Pro Bono Lawyers and Business and Corporate Law Firm in Delaware
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
Main Office|
One Rodney Square 920 North King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19899 USA |
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(302) 651-7700
(302) 651-7701
Law Firm Overview
Richards, Layton & Finger, founded in the early 1900s, is Delaware’s largest law firm. The firm has more than 150 lawyers, many of whom are published scholars and leaders of charitable, political and law-related organizations. It conducts a full-service local and regional practice, and a national practice in the areas of corporate law, corporate litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, alternative entities and complex financial transactions.The firm’s corporate law practice includes general corporate counseling and advice, advice to corporate boards and committees on fiduciary and governance matters, transactional practice, corporate and securities litigation and mergers and acquisitions. The firm’s business law practice includes commercial transactions, advice regarding limited liability companies, limited partnerships and statutory trusts, financial transactions such as securitizations and structured finance, banking, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights advice and litigation, and real estate. The firm’s litigation practice includes employment, environmental, administrative law, patent, commercial and general litigation. The firm’s tax practice includes federal and state income tax, Delaware Investment Holding Companies, escheat, ERISA, trusts, estates and probate.
Richards, Layton & Finger has extensive experience in sophisticated transactions involving structuring, advising and operating Delaware entities, whether they are among the many Fortune 500 companies incorporated in Delaware, limited liability companies or partnerships, single-purpose financing vehicles or tax-related holding companies. The preeminence of Delaware law, the large number of Delaware corporations and alternate entities, and Delaware’s unique court system make Delaware a favored forum for business formation and business litigation, including litigation over matters of corporate governance, shareholder rights, director liability, and similar matters. Delaware’s federal court enjoys an outstanding reputation as a national center for litigation of intellectual property, bankruptcy and creditor’s rights matter. The firm’s lawyers are leaders in these practice areas.
