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Legal mastery is critical but not enough. Even the best legal strategies must work in tandem with your business realities. Davis+Gilbert’s industry focus and deep insight about the issues that drive your business enable us to provide solutions that make a difference. Davis+Gilbert’s proactive, business-oriented approach stems from their long history of working with key industries not just as advocates but also as counselors. The firm helped guide the marketing communications ecosystem as it evolved from the early 20th century to today’s world of data, digital and social media. For many years, Davis+Gilbert has successfully applied that same see-around-corners vision and focus to real estate, financial services, hospitality, technology and other service sector industries, becoming the firm of choice for the market leaders of today and tomorrow.
From its base in New York, Davis+Gilbert represents a diverse range of clients across the country and around the world.
Advertising + Marketing
Our firm grew up with the advertising industry, from its
earliest beginnings through every stage of its exponential growth. We have been
witness to, and a key participant in, the evolution of advertising and
marketing law and the remarkable proliferation of related industries that now
form the vast marketing ecosystem. From advertising agencies to major brands,
from content creators to tech-forward digital platforms, whether our clients
are global publicly traded companies or two-person startups, they depend on us
to help achieve their business goals, protect their rights and minimize their
legal risks.
Benefits + Compensation
Aside from being one of the top expense items on the books,
a company’s employee benefits and compensation packages go to the heart of
attracting and retaining a strong workforce. That said, these items all operate
in a stringent regulatory environment where small mistakes can carry large
liabilities.
Our benefits and compensation attorneys understand the
business practicalities that drive benefits and compensation issues and
decisions. Our clients count on us to design and implement plans that strike
the right balance of compliance, cost and administrative ease.
Corporate +Transactions
For companies of all sizes and across all industries,
effective growth strategies are a key driver of success in the marketplace. Our
transactional attorneys get deeply involved in understanding the business and
strategic thinking of our clients, and we take a pragmatic yet long-term
approach to determining how we can best support their growth. From early-stage
start-ups to global Fortune 100 companies, our attorneys tend to the full range
of our clients’ corporate, financial and transactional needs.
Insolvency + Finance
The last financial crisis shined a harsh light on the legal
exposure of lenders, loan servicers, sponsors and trustees, when investors and
other participants in the credit markets incurred losses. The collapse of the
subprime mortgage securitization market, in particular, brought a wave of
litigation — by investors and deal counterparties claiming contractual breaches
and outright fraud — that continues to this day. This litigation has created a
roadmap for new plaintiffs to follow, escalating the stakes for defendants.
Our attorneys have been actively representing participants
in the credit markets and the litigation they face, gaining deep experience in
protecting and enforcing their rights at each stage of a market’s evolution.
Intellectual Property+ Media
For companies in a number of dynamic industries —
particularly media, entertainment and sports — constant change is a given. As
the lines between these fields continue to converge and cross, new legal
challenges arise, especially in intellectual property law.
Our Intellectual Property and Media practice has for decades
been on the front lines of the seismic shift from traditional to digital media,
and we are amply equipped to help clients address intellectual property
challenges in ways both conventional and innovative. Companies look to us to
understand their brands, prioritize their concerns and help them navigate the
legal and regulatory risks they face in markets that are constantly redefining
themselves.
Labor + Employment
For companies where employees and their talents are by far
the most important assets, the business ramifications of labor and employment
law hold special weight. Our labor and employment attorneys are uniquely
attuned to the practical aspects of managing and retaining essential employees.
We serve as primary employment counsel for businesses throughout the United
States in various industries tending to the day-to-day legal aspects of their
employee relations.
Litigation + Dispute Resolution
The most complex and hardest-fought legal cases tend to
center around people, their ideas, their contracts or their workplaces. These
disputes frequently involve the movement of talent between competitors,
workplace claims, the ownership of intellectual property, false and deceptive
marketing practices, the rights and responsibilities of the parties to
corporate transactions and controversies over commercial leasing. Our
litigation and disputes attorneys handle matters in all of these areas. We
assess risk, secure favorable resolutions, and forcefully pursue our clients’
interests through trial and appeals. Our clients include major players in the
marketing communications, e-commerce, financial services, hospitality and commercial
leasing sectors. We also represent prominent advertisers, agencies and their
brands.
Privacy + Data Security
The increasingly intertwined concerns of privacy and data
security continue to cast a long shadow over the business models of companies in
nearly every industry. Both concerns carry considerable risk — legal, financial
and reputational — but with proper attention to the statutory and contractual
requirements that underlie and inform the risk, they can be turned to
competitive advantage.
Our attorneys represent data-driven businesses of all kinds,
with particular strengths in the areas of digital media, marketing, ad tech and
e-commerce. We work with clients from many industries — including retail,
media, healthcare, finance and a broad array of technology businesses — to
identify and address the compliance risks associated with data flowing in and
out of their organizations. Given our deep understanding of these industries,
we advise clients regarding best practices, assess their associated contracts,
prevent and respond to data breaches, and defend them in litigation and
enforcement actions.
Private Client Services
Davis+Gilbert’s private client services practice counsels
business owners, executives, hedge fund principals and other successful
individuals and families in a variety of issues impacting their personal and
business decisions, including business succession issues, estate planning,
charitable giving and trust and estate administration.
Real Estate
Our real estate lawyers represent
tenants and landlords, as well as buyers and sellers of all sizes, at every
stage in the real estate life cycle. Long dominant in the fast-paced New York
City real estate market, we have become a key player in national markets as our
clients’ interests have expanded. Our reputation for toughness and fairness has
earned repeat business from sophisticated clients that value a win-win deal
where all parties get what they need.
Real Estate
Our real estate lawyers
represent tenants and landlords, as well as buyers and sellers of all sizes, at
every stage in the real estate life cycle. Long dominant in the fast-paced New
York City real estate market, we have become a key player in national markets
as our clients’ interests have expanded. Our reputation for toughness and
fairness has earned repeat business from sophisticated clients that value a
win-win deal where all parties get what they need.