Legal 500 has highly recommended Squire Patton Boggs’ practices and lawyers in its latest United States guide.
The firm is praised for its “thriving corporate practice” handling M&A transactions for a variety of domestic and multinational companies, shareholders, management teams, and private equity clients, with an extensive sector focus spanning the chemicals, defense, government services, life sciences and TMT areas in particular.
The firm also “boasts excellence across commercial, investment-treaty, and public international law arbitrations,” with clients highlighting the team’s “communication skills, strong work ethic, time management, creative problem solving, confidence.”
In the area of government relations, its “exceptionally deep bench has extensive experience in the political sphere,” with clients commenting on the firm’s “fully engaged team, rapid and capable response, extensive track record and experience, highly competent and multidisciplinary team.”
Ranked Practice Areas:
Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Environment – Regulatory
Finance – Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Finance – Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Government – Government Relations
M&A/Corporate and commercial – M&A: Middle-market ($500m – $999m)
M&A/Corporate and commercial – M&A: Middle-market (Sub $500m)
Media, technology and telecoms – Telecoms and broadcast: Regulatory
Leading Lawyers
Stephen Anway – Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Karol Denniston - Finance – Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Edward Newberry – Government: Government Relations
Leading Associates
Carlos Guzmán Plascencia – Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration
Maura McIntyre - Finance – Restructuring (including Bankruptcy): Municipal