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WilmerHale

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

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WilmerHale

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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite - USA - Nationwide

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

WilmerHale offers exceptional representation in a wide array of complex commercial disputes and extensive experience in defending class actions. The firm possesses a depth and breadth of experience spanning contract, intellectual property, insurance and securities-related litigation. It represents a wide range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions, across industries such as banking, aviation and telecoms.

Notable practitioners

Boston-based John Butts chairs the firm's commercial litigation group.

Work Highlights

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  • WilmerHale represented Navy Federal Credit Union in a putative class action, alleging its mortgage practices discriminated against minority borrowers.

Strengths

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  • WilmerHale has exceptional lawyers with broad-based skills and backgrounds who can handle large scale and complex litigation matters.

    Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondentUSA
  • The WilmerHale team is exceptional. It is efficient, straightforward and pragmatic, providing clear guidance to clients. Its depth of experience is a key strength, enabling it to provide concrete instructions on how to work through the matter and practical solutions. The firm's client service is also excellent, it is very attentive and efficient.

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  • The team at WilmerHale provides quick response times, practical advice and superior written work.

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  • The WilmerHale team has spent a lot of time understanding our business which is extremely helpful. They ask appropriate questions and do the appropriate diligence so they can understand our commercial needs and how they may be impacted by the litigation.

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  • WilmerHale has the scale and resources to tackle complex matters, coupled with the deep experience and litigation chops to actively defend corporate clients.

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