Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation

The threat of "bet-your-company" litigation makes headlines and breaks companies. A company finding itself in a business dispute must have someone on its side with experience at trial, on appeal, in arbitration or mediation, and in the boardroom.

McGuireWoods has that experience.

Our select team of litigators is ready to get to work, whatever the situation involves: contract disputes, distribution & franchising, antitrust, tax, banking, bankruptcy, false claims act, RICO, professional liability, white-collar crime, construction & real estate, fiduciary issues or any other type of business dispute.

We are also specialists in e-discovery issues and have acted as National Discovery Counsel for many Fortune 500 Companies. When it is appropriate to the case, we work closely with McGuireWoods Consulting, offering our clients the added value of their expertise in government and media relations.

The type of case is almost secondary to the seriousness of the case. Typically, a company's finances, stock, employees, management, board members or community standing are affected. The ability to address these issues in court, with the media, and often with the government is crucial to a successful resolution.

Others have recognized our litigation capabilities, including a recent issue of American Lawyer, which named McGuireWoods No. 3 as the most frequently named go-to firm for big ticket litigation. Another accolade of note was the result of a 2007 survey of 425 Fortune 1000 corporate counsel, in which we were named a “Bet-the-Company law firm” for earning clients’ votes of confidence in critical matters or crisis situations. Describing the designation as a best-in-class performance, BTI Consulting Group released its findings in The BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for Law Firms. As with other BTI research projects, the only way to be named to the list of “go-to” law firms is to be identified – unprompted – by clients. The results confirm McGuireWoods’ ability to effectively handle high-priority, high-value situations.