worldwide advantage

YOUR BUSINESS REQUIRES AN ADVANTAGE, AN EDGE, TO SUCCEED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WORLD.

Dorsey’s lawyers and staff can help you gain that edge by applying superb legal knowledge and skills with practical wisdom and a deep understanding of your business and industry.

We serve clients in nearly all industries, but focus on six industries in which we have great depth and a history of achieving client success. Our banking, development & infrastructure, energy & natural resources, food, beverage & agribusiness, healthcare, and technology industry groups help coordinate our teams serving these industries across geographies and practice areas, keeping them at the cutting edge of industry needs and trends and sharing collective experience and expertise.

With locations across the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, we provide an integrated, proactive approach to our clients’ legal and business needs around the globe.

About Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Founded in 1912

14 Offices

1390 people in their team


Practice areas
Business
Business
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
Real Estate
Real Estate
Corporate & Commercial
Energy, Environment & ESG
Immigration
Immigration
Private Client

Languages spoken
English

Practice areas

Business

Clients turn to Dorsey to help stay ahead of competition and trends, complete the financings needed to gain market share and protect critical financial interests.

More than 250 Dorsey lawyers comprise the Firm's Banking and Financial Institutions Group, advising those clients on matters around the globe. Our clients include banking organizations, investment banks, broker-dealers, investment funds, insurance companies, credit unions, FinTech enterprises, and other financial institutions. Our work includes representation in complex lending transactions, bankruptcy and restructuring matters, corporate trust transactions and disputes, regulatory issues, consumer financial matters and other practices specific to financial institutions. Our experience extends to all types of litigation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate services, employment and benefits law, corporate compliance and intellectual property.

We are proud to serve U.S. banking and financial institutions of all sizes, as well as foreign banks and financial institutions. Global representation extends to multiple large Chinese banks, Latin American banks, European banks and other international financial institutions.

Tax
Tax
New Business Formation
New Business Formation
Legal Document
Legal Document
International
Health Care
International
Health Care
Employer
Employer
Communications & Media Law
Communications & Media Law
FDA Law

Business

Clients turn to Dorsey to help stay ahead of competition and trends, complete the financings needed to gain market share and protect critical financial interests.

More than 250 Dorsey lawyers comprise the Firm's Banking and Financial Institutions Group, advising those clients on matters around the globe. Our clients include banking organizations, investment banks, broker-dealers, investment funds, insurance companies, credit unions, FinTech enterprises, and other financial institutions. Our work includes representation in complex lending transactions, bankruptcy and restructuring matters, corporate trust transactions and disputes, regulatory issues, consumer financial matters and other practices specific to financial institutions. Our experience extends to all types of litigation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate services, employment and benefits law, corporate compliance and intellectual property.

We are proud to serve U.S. banking and financial institutions of all sizes, as well as foreign banks and financial institutions. Global representation extends to multiple large Chinese banks, Latin American banks, European banks and other international financial institutions.

Tax
Tax
New Business Formation
New Business Formation
Legal Document
Legal Document
International
Health Care
International
Health Care
Employer
Employer
Communications & Media Law
Communications & Media Law
FDA Law

Banking & Finance

Securities
Securities
Investment
Investment
Tax Increment Financing
Tax Increment Financing
Financial Services Regulation
Financial Services Regulation
Funds & Asset Management
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Sustainable Finance
Equity Capital Markets
Debt Capital Markets
Acquisition / Leveraged Finance
Structured Finance
Project Finance

Banking & Finance

Securities
Securities
Investment
Investment
Tax Increment Financing
Tax Increment Financing
Financial Services Regulation
Financial Services Regulation
Funds & Asset Management
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Sustainable Finance
Equity Capital Markets
Debt Capital Markets
Acquisition / Leveraged Finance
Structured Finance
Project Finance

Real Estate

Our Real Estate and Land Use practice group has a strong history of providing a full range of real estate advisory services to a diverse group of clients. With more than 20 lawyers who work exclusively on real estate matters and an additional team of lawyers who have substantial real estate backgrounds and capabilities, we have extensive experience in the full spectrum of real estate-related services.

The attorneys in our group represent developers, contractors, architects, corporate users and governmental authorities in connection with the purchase, zoning, permitting, financing and development of real estate, the construction and leasing of facilities and the sale of completed projects. Our lawyers also represent corporate users, retailers, real estate investors, REITs and property managers in connection with the purchase, financing, leasing, management, operation and sale of real estate assets.

