- Chairman: Robert W Webb Jr
- Managing Partner: Stephen E Lewis
- Number of partners: 285
- Number of lawyers: 640
- Languages: Chinese, English, French, Spanish
- INTERNATIONAL OFFICES: Shanghai & Hong Kong, China
Firm Overview:
Troutman Sanders is an international law firm with more than 600 attorneys and offices throughout North America and in Asia. Founded in 1897, the firm’s heritage of extensive experience, exceptional responsiveness and an unwavering commitment to service has garnered strong, long-standing relationships with clients across the globe.
Main Areas of Practice:
Litigation:
108 Partners, 253 fee-earners
• Representation of Reed Construction Data, Inc., a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, in a corporate espionage/unfair competition case against The McGraw Hill Companies in the Southern District of New York
• Appointment of partner Aurora Cassirer to Receiver in SEC v Kenneth Ira Starr, Starr Investment Advisors, LLC, and Starr & Co, LLC, in the Southern District of New York, in which the SEC alleges a $59 million fraud
• Representation of Sanofi-aventis US in a putative nationwide class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs allege RICO and various state law claims allegedly arising from the pharmaceutical company’s marketing and promotion of the prescription drug Ketek
• Representation of SunTrust Bank in consolidated multi-district class action lawsuits challenging the bank’s assessment of overdraft fees
• Acted as lead bankruptcy counsel in the filing of a dozen Chapter 11 petitions on behalf of Perkins & Marie Callender’s Inc. and various affiliated entities
Key Clients: CNA,Oxbow Corp., Alabama Power Co., SunTrust Bank, Sanofi-aventis U.S., Reed Construction Data, Inc.,Turner Broadcasting, Foster Wheeler AG.
Contact: William Withrow Tel: +1 404 885 3244 Email: william.withrow@troutmansanders.com
Energy & Industry Regulation:
68 Partners; 138 fee-earners
• Representation of entities before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including E.ON A.G.,with respect to its sale of E.ON US to PPL Corporation ($7.625 billion)
• Representation of Georgia Power Co. regarding the construction of two new nuclear power units at Plant Vogtle ($14.8 billion), the first new commercial power reactors to be built in the US in a generation, and the first American project to utilize the new Westinghouse AP1000 modular reactor design
• Representation included successful approval of a $347 million rate increase before the Georgia Public Service Commission
• Representation of Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., in (a) a precedent-setting FERC complaint against the Bonneville Power Administration regarding open access transmission rules for wind generation; and (b) Bonneville Power Administration FY 2012-13 Power and Transmission Rate Case Proceedings
• Representation of Scientific Games Corp. in a multiplaintiff race claim in which the firm mediated a comprehensive settlement of all claims and thwarted an effort by the EEOC to enlarge the case into a systemic pattern and practice claim
• Representation of Chick-fil-A, Inc. in a nationwide class action seeking unspecified damages for alleged racial discrimination in pay and promotions
Key Clients: SouthernCompany,Georgia Power Co., Southern Nuclear Operating Company,Wells Fargo, Iberdrola Renewables,PNM Resources,McKesson Technologies,Chick-fil-a, Inc., Rayonier Inc., Scientific Games Corp.,Carmike Cinemas, Inc., FedEx Corp., Mizuno, USA, Inc.,Delta Air Lines Inc.,Oxbow Carbon
Contact: Kevin Greene Tel: +1 404 885 3146 Email: Kevin.Greene@troutmansanders.com
Contact: Clifford Sikora Tel: +1 202 274 2966 Email: clifford.sikora@troutmansanders.com
Business:
60 Partners; 134 fee-earners
• Representation of Massey Energy Co. in its sale to Alpha Natural Resources for $6.83 billion
• Representation of Southern Company and several subsidiaries, including Georgia Power Co., in a dozen public offerings of senior debt securities valued at $3.75 billion
• Representation of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., in four offerings of common stock, senior notes and tangible equity units valued at $700 million
Key Clients: Southern Company,Georgia Power Co., PNM Resources, Beazer Homes USA, AGCO Corporation, ARRIS Group Inc., BlueLinx Holdings Inc., Chick-fil-A, Inc., CompuCredit Holdings Corporation, nTelos, Inc., EarthLink, Inc., Zale Corporation.
Contact: Andrea Farley Tel: +1 404 885 3282 Email: andrea.farley@troutmansanders.com
Finance:
25 Partners; 55 fee-earners
• Representation of Wells Fargo in the financing of five utility-scale solar transactions valued at $250 million
• Representation of Texas-based Main Street Bank in its “de-banking”in August 2011 and the sale of the bank’s operating assets and portfolio of commercial finance transactions for $185 million
• Representation ofVirginia Tech Foundation, Inc. in tax exempt and taxable bond issues in 2009, 2010 and 2011
Key Clients: Wells Fargo, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Delta Air Lines, Inc.,R eed Elsevier, Inc.,TD Bank, Bank of America, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Silicon Valley Bank, Bank of China, New York Branch, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC.
Contact: Michael Leichtling Tel: +1 212 704 6257 Email: Michael.Leichtling@troutmansanders.com
Real Estate:
22 Partners; 45 fee-earners
• Representation of Virginia Hotel Industry in the creation of the Virginia Tourism Incentive Funding, the first program of its kind that directs sales and other tax revenue to large scale tourism properties
• Representation of Lingerfelt Development, LLC and Richmond Green Properties, LLC in the $100 million acquisition of an office building portfolio including 14 buildings containing over 900,000 square feet
n Representation of Walnut Hill Group in the acquisition of hotels in California and New York City
• Represented Henzlik-Oliver in the acquisition of distressed loans collateralized by shopping centers
• Represented a national retailer in the acquisition and development of sites in five states
• Representation of a large hedge fund and life insurance company for the creation of multi-million dollar lending facility and participation arrangement to be secured by transitional real estate assets in the New York metro area
Key Clients: Bank of America, N.A., Cousins Properties Inc., Verizon Wireless, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Flowers Foods.
Contact: Ashley Story Tel: +1 919 835 4103 Email: Ashley.Story@troutmansanders.com