Reed Smith LLP

About this office:

Reed Smith is one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, with more than 1,600 lawyers in 24 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its attorneys provide litigation services in multi-jurisdictional matters and other high stake disputes, deliver regulatory counsel, and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising and media, shipping, international trade and commodities, real estate, and education.

Since opening in 1992, Reed Smith's Princeton office has grown to become one of that area's largest, with more than 50 lawyers, representing corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of areas, including commercial and business litigation, financial services, health care, intellectual property, biotechnology, real estate, energy, environmental, governmental affairs, life sciences transactions, and construction law.

Recently, "Business News New Jersey" named Reed Smith as one of the top 10 firms in the state, in terms of number of lawyers with active New Jersey practices. Also, the 2004 Legal Almanac, published by the "New Jersey Law Journal", establishes Reed Smith as the most diverse among participating big firms. "NJBIZ," New Jersey's weekly business publication and The Best Companies Group, recently named Reed Smith one of the Best Places to Work in New Jersey.

Attorneys in Reed Smith's Princeton office serve the needs of clients in one of our core industry areas -- financial institutions. The firm represents banks and specialty finance companies, thrifts, real estate companies, insurance and reinsurance companies, asset management companies, and securities firms. Our financial services litigators have successfully defended clients in a number of high-profile putative class actions and other "bet-the-company" suits.

Reed Smith's Princeton office also is home to:

A widely recognized health care group, which provides counseling and litigation support to hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health care companies, medical equipment suppliers, managed care organizations and health care provider associations;

A leading New Jersey environmental practice, servicing clients in environmental litigation, compliance with state and federal laws, as well as land-use issues and energy law; and

An energy and natural resources group, which has provided assistance in the acquisition, development and financing of power projects involving natural gas, geothermal, solar, wind and conventional power production.

Our corporate and securities lawyers serve as general counsel to many of our clients, providing legal counsel on a broad range of legal issues including ones for technology companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, computer, electronics and e-commerce industries. Our government affairs lawyers interact with the Governor's Office, the Legislature, and all state regulatory agencies in support of client positions and requests.

Please contact our New Jersey Market Managing Partner Patrick Bradley at +1 609 524 2044 for more information about the legal capabilities of our Princeton office.

For more information, visit reedsmith.com.

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