Practice Areas & Industries: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's International Litigation Group was formed in order to reflect the increasing demand on the part of the firm's clients for the services of litigators who have experience of working in multinational teams in handling litigation and investigations across multiple jurisdictions.

The members of the group are drawn not only from each of the firm's offices around the globe, but also from the various practice groups within the firm's Litigation Group - antitrust, bankruptcy, environmental, intellectual property, product liability, securities, tax and white collar crime - and whose knowledge is often called for in advising on the handling of disputes and corporate crises with an international dimension.

The extraterritorial application of US laws designed to combat crime (for example, the Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act) and the long arm of US civil jurisdiction gives rise to a US dimension to many disputes and problems that at first glance can appear to have nothing to do with the US. The strength and depth of the group's representation in the firm's various US offices - and in particular New York and Washington - is a key feature of the group.

We advise clients not only in relation to crises once they arise but also on compliance measures aimed both at avoiding problems in the first place and reacting in an appropriate and timely manner to those that do occur.