms in BTI Consulting Group's national survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms (2011)
- Ranked Top 15 - M&A transactions: Thomson Reuters, Mergermarket, Bloomberg, and Buyouts (2011)
- Legal Advisors to U.S. Buyouts: Based on Volume - 10th (6 deals) - Mergermarket (2011 2nd Quarter)
- U.S. Target Mid-Market Rankings for Deals with Undisclosed and Disclosed Values and Values up to $500M - 10th (35 deals) - Thomson Reuters (2011 2nd Quarter)
- U.S. Target Small-Cap Rankings for Deals with Undisclosed and Disclosed Values and Values up to $50M - 10th (26 deals) - Thomson Reuters (2011 2nd Quarter)
- Listed as Highly Recommended for Outsourcing in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2010 & 2011)
- Ranked 1st - Most Active Law Firms based on number of private equity or venture capital funds, Private Equity Analyst (2011)
- Ranked Top 10 - U.S. PIPE Market Issuer Counsel by number of transactions, PlacementTracker and PrivateRaise (2010)
- Ranked Top 10 - The Deal consistently ranks Morgan Lewis in the Top 10 practices active in the corporate bankruptcy area, based on active bankruptcy cases
- Ranked as a leading firm by Chambers USA 2011 in the following areas:
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Buyouts and Venture Capital
- Energy & Natural Resources (California, New York, Texas)
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer Regulation
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Investment Funds: Private Equity - Buyouts
- Investment Funds: Private Equity - Fund Formation
- Investment Funds: Registered Funds
- Outsourcing
- Projects
- Tax
- Transactional firm in New York, California, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and New Jersey