Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Firm Overview:

Gowling WLG is a sector-focused international law firm. With more than 1,500 legal professionals in 20 cities worldwide, the firm provides its clients with in-depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad. Learn more at www.gowlingwlg.com

Main Areas of Practice:

With expertise that covers the full range of services and sectors, Gowling WLG understands the distinct challenges you face and is positioned to help you succeed, including in:

• Automotive: Gowling WLG is at the forefront of this exhilarating sector, matching its sector depth with the international reach of its clients. The firm offers leading technical excellence and a dedicated cross-firm team of lawyers who are passionate about all things auto.
• Construction and engineering: the firm has a ‘substantial group with an impressive client list’. Representing major contractors and leading developers, the team enjoys strong and longstanding relationships with some of the sector's most significant players, covering employers, funds and end-users. A cradle-to-grave team with substantial experience, the firm's lawyers have worked on all types of projects for all parties in all sectors.
• Corporate, M&A and capital markets: the very highest quality legal advice delivered through a partner-led service makes the Gowling WLG corporate team a popular choice with clients ranging from the world’s leading financial institutions and public companies to private businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Energy : Gowling WLG’s multi-disciplinary sector-focused energy team has a first-class reputation in the energy sector and offers clients proactive, commercially focused and innovative solutions. Areas of expertise include project development; project and structured finance; construction, equipment supply and O&M; capital markets advice; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and IPOs; energy purchasing; supply and trading arrangements; government advisory and market reform; energy regulation; real estate, planning and environmental; dispute resolution; and tax.
• Environmental, Social and Governance: the firm’s role is to anticipate new developments in environmental law and deliver sound, practical advice and representation. It provides unparalleled depth and scope with regard to hazardous waste, chemicals, contaminated sites, shipments of hazardous goods, importation of new products, and environmental safety with respect to new products.
• Financial institutions and services: the team provides a full service in all types of general corporate and investment grade financing, through the following sub-teams: leveraged finance; asset finance/invoice discounting; general banking and derivatives; real estate finance; capital markets and securitisation; and restructuring and corporate recovery.
• Infrastructure : the firm provides full lifecycle assistance to your infrastructure team, with substantial experience in all related service areas, including: procurement and regulatory; project development and PPP (P3) concessions; construction and engineering; operations and management; infrastructure M&A and funds; project funding/debt and equity; and dispute resolution.
• Intellectual property: with unmatched expertise in patents, trade marks, brands and designs, copyright, advertising, IP litigation and more, the firm has been winning IP cases for clients around the world for over 125 years and offers exceptional representation in a dynamic and competitive market.
• Life sciences: from biotech start-ups and research organisations to large pharmaceutical companies, the firm acts for a wide range of entities in the sector. Services include: clinical trials and drug manufacturing agreements; drug pricing and reimbursement; freedom to operate opinions; labelling, advertising and distribution; licensing, development and commercialisation agreements; joint ventures; patent and brand protection and litigation; and risk management among others.
• Litigation and dispute resolution: the team is renowned for securing successful results. Whether it’s the specialist divisions of commercial, chancery, companies and technology and construction in the English courts, domestic arbitration, adjudications or international arbitration proceedings under common institutional rules including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SIAC and DIAC, clients will be in safe hands.
• Natural resources: Gowling WLG has extensive knowledge and understanding of the natural resources industries as a result of working with clients in these sectors. The firm’s natural resources expertise benefits clients in numerous industries, particularly mining, water, and oil and gas.
• Real estate: Gowling WLG is home to one of the world's strongest multi-disciplinary real estate legal teams, committed to providing you with timely, practical advice to help you meet the demands of customers, partners, regulators and investors. The firm work alongside many of the sector's most successful companies and have helped to deliver numerous high-profile projects, advising throughout their lifecycle.
• Technology: the team’s in-depth sector experience is used to help its clients maximise their growth and protect and monetise their assets. Services include: banking and finance; corporate; commercial; competition and EU issues; data protection, privacy and security; dispute resolution; employment; intellectual property; information technology; investment; regulatory; software development and licensing; and systems implementation and integration.

Offices:

• Birmingham: Two Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6WR, United Kingdom
• Leeds: 5th Floor, Globe Point Temple, 1 Globe Rd, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 5FD, United Kingdom
• London: 4 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2AU, United Kingdom