| Foley Hoag LLP | |
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| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| No. of offices | 4 |
| No. of attorneys | approximately 250 |
| Major practice areas | Life sciences, healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, professional services, international law, corporate social responsibility |
| Key people | Adam Kahn, William Kolb (co-managing partners) |
| Date founded | 1943 |
| Founder | Henry Foley and Garrett Hoag |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | |
| foleyhoag.com | |
Foley Hoag LLP (formerly Foley, Hoag & Eliot) is a law firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Washington, DC; Paris; and Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. Its lawyers have experience in industries such as life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, and professional services. The firm also provides clients with international litigation and arbitration and corporate social responsibility services. In 2011, the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms ranked Foley Hoag fifth on its national best places to work list. [1]
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The firm was founded in 1943 by Henry Foley and Garrett Hoag. In 1980, the partners created a grant program called the Foley Hoag Foundation, which seeks to improve race relations in Boston.[2] The firm moved its main office to its current location at World Trade Center West in South Boston in 2002.[3] In June 2011, the firm opened its first overseas office in Paris, with lawyers there focusing on representing companies and sovereign states in international arbitration and litigation matters.[4]
Foley Hoag has industry-focused practices in technology, clean tech, life sciences and healthcare, investment management and professional services.[5]
The firm also has an international litigation and arbitration practice group which represents both corporations and foreign governments. In 2008, the firm successfully represented the government of Bolivia in a challenge to the nationalization of a telecom company.[6]