Heller Ehrman LLP Overview

Heller Ehrman is a leader in providing innovative legal services to clients throughout the world. With about 700 attorneys and professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia, we offer the full range of litigation, business and intellectual property capabilities needed to succeed in today's competitive marketplace.

• Chambers & Partners recognized 40 of Heller Ehrman's attorneys as leading lawyers in their respective practices in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Nine lawyers received a No. 1 ranking. Heller Ehrman also received recognition for 13 of its practices. Five practices received a No. 1 ranking.
• Named a premier "Bet-the-Company" law firm by BTI Consulting Group in its 2007 report, BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for Law Firms.
• Recognized by American Lawyer Media as a "Go-To Law Firm" for Financial Services Companies, based on its 2007 survey.
• Global leader for complex litigation.
• One of the top corporate practices in the United States, London and Asia.
• Leading practices in economic centers throughout the world.
• Ranked 22^nd for the third quarter of 2007 and among the top 25 U.S. law firms for 2006 in Thomson Financial's survey of M&A transactions.
• IP Litigation practice recognized by The American Lawyer as one of the top practices in the country.
• As a full service law firm, we represent a wide range of industry leaders, from entrepreneurial, technology-driven enterprises to established, global corporations.
• We represent major corporations in the largest antitrust matters in the world, including Microsoft Corporation, Philip Morris USA, Texas Instruments, Inc., Visa U.S.A. Inc., Kohler Company and Weyerhaeuser Company.

Clients rely on us to address their most important business issues and solve their most challenging problems. Our litigation team handles bet-the-company litigation in key arenas, including antitrust, securities, energy, intellectual property, consumer class action, insurance coverage, employment and environmental law. Our business and transactional attorneys are leaders in corporate securities, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, corporate governance, bankruptcy and a range of regulatory issues. Our intellectual property practice combines a highly reputed patent litigation team with extensive in-house patent and trademark resources.

Our diverse client base includes industry leaders from established multinational companies to entrepreneurial, technology-driven enterprises. Our history of working across specific industry groups – particularly financial services, life sciences, energy, software and electronics, accounting, real estate and hospitality – allows us to partner with clients to meet their business objectives.

What distinguishes Heller Ehrman from competitors is not only the quality and breadth of our practice and client base, but also our commitment to certain core values – Excellence, People, Teamwork, Innovation, Community and the idea of "One Firm." These words, part of the everyday vocabulary at Heller Ehrman, are how we define ourselves and, in very meaningful ways, affect how we relate to one another and how we approach the practice of law. Our core values matter enormously to the people who work at Heller Ehrman, and we believe they matter to our clients.