Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Located in midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Station, the Curtis New York office serves as the firm's headquarters. Founded in New York in 1830, Curtis was one of the first law firms in the city to establish a strong international practice. Today, as a full-service law firm, Curtis continues to be an international practice leader through its participation in a wide variety of significant international transactions.

Our New York-based lawyers represent a wide range of international and U.S. clients in a diverse array of industries and professions ranging from Fortune Global 100 corporations and large governmental entities to emerging companies and entrepreneurs.

Corporate work handled in New York includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, leveraged buyouts and strategic alliances, capital markets, investment management, finance, infrastructure development, restructuring and insolvency, tax, shipping and maritime, real estate, commodities, energy, environmental, transportation, intellectual property, private equity, and venture capital.

Providing sophisticated advice based on an intimate knowledge of our clients' businesses and industry sectors, and on applicable law, the firm takes pride in its ability to structure innovative and effective vehicles for some of the world's largest and most complex transactions, while maximizing value by handling such matters efficiently and cost-effectively.

Litigation and dispute resolution at the firm extends to general commercial litigation and arbitration, securities litigation, government investigations and criminal defense, internal investigations, professional liability, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, intellectual property, tax, employment disputes, and product liability. Our New York office is a key component of the firm's renowned international arbitration practice. In response to our clients' growing interest in efficient and inexpensive dispute resolution, lawyers in the New York office also have developed an active mediation practice.

Curtis utilizes an integrated team approach across all of our offices and practice groups, staffing matters, where most effective, with lawyers from two or more offices. In addition, many of the lawyers in other Curtis offices have been seconded to the New York office to better integrate them and their offices into the ethos of the firm. This firm-wide approach ensures that our clients receive a consistently high level of service and the full benefit of our resources and global reach.

The New York office is a part of the Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, a New York limited liability partnership.

United States Announces New Thresholds for Merger Control Notifications (Hart Scott Rodino) and Unlawful Interlocking Directorates (Section 8)
Andrew Smith,Jeffrey I. Zuckerman, February 1, 2012
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (“HSR”), requires that all persons contemplating certain mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures file notifications with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and with the Federal Trade Commission,...

Protecting Buyers and Sellers in European M&A Deals: Warranty & Indemnity Insurance Policies
Maurizio Iacobellis,Winta Jarvis,Ian Tully, September 21, 2011
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Government Directors in a Joint Stock Company
August 25, 2011
Following the recent changes to the composition of the cabinet of Ministers in the Sultanate of Oman, a number of joint stock companies which are partially or fully owned by the government have been essentially paralysed, from the perspective of corporate action, by the lack of a functioning board;...