- Kaye Scholer
Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Kaye Scholer
firm_
headquarters =
foundation = 1917 | num_offices = 8
num_attorneys = 500+
practice_areas = General practice
revenue = N/A
date_founded = 1917 (New York City )
company_type =LLP
homepage = [http://www.kayescholer.com www.kayescholer.com]Kaye Scholer is a
law firm founded in 1917 by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. The firm has more than 500attorneys in eight offices located in the cities ofChicago ,Frankfurt ,London ,Los Angeles ,New York (headquarters),Shanghai ,Washington, D.C. , andWest Palm Beach .Reputation and Recognition
Kaye Scholer is internationally known for being a leading
litigation firm. Its particular areas of litigation strength includeantitrust ,intellectual property , andproducts liability . In 2005, "TheNational Law Journal " selected Kaye Scholer as one of the nation's ten elite litigation defense firms. In 2006, "TheAmerican Lawyer " magazine selected Kaye Scholer as the products liability litigation firm of the year. In 2006, The "National Law Journal" again named Kaye Scholer to its list of elite litigation defense firms. In 2007, The "National Law Journal" once again named Kaye Scholer to its list of the 10 elite litigation defense firms—marking Kaye Scholer as the only law firm to appear in this list for the three years it has run.Kaye Scholer also has a well developed transactional practice, including world-class expertise in aviation,
bankruptcy ,finance ,mergers and acquisitions ,private equity , andreal estate .Kaye Scholer is one of the nation's 25 most profitable large law firms, according to "American Lawyer" magazine. Kaye Scholer maintains a reputation for being a collegial firm, something of a rarity in law firms of its size and economic success.
History
Founded as in 1917 in
New York by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. Scholer was a graduate ofNew York Law School . Kaye was a banking lawyer and noted playwright. The firm was known as Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler for many years. It was one of the first firms to make inroads with the Orthodox Jewish community in New York. By virtue of its origins as a "Jewish firm" [For a discussion of the historic role of religion in hiring practices in law firms, seewhite shoe firm .] the firm built a successful real estate practice advisingOlympia & York , the developers ofCanary Wharf . [Paul Hoffman, "The Lions of the Eighties" (1982), New York: Doubleday, p. 105] Kaye Scholer launched in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and now that office employs 50 attorneys.Kaye Scholer opened a small office in
West Palm Beach in 1997 where it focuses onreal estate andestate planning law.The firm was the first New York-based law firm to launch in
Shanghai in 1998. ["The Lawyer," 'NYC firm first to Shanghai,' (1998) http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=95588]Following the merger of
London -basedClifford Chance and legacy firmRogers & Wells , Kaye Scholer benefited from a series of key lateral partners inintellectual property andbankruptcy . ["The Lawyer," 'Clifford Chance New York rainmaker quites for Kaye' (2003) http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=107812] ["The Lawyer," 'CC hit for six by Kaye Scholer NY raid' (2005) http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=114093]Notable Mandates
*Advised WCI Steel along with Boston law firm
McDermott Will & Emery in its acquisition byOAO Severstal in 2008, a transaction valued at $327 million.
*Counseled theOnex Corporation in its acquisition of the Wichita/Tulsa division ofBoeing Commercial Airplanes and its Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power unit for total consideration of $1.9 billion in cash in 2005.
*Previously represented theOnex Corporation in its C$2 billion disposal ofLoews Cineplex Entertainment Corporation toBain Capital in 2004.
*AdvisedChef America Inc. in its acquisition byNestle SA for total consideration of $2.6 billion in cash and debt. The deal closed in October 2002.
*Lead patent counsel forPfizer in its patent infringement lawsuit againstTeva Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. in which Teva attempted to bring a generic version ofCelebrex to market.Noted Alumni
Among Kaye Scholer's alumni are former Senator
Abraham Ribicoff ,Kenneth Feinberg , Special Master of the U.S. Government'sSeptember 11th Victim Compensation Fund andBrian Leiter , professor of law atUniversity of Texas at Austin and blogger of the Leiter Reports. [ [http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/cvs/bleiter_cv.pdf www.utexas.edu] ]References
External links
* [http://www.kayescholer.com Official Firm Website]
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