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prosecution and registration, counseling and transactional services to
their clients to help them acquire, value, maintain, protect and exploit all
forms of intellectual property.
Land Use
Our Land Use Department has the largest and most sophisticated
zoning practice in New York City. Our attorneys have deep experience handling
all aspects of site development, including zoning changes, special
permits, variances, landmark proceedings, air rights transfers, tax abatements
and economic development incentives. Our expertise is broad and
diverse, having worked with major corporations, financial institutions,
nonprofit organizations, and commercial and residential developers on
matters ranging in scale and complexity from securing zoning approvals
and negotiating economic incentive packages for many of New York City’s
most prominent office towers, to individual variances and landmark
approvals for alterations to existing residential and commercial buildings.
Litigation
From its start in 1968, Kramer Levin has specialized in the litigation
of high-profile, high-stakes commercial cases. The firm’s White Collar
Defense and SEC Regulatory group is one of the nation’s most prominent.
The Litigation department is chaired by Gary P. Naftalis, one of the country’s
leading trial lawyers, and numbers over 75 lawyers. Litigation department
attorneys work in virtually every area of commercial litigation. Such
expertise spans the following practice areas: antitrust; appellate and constitutional;
bankruptcy; commercial; employment law; ERISA; false advertising;
insurance; intellectual property (patent, trademark and copyright);
international dispute resolution; real estate; securities and shareholder;
and white collar defense.
We are pleased to assist our
Fortune 500
clients as they meet their objectives
in an ever-evolving business landscape.
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Outsourcing and Technology Transactions
Our Outsourcing Practice draws upon the experienced and integrated
group of corporate and intellectual property attorneys who provide
practical, value-added counsel at every stage of an outsourcing or technology
transaction. Our particular expertise is in working with financial
services firms, among them top-tier banks, investment banks, mutual
fund companies, insurance companies and service providers to the financial
services industry, including data vendors, hardware and software
providers and software developers. We understand the many issues faced
by this industry in relation to outsourcing and technology transactions,
including regulatory compliance, data privacy concerns, quality and service
level considerations, disaster recovery arrangements and business continuity
plans and issues surrounding cost containment and staying current
with an ever-changing technological landscape.
Real Estate
Our Real Estate Department’s attorneys have extensive experience
analyzing and applying all the relevant law—real estate, corporate, environmental,
land use, restructuring and tax—to deliver creative, costeffective
and practical legal and business solutions. The department has
the size, knowledge, experience and dedication to assist on the full array
of real property matters including office, residential, industrial, hotel and
retail property development, acquisitions and sales; financings and refinancings;
workouts and restructuring transactions for lenders, borrowers,
and equity participants; retail and office and industrial leasing; joint ventures;
structured finance sales/leasebacks; the conversion of new and
existing commercial and residential properties to condiminium and cooperatives
uses; and zoning.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.715.9100
Fax: 212.715.8000
47, avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
Phone: (33-1) 44 09 46 00
Fax: (33-1) 44 09 46 01
Alliance: Berwin Leighton Paisner
London * Brussels
www.kramerlevin.com
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