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Paul Hastings is the firm many of the world’s top companies turn to when they are facing difficult and complex litigation.

Our litigators are recognized for guiding high-profile, global clients to landmark victories – including first-of-their-kind or precedent-setting cases.

We continue to add top talent across our practice to bolster our capabilities in key jurisdictions and meet our clients’ evolving needs. Our significant growth strengthens our ability to help leading companies successfully defend themselves against litigation and government investigations across the U.S. and in markets around the world.

Antitrust & Competition: Our Antitrust and Competition team represents clients in contentious and non-contentious matters before the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, the French Competition Authority, and various national competition authorities and U.S. state courts. Our attorneys have decades of experience in litigation, merger control, and cartel matters in the private sector.

Intellectual Property: As IP increasingly takes center stage across industries, we are here to help our clients protect and leverage their IP in pursuit of new paths to growth. Our team is recognized for providing innovative solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges, with an emphasis on defending their interests in patent litigation and other IP disputes, as well as handling complex transactions in which IP plays a key role.

Complex Litigation & Arbitration: Minimizing the risk of litigation is a critical priority for every company, but sometimes disputes cannot be avoided. Our highly experienced commercial litigators understand the business implications of going to trial and bring a strategic, cost-effective approach to resolving our clients’ most critical disputes.

Our lawyers regularly represent clients in a wide range of substantive commercial disputes at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts across the U.S., as well as in arbitration and other dispute resolution forums throughout the world.

Investigations & White Collar Defense: Our lawyers have secured successful outcomes in high-stakes government investigations, litigation, and corporate compliance, including anti-corruption and FCPA, global trade controls, privacy and data security, securities enforcement, and white collar matters.

Life Science & Healthcare: Life sciences and healthcare companies face an increasingly complex and competitive landscape. To succeed in this environment, industry leaders and start-ups and their investors and capital providers need a strong partner that can provide creative yet practical legal and business solutions.

Our diverse powerhouse team includes seasoned former in-house counsel, former federal and state prosecutors, and veteran congressional defense practitioners. We bring unmatched compliance and enforcement experience to our clients most complex challenges.