Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Chair: Thomas J. Cole Jr.

Vice Chair: David Taylor, Ashley L. Taylor Jr.

Managing Partner: Amie V. Colby

Firm Overview:

Troutman Pepper Locke helps clients solve complex legal challenges and achieve their business goals in an ever-changing global economy. With more than 1,600 attorneys in 30+ offices, the firm serves clients in all major industry sectors, with particular depth in energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Learn more at troutman.com.

Main Areas of Practice:

Troutman Pepper Locke has noted depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate.

Construction:

For decades, Troutman Pepper Locke's multifaceted construction team has quickly and effectively handled large, complex problems in a wide range of transactional, project management, and litigation matters. The firm's experienced construction attorneys have a global perspective on construction and project development, partnering with clients to build winning projects around the world.

Consumer Financial Services:

Clients in the financial services industries rely on Troutman Pepper Locke's top-ranked, national team to resolve litigation, provide regulatory guidance, and assist with government investigations and enforcement actions.

Corporate:

Consistently recognized as a top-tier practice, Troutman Pepper Locke’s corporate attorneys regularly handle strategic deals for Fortune 100 corporations and middle market transactions for private equity clients.

Energy:

Troutman Pepper Locke offers a solution-oriented, execution-driven, and nationally recognized team of 220+ energy lawyers representing clients on their most important and complex matters throughout the United States and beyond.

Finance:

Troutman Pepper Locke offers comprehensive support to financial services businesses in today’s challenging and ever-changing environment.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring:

Clients impacted by distressed situations rely on the firm's know-how to enforce their rights and maximize value. The team's deep understanding of pre- and post-insolvency issues from every stakeholder’s perspective enables the firm's attorneys to help clients prevent and prepare for a financial crisis and, when needed, serve as trusted advisors to respond effectively to financial distress.

Health Care and Life Sciences:

Experienced, industry-savvy legal counsel enables clients to bring value quickly to the market and to their stakeholders. Troutman Pepper Locke's health care and life sciences practice was founded more than 60 years ago, and encompasses the entire spectrum of health care and life sciences companies.

Insurance and Reinsurance:

Troutman Pepper Locke's international team provides clients with practical and efficient legal solutions for the unique challenges and complexities of insurance and reinsurance. With more than 100 years of experience in insurance law, the firm helps clients succeed as they face new market forces, emerging risks, and evolving regulations.

Intellectual Property:

This nationally ranked team of attorneys, patent agents, and other professionals develops and implements global protection and commercialization strategies for clients with intellectual property assets in virtually all industry areas.

Litigation:

Whether it is high-stakes, bet-the-company cases, sensitive government investigations, or complex insurance coverage cases, clients consistently bring the firm their toughest challenges. When litigation is unavoidable, Troutman Pepper Locke offers clients a deep bench of first-chair trial attorneys and appellate attorneys with a strong record.

Private Equity:

Troutman Pepper Locke is a leader in middle-market private equity and growth equity deals, providing creative and pragmatic advice on deal structures, market terms, and industry trends.

Real Estate:

Clients continually call on this team for complex real estate transactions because they know that the firm makes their business goals a priority. The firm seamlessly delivers real-time, innovative solutions to help them identify real estate opportunities, increase efficiencies, and minimize risk.

State Attorneys General:

Troutman Pepper Locke's nationally ranked State AG practice has handled AG investigations involving all 50 states. The team combines strong legal skills with firsthand experience developed from resolving hundreds of matters with AGs across the U.S. to bring order to the chaos.

Tax:

The firm's tax lawyers provide comprehensive services to domestic and international clients on multinational, federal, state, and local tax issues.

Technology:

Troutman Pepper Locke has a rich history representing clients in the technology space and advises vendors and technology users, as well as venture capital and private equity firms that focus on investing in technology companies.