Hunton & Williams

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Hunton & Williams LLP

Headquarters	Richmond, VA
No. of Offices	18
No. of Attorneys	1000
Major Practice Areas	General practice
Revenue	$475 mln USD (2006)
Date Founded	1901
Company Type	Limited liability partnership
Website	www.hunton.com

Founded in 1901, Hunton & Williams LLP is a US law firm that employs more than 1,000 attorneys. The firm was founded in Richmond, Virginia and has 17 other offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm recently expanded in Texas through adding a group of almost 100 attorneys from the now-defunct Dallas firm, Jenkens & Gilchrist.

1 Overview
2 International Reach
3 Website
4 Offices
5 External links

[edit] Overview

Consistent with a firm that claims a former U.S. Supreme Court Justice as an alumnus, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., Hunton & Williams has achieved a national reputation as a pro bono leader among large law firms and frequently is referred to as a model example of a pro bono-cultured firm at national conferences. The firm is also consistently highly ranked among the most prestigious law firms by the National Law Journal, Chambers, and The Vault. Clients include Alcoa, Bank of America, Cingular, Mastercard, SunTrust, Nortel Networks, and BellSouth. It serves clients in virtually every discipline of the law. The firm has a Center for Information Policy Leadership, which focuses on privacy and data protection work.

[edit] International Reach

Hunton & Williams has expanded internationally in recent decades to better serve its clients.

[edit] Africa

Hunton & Williams is one of the most active American law firms in Africa. Though it maintains no offices in the region, it has participated in mining and power project finance deals in many countries, including Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. Much of this work involves assisting sovereign governments in negotiations with the World Bank.

[edit] Asia-Pacific

Since 1997 Hunton & Williams has had a well-respected Bangkok office where it represents a variety of corporate clients based in Thailand or investing in that country and indeed through Southeast Asia. In 2005, the office expanded with the addition of a team of lawyers from the local office of the disbanding New York firm, Coudert Brothers, which had absorbed the office of London-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Clients serviced from the Bangkok office include Temasek Holdings and the World Bank on a number of privatizations and project finances.

From its offices in Singapore and Beijing, the firm has represented companies investing in China, IPOs of Chinese-based corporations and parties in international trade disputes.

[edit] Central and Eastern Europe

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1992 the firm established an office in Warsaw, Poland and assisted long-standing client Philip Morris with a number of acquisitions in Central Europe, as well as representing LOT Polish Airlines among others. In 2002, the firm unwound its operations in Poland and the four partner team switched to Dewey Ballantine, now known as Dewey & LeBoeuf. Recently, the London office has won mandates from the Russian oil and gas giant, Gazprom.

[edit] Latin America

From its Miami office, Hunton & Williams participates in a number of Latin America transactions, including privatizations, project finance, and debt and equity offerings. Notable clients include Banrural of Guatemala and Viação Itapemirim S.A., the Brazilian interstate bus company.

[edit] Western Europe

The firm has an active Alternative Investment Market practice in its London office and has advised a number of Russian, Indian and Australian companies on flotations on that stock exchange. In Brussels, the firm represents multinationals in antitrust and other regulatory proceedings.