Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Chair: Brad D Brian

Co-Managing Partners: Hailyn J Chen, Malcolm A Heinicke

Number of partners: 74

Number of lawyers: 200

Firm Overview

For more than 60 years, Munger, Tolles & Olson attorneys have partnered with their clients on their most complex cases and industry-shaping matters. With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., the firm maintains a national and international practice. In order to provide excellent service, the firm strives to hire only the most qualified and creative lawyers. The firm believes that clerkships provide valuable experience. In this regard, nearly 75% of its attorneys served as law clerks to federal or state judges, and 14 attorneys were clerks to U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Beyond clerkships, Munger Tolles attorneys also have experience that bring an additional dimension to its client service. The firm’s lawyers have previously served as assistant U.S. attorneys and worked for, or represented clients before government authorities, including the SEC, DOJ, FINRA and the FTC. Some of the firm’s clients include Airbnb, Amazon, Applied Materials, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway, Block (formerly Square), Disney, Edison International, FIGS, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Hulu, Intel, Lyft, Motion Picture Association of America, Netflix, Paramount, Recording Industry Association of America, Snap, Universal Music Group, Wells Fargo, Verizon and YouTube.

Main Areas of Practice

Aerospace and Defense

Antitrust

Appellate

Arbitration

Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Product Liability

Copyright and Trademark

Corporate

Crisis Management

Education

Energy and Regulated Industries

Financial Restructuring

Financial Services

FCPA Investigations and Counseling

Intellectual Property

Insurance

Labor and Employment

Litigation

Media and Entertainment

Patent

Privacy and Data Security

Private Wealth

Professional Liability

Retail and Consumer Products

Securities

Technology

Trade Secret and Employee Mobility

Trials

White Collar and Investigations

Appellate:

Appellate lawyers at Munger, Tolles & Olson have argued hundreds of appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts and international tribunals. Clients turn to the firm’s appellate group for their most important matters. The firm’s lawyers have secured victories in cases of historic importance and have won groundbreaking appeals across the country.

Boards and Businesses:

The firm regularly represents boards of directors and their committees with respect to an array of matters, including dealing with activist investors, takeover defenses, management transitions, executive compensation and conflict of interest transactions. The firm also represents public and private businesses in connection with a wide variety of transactional and compliance matters, with a focus on capital market and bank financings, strategic joint ventures and securities law advice.

Class Actions, Mass Torts, and Product Liability:

MTO is known for innovative legal strategies and extraordinary results in class action and mass torts litigation, including civil litigation, public entity litigation, and governmental litigation and investigations. We have significant experience in coordinated mass tort proceedings ranging from wildfires to environmental events, e-cigarettes, social media platforms, medical devices, and mass shootings and routinely obtain dismissals of class actions at the pleading stage or denials of class certification.

Crisis Management:

From defending lawsuits to negotiating settlements with regulators, Munger, Tolles & Olson’s multidisciplinary team has represented companies in complex crises of national and global interest. The firm has helped clients respond to natural disasters, corporate crises, catastrophic losses and technological crises including cybersecurity threats, hacking and data breaches.

Litigation:

From Hollywood to Wall Street, Munger, Tolles & Olson is tackling some of the most high-profile cases across a range of industries. The firm’s attorneys have earned a national reputation for strategic problem-solving, consistently delivering results in bet-the-company litigation, guiding clients through both the court system and the court of public opinion while also suggesting preventative action and predicting client and community impact. Their litigators include a former U.S. Solicitor General, five fellows of the elite American College of Trial Lawyers and two former chairs of the ABA Section of Litigation.

Restructuring:

Munger, Tolles & Olson provides practical and sophisticated counsel to clients in complex restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings nationwide. The firm is adept at navigating companies, management teams and corporate boards through the challenges of financial distress and working with key constituents, from sponsors, creditors and vendors to regulators to efficiently maximize value.

Securities:

Munger, Tolles & Olson’s securities team brings exceptional judgment, creativity and agility to solving problems from securities class actions after stock-price declines, to derivative actions against directors and officers, to corporate governance and M&A litigation, to SEC investigations and related pre-litigation challenges. Its securities litigators bring diverse backgrounds without the overhead of large teams and include former assistant U.S. attorneys, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and an industry-affiliated arbitrator for FINRA dispute resolution.

White Collar and Investigations:

Munger, Tolles & Olson has successfully defended business and individual clients in every major area of white collar criminal enforcement, including alleged securities, accounting and tax fraud; insider trading; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; False Claims Act; intellectual property theft; environmental crimes; and criminal antitrust violations. The group draws upon the experience and expertise of some of the most highly regarded white collar litigators, including eight former federal prosecutors.