Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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.

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.

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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.