We also routinely represent banks, insurance companies and other institutional lenders and investors in structuring loans and other credit facilities secured directly or indirectly by real estate assets. In addition, we help lenders and others enforce their rights and remedies and structure appropriate workouts in default situations.

Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Land Use & Zoning
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Housing, Construction & Development
Conveyancing

Real Estate

Our Real Estate and Land Use practice group has a strong history of providing a full range of real estate advisory services to a diverse group of clients. With more than 20 lawyers who work exclusively on real estate matters and an additional team of lawyers who have substantial real estate backgrounds and capabilities, we have extensive experience in the full spectrum of real estate-related services.

The attorneys in our group represent developers, contractors, architects, corporate users and governmental authorities in connection with the purchase, zoning, permitting, financing and development of real estate, the construction and leasing of facilities and the sale of completed projects. Our lawyers also represent corporate users, retailers, real estate investors, REITs and property managers in connection with the purchase, financing, leasing, management, operation and sale of real estate assets.

We also routinely represent banks, insurance companies and other institutional lenders and investors in structuring loans and other credit facilities secured directly or indirectly by real estate assets. In addition, we help lenders and others enforce their rights and remedies and structure appropriate workouts in default situations.

Natural Resources
Natural Resources
Land Use & Zoning
Housing, Construction & Development
Land Use & Zoning
Housing, Construction & Development
Conveyancing

Corporate & Commercial

Venture Capital
Venture Capital
Merger & Acquisition
Licensing
Merger & Acquisition
Licensing
Government Contract
Franchising
Government Contract
Franchising
Contract
Contract
Business Registration
Administrative
Business Registration
Due Diligence
Administrative
Due Diligence
Government Relations & Lobbying
International Trade Law
Government Relations & Lobbying
International Trade Law
Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations
Nonprofit & Charitable Organizations
Corporate Governance
Sanctions & Export Controls
Private Equity

Energy, Environment & ESG

Oil, Gas & Energy
Oil, Gas & Energy
Environmental Law & Compliance
Environmental Law & Compliance
ESG Advisory & Compliance
Renewable & Alternative Energy
Water Law
Climate Change Law
Energy Regulatory Law
Mining Law

Immigration

BUSINESSES MUST EMPLOY TALENT ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SUCCEED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WORLD.

Overview

Dorsey lawyers with extensive experience in the immigration practice provide a broad range of business immigration services at a global level to our corporate and individual clients located throughout the world. Our firm’s international experience and global network of offices give us an edge in meeting our clients’ immigration needs efficiently and effectively.

Our immigration group has decades of experience handling employment-related matters. We concentrate on obtaining temporary non-immigrant status and visas for executives, treaty traders and investors, business visitors and other professionals. We also assist clients with transitioning from temporary non-immigrant status to permanent residency and naturalization. We provide services involving family-based immigration and student visa matters. We also assist clients in their placement of key employees in foreign countries.

Our clients include a wide variety of companies, organizations and individuals in banking, accounting, technology, marketing/advertising, manufacturing, biotechnology, health science, legal, entertainment, retail, food and agribusiness, academic and other industries.

Business Visa
Work Permit
Business Visa
Work Permit

Immigration

BUSINESSES MUST EMPLOY TALENT ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SUCCEED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WORLD.

Overview

Dorsey lawyers with extensive experience in the immigration practice provide a broad range of business immigration services at a global level to our corporate and individual clients located throughout the world. Our firm’s international experience and global network of offices give us an edge in meeting our clients’ immigration needs efficiently and effectively.

Our immigration group has decades of experience handling employment-related matters. We concentrate on obtaining temporary non-immigrant status and visas for executives, treaty traders and investors, business visitors and other professionals. We also assist clients with transitioning from temporary non-immigrant status to permanent residency and naturalization. We provide services involving family-based immigration and student visa matters. We also assist clients in their placement of key employees in foreign countries.

Our clients include a wide variety of companies, organizations and individuals in banking, accounting, technology, marketing/advertising, manufacturing, biotechnology, health science, legal, entertainment, retail, food and agribusiness, academic and other industries.

Business Visa
Work Permit
Business Visa
Work Permit

Private Client

Estate Planning
Trusts
Estate Planning
Trusts
Elder Abuse Law
Elder Abuse Law
Elder Law
Elder Law

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