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.

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 450 M&A transactions with an aggregate market value in excess of $180 billion since January 2006
• More than 90 private equity transactions completed since January 2006 
• Clients include more than 700 mutual funds, venture capital funds, private equity, and hedge funds 
• More than 300 venture capital financing transactions completed since January 2006 
• More than $4 billion in venture financing since 2006 
• More than 30 of our lawyers are SEC alumni, covering all areas of expertise 
• 143 lawyers named in Chambers and Partners, America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009)

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 (2008 & 2009)
• One of the "Most Prestigious Firms" – 2008 Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms 
• Ranked among the top 30 U.S. law firms in BTI Consulting Group's national survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms (2009) 
• Ranked Top 20 – M&A transactions based on value and number of transactions, Thomson Reuters, Mergermarket, Bloomberg, and Buyouts (2009) 
• Ranked 8th in number of deals – U.S. Announced Deals: Counsel to Principals, Bloomberg (Q4, 2009) 
• Ranked 10th in number of deals – U.S. Announced Deals: Any Involvement, Bloomberg (Q4, 2009) 
• Listed as Recommended for Outsourcing in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2008 & 2009)
• Ranked 2nd – Most Active Law Firms based on number of private equity or venture capital funds, Private Equity Analyst (2009) 
• Ranked Top 10 – U.S. PIPE Market Issuer Counsel by number of transactions, PlacementTracker and PrivateRaise (2009) 
• 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 2009 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