Proskauer Rose LLP (formerly known as Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, LLP) is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1875 and currently employs more than 800 attorneys in twelve offices worldwide.
Proskauer is known for its litigation, labor & employment, corporate, private equity, private investment funds, finance, and intellectual property law departments. Proskauer has long been the primary outside law firm for the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL).
Practice overview
Proskauer Rose is a full-service law firm, practicing in areas including corporate finance, private investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law. Its clients include participants in many industries, including chemicals, entertainment, financial services, health care, hospitality, information technology, insurance, internet, manufacturing, media and communications, pharmaceuticals, real estate investment, sports, and transportation.
Proskauer Rose is known for its sports law department, with clients including all four of the major sports leagues in the US and Canada (MLB, the NFL, the NHL, and the NBA). In December 2006, The Legal U.S. 500's annual ranking of the top law firms for corporate work singled Proskauer out for excellence in private equity, international M&A, high-yield debt and hedge fund formation.
Offices
United States
Proskauer's New York City office, located in Times Square, is its headquarters. In 2012, the firm was given Tier 1 rankings for its advertising law, appellate, arbitration, bankruptcy, litigation, corporate, criminal, ERISA, entertainment law, environmental, healthcare, insurance, labor and employment, patent, real estate, sports law, trademark, and trusts and estates practice groups.
Proskauer's second largest office is in Boston, where the firm has been referred to as "a powerhouse in the private equity world," for having one of the world's leading private investment fund law practices. The Boston office received Tier 1 rankings for its private investment fund, private credit, intellectual property, corporate finance, tax, and ERISA practice groups. Additionally, the firm's pro bono and government work is led by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger. The firm's Boston office was also noted for representing Facebook, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg during his company's legal fight with ConnectU.
The firm's Los Angeles office is known for its high-profile litigation, corporate, and private equity work, which included the representation of Ares Management and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in their $1.65 billion acquisition of General Nutrition Centers. The firm's Washington DC office is known for its employee benefits and executive compensation, securities regulation and enforcement, healthcare, and labor groups. The firm's Chicago office is known primarily for its bankruptcy, healthcare, and insurance law practices. The New Orleans office has strong niche practices of nationwide ERISA litigation and labor and employment law practices. The firm's Boca Raton office has a prominent wealth management and planning group for high-net-worth clients, along with significant labor and employment, tax, and corporate law groups.
International
Proskauer's London office is the firm's largest location outside of the United States. In 2013, Chambers UK ranked its private equity group as one of the "best in the UK." The office also has highly rated tax, finance, and corporate practice groups. The firm's Paris office is known internationally for its labor and employment law practice, along with its competition and antitrust, merger control, EU common market law, and corporate law groups.
The firm's offices in China, located in Beijing and Hong Kong, are known for their work in sports law (e.g., NBA China), financing, mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations, going-private transactions, and structured finance, which often include cross border elements.