Foley has been recognized in 20 practice areas by The Legal 500 United States 2014, an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of law firms based on surveys and interviews of more than 250,000 corporate counsel. Among the firm’s recognized practice areas is a top-tier recommendation for Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts, and a new practice ranking for Sport. Additionally, the following three Foley attorneys were recognized on The Legal 500 elite “Leading Lawyers” list:
Mark A. Kassel, Intellectual property – Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
Neal J. Moglin, Insurance: advice to insurers
David S. Sanders, Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts – M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
Foley received a top-tier recommendation for the following practice area:
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts — M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
Foley was also recommended in these 19 practice areas:
- Finance — Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
- Finance — Project finance
- Industry focus — Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus — Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus — Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus — Insurance: advice to insurers
- Industry focus — Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus — Sport
- Intellectual property — Patent licensing and transactional
- Intellectual property — Patent prosecution: utility and design patents
- Intellectual property — Trademarks: non-contentious (full coverage)
- Media, technology and telecoms — Marketing and advertising
- Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms — Technology: transactions
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts — Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate and construction — Construction
- Real estate and construction — Real estate
- Tax — Domestic tax: Central
The following attorneys were recommended in The Legal 500 guide:
Finance
- Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy) — Geoffrey S. Goodman, Jill L. Nicholson
- Project finance — Jason W. Allen, Jeffery R. Atkin, Tracy A. Bacigalupo, Elizabeth L. Corey, John A. Eliason, Edward J. Hammond, Charles V. Hedrick
Industry Focus
- Energy: renewable/alternative — Jason W. Allen, Jeffery R. Atkin, Jason N. Barglow, Larry J. Bonney, David W. Clark, William D. DuFour III, John T. Dunlap, John A. Eliason
- Healthcare: life sciences — Monica R. Chmielewski, Gabor Garai, Richard A. Kaufman, Antoinette F. Konski, Marc T. Morley, David L. Rosen
- Healthcare: service providers — Michael L. Blau, Brian M. Cohen, Christopher J. Donovan, Lisa A. Estrada, Jan E. Murray, Russell E. Ryba, Lawrence W. Vernaglia
- Insurance: advice to insurers — Gordon Davenport III, Gail M. Goering, Eric A. Haab, Robert C. Leventhal, Brett H. Ludwig, Neal J. Moglin
- Insurance: non-contentious — Thomas R. Hrdlick, Thomas J. Maida
- Sport: George C. Beck, Mary K. Braza, Irwin P. Raij
Intellectual Property
- Patent licensing and transactional — Pavan K. Agarwal, Jeanne M. Gills, Richard A. Kaufman, Stephen B. Maebius, Marc T. Morley, Andrew E. Rawlins, Michael D. Rechtin
- Patent prosecution: utility and design patents — Pavan K Agarwal, Stephen A. Bent, Jeffrey S. Gundersen, Mark A. Kassel, John D. Lanza, Stephen B. Maebius, Christopher J. McKenna
- Trademarks: non-contentious – full coverage — Andrew Baum, Mark J. Diliberti, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin
Media, Technology and Telecoms
- Marketing and advertising — Craig S. Fochler, Jeffrey H. Greene, Jonathan E. Moskin
- Technology: data protection and privacy — Chanley T. Howell, James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly
- Technology: outsourcing — James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly
- Technology: transactions — Christopher C. Cain, James R. Kalyvas, Michael R. Overly
Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts
- M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m) — Steven R. Barth, David S. Sanders
- Venture capital and emerging companies — Lisa M. Conmy, Gabor Garai, Richard A. Kaufman, Susan E. Pravda
Real Estate and Construction
- Construction — Jeffrey R. Blease, Christopher Ryan Maloney
- Real estate — Jason N. Barglow, David C. Cook, Michael W. Hatch, Fred S. Ridley, Joseph S. Rupkey
Tax
- Domestic tax: Central — John B. Palmer
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