Dallas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Our award-winning litigators in Dallas take high stakes cases to trial—whether before a jury or before the nation’s leading business courts. They are experienced in every kind of complex commercial case, especially shareholder and energy litigation.

Corporate

We have a full-service corporate practice to advising public and private companies, private equity and venture capital firms, emerging companies and entrepreneurs in Texas and across the US. In banking, we advise commercial, investment and merchant banks, government and regulatory agencies, borrowers and issuers of debt, equity and hybrid securities, investment advisers, broker dealers, specialty finance companies and alternative capital sources.

Data Privacy and Digital Assets

We are among the leading global law firms specializing in complex, high-value domestic and international transactions involving the internet, digital technologies and data assets. Ranked “Elite” among the world’s leading data firms, we advise clients on all the legal, regulatory, policy and legislative developments and challenges that impact the collection, commercialization, storage and international transfer and sharing of data. In addition, our outstanding international cybersecurity and incident response team regularly counsels clients around the world on business-critical cybersecurity matters, including breach avoidance and mitigation, breach response, regulatory intervention, remediation and litigation.

Energy & Natural Resources

Commended by Legal Business as Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year. We provide a wide range of legal services to energy industry clients in a number of key segments, including project development, corporate transactions, upstream and midstream oil, as well as gas projects, power, commodities trading, energy finance, LNG, transportation, refining and processing and cross-border transactions.

Government Investigations & White Collar

Legal 500 US recommends our Government Investigations & White Collar Practice in the area of Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense. Our team includes former senior-ranking litigation and trial lawyers who honed their skills inside US Attorneys’ offices and the US Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security and Treasury, as well as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), among other US agencies. We have been involved in four of the 10 largest DOJ Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act and Anticorruption investigations, including as monitor in one of the largest FCPA matters.

Labor & Employment

Ranked as a top 25 Labor & Employment Practice worldwide by Law360’s Practice Group Partner Rankings. We are at the forefront of strategic employment and labor relations issues for our clients, including the enforcement of non-compete and confidentiality agreements, discrimination and wage and hour litigation, workforce restructuring and reorganizations. We also advise clients regarding all aspects of the employment relationship, including employment contracts, handbooks, investigations and internal compliance audits, as well as advising employers in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

Real Estate

Ranked as one of the top 10 Most Powerful Real Estate Law Firms by Commercial Property Executive. We advise investors, developers and lenders from every industry across the full range of real estate legal services, from acquisition, planning, development, financing, construction and leasing through to the sale of real estate assets.