With some 400 lawyers and other professionals in 10 offices throughout the United States, Dykema provides comprehensive transactional, litigation, government policy, and other legal services to clients of all sizes – from global Fortune 100 companies to middle-market companies and new start-ups – across a myriad of industries. The firm’s client service focus is grounded in advancing client successes as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
Dykema’s lawyers and other professionals are committed to knowing and fully understanding each client’s specific business, industry environment, and legal concern – in every representation. The firm is known for being a strategic partner to its clients.
As the law firm of choice for many business entities, Dykema continues to expand its work for clients who are attracted to the firm’s skilled lawyers, sophisticated practices, and commitment to quality service and value. Key components of the firm’s service and value equation are dedicated client service and industry teams, flexible billing arrangements to create financial predictability and accountability, effective cost management, and advanced technology.
Our lawyers and other professionals serve clients from our offices in Chicago; Dallas; Detroit; Los Angeles; and Washington, D.C.; as well as Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Grand Rapids, and Lansing, Michigan; and Lisle, Illinois. Strong and close client relationships emphasizing excellent results have been Dykema’s focus since our founding in 1926.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
The major practice groups in the firm are bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate finance, employee benefits, employment, environmental, government policy, health care, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, real estate, and taxation and estates. Driven by the needs of its clients, Dykema has extended its platform nationally by developing sophisticated national practices in the following areas: consumer financial services litigation, intellectual property litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, infrastructure finance, mergers and acquisitions, and e-commerce and technology.
In keeping with the above practices, Dykema maintains leading national vertical industry practices with substantial depth and experience, including automotive, financial institutions, energy and electric distribution and pharmaceutical/medical devices.
Automotive: Dykema has provided vital legal insight to the automotive industry since the firm’s inception, and as the industry expanded, so did our client base. Few law firms in the United States can equal our experience in and knowledge of the automotive industry. Dykema has one of the most extensive automotive legal practices in the United States, regularly representing automotive companies headquartered throughout the world. Its Automotive Industry Group counsels suppliers and OEMs in corporate finance and securities matters; in mergers and acquisitions; in a broad array of automobile product liability, commercial, and supply chain management litigation; in class action litigation in the most challenging jurisdictions; and before the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal and state departments and agencies.
Financial Institutions: Our national financial institutions team provides both sophisticated transactional experience and a nationally recognized consumer financial services litigation practice. Dykema represents more than 70 banks and bank-based financial services companies. Based on 2009 rankings data, Dykema counts among its clients the top six U.S. banks, ranked by assets; the top seven mortgage lenders; and the top nine mortgage servicers.
Energy: With an extensive track record and resources, Dykema has been a leading firm in the energy industry for more than 30 years. Our attorneys and lobbyists have successfully represented clients involved in nearly every aspect of the energy industry, including electric, natural gas, propane, petroleum, nuclear, hydro, alternative energy, and wind power and other renewable energy resources. We represent a diverse group of clients including electric and gas distribution cooperatives, generation and transmission electric cooperatives, electric investor-owned utilities, independent transmission companies, investor-owned petroleum companies, municipal utilities, energy marketers, and regulatory agencies.
Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices: By consistently providing excellent, cost-effective, and results-oriented representation, Dykema has built a solid reputation among the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers. Currently, the firm is part of national defense teams with responsibilities that include developing a complete understanding of the underlying scientific and medical data; helping to formulate the best factual and scientific defense; identifying, coordinating, and defending expert and fact witnesses, as well as taking the depositions of opposing fact and expert witnesses around the country; and undertaking substantial document review and analysis. The pharmaceutical and medical devices team has also developed a variety of proactive and creative steps to anticipate, avoid, and minimize the potential impact of litigation.
INTERNATIONAL WORK:
As business globalization has occurred, the need for experienced international business legal support has also increased. Dykema attorneys provide judgment and advice based on many years of experience handling a wide range of issues for businesses with international operations, both foreign companies with activities in the United States and U.S. companies conducting business abroad. The firm regularly works with clients to assist in the implementation of global expansion and sourcing strategies. Dykema attorneys advise companies with operations in China, India, and the rest of Asia; Australia; Europe; Latin America; Africa; the Mideast; and North America. The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience representing clients on international legal and business matters. This includes lawyers who have had responsibility for international legal matters or served as general counsel for major U.S. multinational companies. The firm’s professionals are fluent in 13 foreign languages.
Dykema is also a member of the World Services Group (WSG). WSG is a global organization whose members are among the top providers of legal and professional business services. We are able to connect with resources in more than 130 countries.
CLIENTS:
The firm represents financial institutions, automotive companies, energy companies, insurers, manufacturers, professional service organizations, telecommunications firms, utilities, transportation companies, contractors, retailers, and real estate concerns, as well as small businesses, partnerships, and individuals. We count among our clients 41 of the Fortune 50.