Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

We have been an innovative and forward-thinking firm since day one. And that was more than 100 years ago. We know change. We’ve seen a lot of it, and we’ve helped clients navigate through the uncertainties and complexities of it. We’ve succeeded because we have found ways to provide unique solutions to problems, often in ways different than other firms. Ways that keep our firm and our clients prepared for what’s next. It’s what sets us apart. And it’s what makes us a great partner for taking on whatever comes next.

Since Vorys was founded in 1909, we have grown from four attorneys with offices on the third floor of a small office building in downtown Columbus, Ohio to a nationally recognized firm of approximately 375 attorneys with 10 offices in Ohio, Washington, D.C., Texas, Pennsylvania, California, London and Berlin. Today, we are an Am Law 200 firm that provides strategic business and legal counsel to businesses, including multiple Fortune 500 companies, throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Our Core Practice Areas:

• Litigation: Vorys’ national litigation group defends clients in every imaginable type of dispute, from single-plaintiff trials to multidistrict class actions. Our multidisciplinary team has served as lead and national litigation counsel in state, federal and appellate courts across 49 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. island territories. We advise some of the nation’s largest public corporations, as well as private, middle-market and startup companies spanning a range of industries.
• Corporate: Our corporate legal services include mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, securities law compliance, corporate governance and business organizational matters including entity selection and capital structure. Vorys ranks as a “Midsize Powerhouse” in the practice of corporate law and securities law in the BTI Consulting Group survey of general counsel, in-house counsel, CEOs and CFOs of Fortune 1000 companies.
• Tax: Vorys provides clients with pragmatic counsel and legal advice on everything from tax planning related to a multitude of varying corporate transactions to succession planning for family businesses; from site selection to maximize development incentives to preparing for routine tax audits. Vorys has a talented group of attorneys prepared to address federal, state and local tax controversies, defend clients in tax audits, valuation disputes and other disputed issues.
• Labor and Employment: Vorys represents employers of all sizes in the full spectrum of labor and employment matters, from serving as national counsel in high-stakes class action litigation to advising on day-to-day employment and traditional labor issues impacting businesses’ local, regional and national operations. We have built decades-long relationships with our clients by ensuring responsiveness and providing pragmatic, customized service at the highest levels.
• Finance: The Vorys finance group works coast to coast and across offices and practices to lead an array of sophisticated finance transactions, from bilateral middle market deals to complex billion-dollar, multi-currency global syndicated credit facilities. We advise national, regional and community banks, mezzanine lenders and other financial institutions, as well as private and public company borrowers, in a wide range of industries, including retail, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, real estate and home building, among others.
• Real Estate: Vorys’ nationally recognized real estate practice represents clients in the full range of real estate matters—from leading nearly billion-dollar transactions to advising on the development of virtually every type of commercial and residential property. Our real estate attorneys work seamlessly with other practices in the firm to advise on matters critical to the lifecycle of real estate assets.
• Environmental: Our environmental practice offers broad state, regional and national experience to large corporations, small businesses, real estate development interests and local governments. We provide a full range of legal services in the environmental area, including representation in regulatory affairs, permitting, compliance with federal and state law (and related enforcement actions), commercial and corporate transactions, legislative initiatives and litigation.
• Energy: Vorys has a long history in energy development and its regulation in Ohio and the broader Appalachian Basin. We have counseled—and continue to counsel—clients in all types of energy related matters, including conventional and unconventional oil and gas development, renewable energy generation, traditional electric generation, biomass generation and public utility proceedings. That experience, coupled with our ability to call on firm attorneys across the spectrum of law, enables us to advise clients on all types of regulatory and transactional work related to the energy space, from simple leasing and well-field service contracts to sophisticated financing and purchase sale agreements and the permitting of electric generation facilities.
• Health Care: Vorys health care attorneys are trusted and experienced professionals who counsel clients on the legal and regulatory issues facing the health care industry. Whether the matter involves the day-to-day operations of a health care facility or issues associated with regulatory compliance, complex litigation, corporate compliance, fraud and abuse, or payor and reimbursement arrangements, our attorneys are fully equipped to address client health care needs.
• Intellectual Property: Vorys’ intellectual property (IP) team has developed an integrated approach, supported with objective proprietary data analysis and Six Sigma tools, to help our clients run and maintain a proactive IP strategy. This proactive strategy helps our clients obtain and support IP assets that can be leveraged for business advantages and offers optimized handling and spend management.
• eControl: Vorys eControl provides effective, efficient and legally compliant solutions that allow companies to protect and grow their brand value by controlling sales in the age of eCommerce. This innovative practice utilizes our proven eControl programs across online and offline sales channels to help companies unlock their growth potential. We help transform digital channel risks into opportunities for measurable growth and brand value enhancements with our custom solutions.