Pierce Atwood LLP is a highly-regarded full-service law firm based in New England, recognized nationally and internationally for its expertise in complex and class action litigation, energy production and distribution, midmarket mergers and acquisitions, information security and technology, commercial real estate development, and complex construction projects. 

Pierce Atwood provides legal and business counsel to its clients, which range from regional and local enterprises, utilities, financiers, middle-market companies, entrepreneurs, and individuals, to Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, and state and foreign governments. Clients derive superior value based on the firm’s efficient and cost-effective service structure coupled with its high level of sophistication, responsiveness, and industry expertise.

About Pierce Atwood LLP

Founded in 1891

6 Offices

298 people in their team


Practice areas
Immigration
Banking & Finance
Intellectual Property
Lawsuits & Disputes
Private Client
Business
Corporate & Commercial

Languages spoken
English

Practice areas

Immigration

Employment immigration is an essential part of doing business in a global economy. Our law firm has been helping business clients navigate immigration and global mobility issues for more than 25 years. Pierce Atwood attorneys provide comprehensive immigration services for temporary international business travel, short- and long-term international assignments, permanent transfers and the local hire of foreign workers. Our experience working with clients on legal, regulatory and business immigration issues allows us to provide strategic advice and cost effective immigration solutions that help our clients succeed in the global marketplace.

Our lawyers use leading edge technologies that are customized for each client to streamline the immigration process, increase efficiency, facilitate communication, and reduce cost. We are committed to continuous improvement in client service and have recently engaged with corporate clients on the application of Lean Six Sigma methodologies to our business immigration services as a method of achieving continuous improvement while reducing cost.

Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate Immigration Services
  • Immigration Compliance & Enforcement
  • Immigration Counsel for Healthcare Clients
  • US-Canada Business Immigration
Business Visa
Work Permit

Banking & Finance

Tax Increment Financing
Investment
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

Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property & Technology Group helps clients succeed by protecting and enforcing their valuable intellectual property rights. In an economy where new technologies and new entrants into highly competitive markets only intensify the importance of identifying, protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights, the Pierce Atwood intellectual property lawyers successfully represent and advise a full spectrum of companies using diverse technologies on intellectual property matters.

Our intellectual property lawyers deal with all the legal issues and transactional matters relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, data protection, and privacy, for Fortune 500 clients as well as start-ups. We handle work on the cutting edge of software, the life sciences, advanced materials processing, and high-tech manufacturing.

Areas of Expertise

  • Biotechnology
  • Catalyst Program for Start-ups
  • Copyright
  • Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
  • IP Disputes & Litigation
  • IP Licensing & Transactions
  • Marketing & Advertising Law
  • Patents
  • Privacy & Cybersecurity
  • Trademark
Art & Cultural Property Law
Copyright
Patent
Trademark

Lawsuits & Disputes

Whether confronted with a complex commercial matter or a class action, Pierce Atwood's nationally-recognized litigation attorneys consistently get results for their clients in a practical and efficient manner.

Pierce Atwood's litigation lawyers have successfully litigated a broad variety of matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts and agencies, as well as a variety of alternative dispute resolution settings.  Regardless of the type of case, the Litigation Group takes great pride in partnering with its clients to formulate and execute on the right approach to serve the client's needs in any given situation.

Areas of Expertise

  • Arbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate & Amici
  • Attorney Liability & Professional Conduct
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction & Surety Litigation
  • Employee Benefits Litigation
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Government Enforcement/White Collar
  • IP Disputes & Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Probate Litigation
  • Products Liability Litigation
  • Real Estate & Land Use Litigation
  • Website & Digital Accessibility
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
General Litigation
Restructuring & Insolvency
Commercial Litigation
Antitrust Litigation

Private Client

Estate Planning
Probate
Trusts
Elder Abuse Law
Elder Law

Business

Pierce Atwood's Business Group counsels enterprises large and small on both their daily business needs and most crucial business transactions. Known for our core strengths in serving middle-market companies, we assist clients of every size, from NYSE-listed companies to the proverbial entrepreneurs in a garage. Our clients are involved in industries as diverse as life sciences, medical devices, software, telecommunications, footwear and apparel, banking and financial services, renewable energy, petroleum products distribution and forestry products.

Our Business Group seeks to be an integral part of our clients' management teams, intimately familiar with their business goals and imperatives, while coordinating the delivery of relevant expertise from the firm's other practice groups. Nimble and responsive, we focus on strategies that drive value for clients.  Whether the matter involves the purchase or sale of a business, an offering of securities to finance growth, a strategic investment or a contract with an important new customer, we provide insightful leadership and timely, practical advice to get the deal done.

Areas of Expertise

  • Capital Markets
  • Catalyst Program for Start-ups
  • Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
  • Family & Closely Held Business
  • General Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Public Companies
  • Tax Credit Financing & Syndication
International
Legal Document
New Business Formation
Tax
FDA Law

Corporate & Commercial

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

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