Practice areas
One firm for the whole matter — and everything around it.
Disputes rarely stay in their lane. A contract fight touches employment; a business sale touches real estate and estate planning. Our practice groups work as one so nothing falls between them.
Corporate & Transactions
From formation to exit — the deal counsel founders trust.
We are outside general counsel to closely held companies and the founders who run them. From entity formation and financings to mergers, acquisitions, and the eventual sale, we structure transactions that hold up and close on time. We sit on your side of the table and translate the term sheet into the decision in front of you.
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Financings & venture rounds
- Entity formation & governance
- Shareholder & operating agreements
- Commercial contracts
- Outside general counsel
Led by Eleanor Hale, Marcus Brennan, Priya Anand
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Business Litigation
Prepared for trial, positioned to win.
Disputes are decided long before a courtroom — by preparation. Our trial lawyers handle commercial, contract, partnership, and fraud disputes in state and federal court and in arbitration. We build every case for verdict, which is exactly why most resolve on favorable terms first. When a matter does go the distance, we are ready.
- Commercial & contract disputes
- Partnership & shareholder disputes
- Fraud & business torts
- Injunctions & emergency relief
- Arbitration & mediation
- Appeals
Led by Eleanor Hale, James Okafor
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Real Estate
Acquisitions, leasing, and development, handled cleanly.
We represent owners, developers, and investors across the full property lifecycle — purchase and sale, financing, leasing, land use, and the disputes that occasionally follow. Our diligence is thorough and our closings are calm. We anticipate the title, zoning, and construction issues that derail deals and clear them before they cost you.
- Acquisitions & dispositions
- Commercial leasing
- Development & land use
- Real-estate finance
- Construction & defect disputes
- Title & survey resolution
Led by Marcus Brennan, Priya Anand
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Estate & Succession
Plans that protect the people and the work you built.
The wealth you have built deserves a plan that survives you. We design wills, trusts, and succession structures that minimize tax, avoid probate, and keep the family business in the family. When disputes arise, our litigators are in the next office — a rare advantage in trust and estate contests.
- Wills & revocable trusts
- Estate & gift tax planning
- Business succession
- Probate & administration
- Trust & estate disputes
- Charitable & legacy planning
Led by Sofia Reyes
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Employment & Labor
Counsel for the workplace, before and after the dispute.
We advise employers on the agreements, policies, and decisions that keep them out of court — and represent executives and companies when they end up there anyway. From restrictive covenants and severance to discrimination and retaliation claims, we bring litigation-grade judgment to every counseling call.
- Executive & severance agreements
- Non-competes & restrictive covenants
- Discrimination & retaliation defense
- Workplace investigations
- Wage & hour compliance
- Policies & handbooks
Led by James Okafor
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IP & Technology
Protect what you make and the company you are building.
Modern companies are built on ideas, code, and data. We help technology and growth companies protect their intellectual property, paper their licensing and SaaS relationships, defend trade-secret and infringement claims, and navigate privacy obligations — with the commercial fluency of lawyers who actually work with founders.
- Trademark & copyright
- Trade-secret protection & defense
- Licensing & SaaS agreements
- IP & infringement disputes
- Privacy & data agreements
- Technology transactions
Led by Sofia Reyes
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