The New York office of Cooley is built upon the legacy of Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP, a native New York corporate firm founded in 1958. Kronish Lieb grew to be a premier, 100+ lawyer firm, with highly regarded litigation, bankruptcy, real estate and tax practices and, in 2006, combined with Cooley Godward LLP. Kronish Lieb's deep experience in high-stakes litigation and financial transactions, combined with Cooley's traditional strengths in technology, venture capital, life sciences, and corporate representation, enable the New York office to offer clients the full spectrum of business-critical legal services.
Our New York Litigation group includes experienced, first-chair trial lawyers, including five former United States Attorneys and several attorneys who are members of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Our litigators are also cited by The Best Lawyers in America, "Super Lawyers of New York," Chambers USA and Who's Who Legal. We have tried cases to judges, juries, administrative boards and arbitral tribunals and have an impressive record of success, with cases spanning a broad range of matters, including complex fraud cases, white collar criminal defense, securities, antitrust, employment and intellectual property. We pride ourselves on providing to our clients the best strategic advice for resolving their most difficult disputes to maximum advantage.
The New York office is the center of the Firm's industry leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice, where we are recognized for our expertise in representing unsecured creditors and managing the most complex restructuring transactions. Similarly, our Tax practice has a national reputation with Fortune 500 companies as its clients and is known for innovative, tax-efficient structuring of business transactions. All of our tax partners have taught tax law in leading programs at premier law schools, two of our tax practitioners are authors of the leading treatises in tax, and Chambers USA comments that our tax controversy practice "has a glittering track record in tax litigation and clients commend its flawless, practical interpretation of the law." Our Corporate practice represents large corporations and financial institutions in billion dollar, multi-national transactions of enormous complexity, serves the ongoing corporate needs of a companies in a wide variety of industries, and counsels family-owed businesses with specialized business needs.
The Real Estate Practice Group in New York provides a wide range of commercial real estate expertise including finance, acquisition and development, leasing and management, and, in addition to the Latin America & Caribbean Real Estate Advisory Group, also has the Real Estate Leasing Group, the Land Use & Zoning Group and the Structured Real Estate Investments Group. With the combination of its commercial real estate practice and these specialty groups, and integration with the Cooley real estate offices in San Diego, San Francisco and Reston, Virginia, the New York Real Estate Practice at Cooley provides a national practice with comprehensive resources for its clients.
The Estate Planning and Personal Representation Practice Group handles the personal affairs of successful entrepreneurs and professionals, high level business executives, entertainment industry figures, and persons with inherited wealth.
Our client-team model allows us to partner with our colleagues across the Firm to offer clients targeted expertise to respond to particular client needs. We represent companies across a wide range of industries, including the technology, financial, insurance, energy, life sciences and retail sectors, among others. And we are dedicated to providing the highest quality and most responsive service to our clients, from Fortune 500 companies to emerging companies, entrepreneurs and venture funds.