- Adoption
- Premarital AgreementWe also help our clients establish family limited partnerships, dynasty trusts, charitable lead annuity trusts (CLATs), private foundations, supporting foundations, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), charitable remainder trusts, prenuptial agreements and offshore asset protection trusts, and we counsel clients with respect to gifts and sales to grantor trusts.
- Wrongful DeathRepresented major health insurers and health plans in numerous bad faith and wrongful death actions at the trial and appellate levels, including making new published law in various areas including rescission, post-claims underwriting, and the liability of managed care plans for conduct by affiliated medical groups and professionals.
- Sex CrimesDefended insurers in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles child molestation cases, and defended an insurance company in the Los Angeles Unified School District child molestation cases.
- Fraud
- Theft
- EmbezzlementA large health insurer in an internal investigation into allegations of fraud and embezzlement in its Medicare claims department. We conducted an extensive investigation and assisted the client in disclosing the results of the investigation to appropriate law enforcement authorities.
- Money LaunderingOur lawyers are thoroughly engaged in the evolution of the payments business. Our advice is sought by regulatory and enforcement agencies at the federal and state levels. We write about the industry's most pressing concerns, speak at its most authoritative forums, and testify before commissions and legislative committees seeking to make sense of issues as they emerge. One of our lawyers has Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification—the most important professional designation in the AML compliance area.
- Corporate LawCombining an in-house counsel's deep experience in the workings of charitable organizations with a national practice's full-spectrum legal experience in key areas, including real estate, litigation, employment and financing, our lawyers act as skilled and sophisticated advisors to not-for-profit and tax-exempt organizations. We advise clients on securing and maintaining their tax exemptions, including organizational structure, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance issues, including fiduciary duties and officer-director liability.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsWhile SPAC transactions offer a pathway for a company’s journey into the public markets, successful SPAC transactions require careful planning and execution, calling for a legal team that can navigate the complexities of this trending investment vehicle. At Manatt, we use our deep knowledge and transactional experience in both IPOs and mergers and acquisitions to guide companies and investors through the complete SPAC process.
- Business DisputesWe are a one-stop shop providing our games and esports clients with a wide range of services, including digital and entertainment transactions, strategic consulting, corporate and finance matters, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), privacy and data concerns, intellectual property (IP)-related issues, and business disputes.
- Business TransactionsAssist vendors and consumers of technology with business transactions, including development, manufacturing and distribution to outsourcing, and strategic alliances
- Construction Contracts
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual PropertyManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is pleased to welcome Intellectual Property Protection & Enforcement Counsel Sherli Furst in New York. Furst is the latest addition to...
- Unfair CompetitionIf you're in California, our lawyers can provide particular insight into the state's unfair competition law. As UCL litigation has increased throughout the past several years, we've successfully represented defendants, plaintiffs, and amicus curiae. Our lawyers are well-versed in the statute's nearly 80 years of related case law and legislative history, and we've helped shape judicial interpretation by taking first-impression cases to the state Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court.
- AntitrustSince President Biden’s Executive Order in 2021 setting priorities for enforcing antitrust law, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust...
- Employment ContractOur attorneys provide executive compensation advice on a range of issues from the tax-efficient delivery of executive remuneration to public company disclosures, including advising on and preparing Form 8-Ks, CD&As, say on pay and pay versus performance disclosures, and everything in between. We represent boards of directors and compensation committees, senior executives, business entities, private equity funds, hedge funds and other investment vehicles. We have extensive experience designing and advising on executive compensation arrangements such as equity- and non-equity-based incentive plans, annual bonus programs, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, severance and change-in-control arrangements, and executive employment agreements, including the more exotic programs such as split-dollar life insurance arrangements. Our attorneys also have compensation consulting experience, including compensation benchmarking, analytics and advising on market pay trends, experience not typically found at a national law firm.
- Employment LitigationWe handle complex advice and disputes involving pricing, monopolization, cartels, collusion, distribution, mergers and acquisitions, and all types of UCL disputes, including patent infringement, regulatory claims, employment litigation, and advertising claims. Team
- Severance Agreement
- Real Estate LitigationBecause we're structured for expertise, our lawyers have more average years of experience than most major real estate law firms. You get to work with people who really know what they're doing and have seen a lot of different kinds of transactions, bringing a large arsenal of creative solutions to your deal.
- Construction LitigationManatt represented the New York Structural Biology Center, a consortium of ten New York hospital and academic institutions (including two public universities), in the construction of, and two subsequent upgrades to, a research center situated on a public university campus, including assisting the consortium in obtaining federal and local grants as well as other financing. Other services performed included negotiating and drafting design and construction contracts, change orders and equipment procurement contracts, and tracking and defending against extra work and differing site condition claims during performance of such contracts and successfully resolving claims outside of litigation.
- Real Estate TransactionsOur lawyers wrote the book on brownfields redevelopment. Whether you are involved in a corporate transaction, a real estate purchase/divestiture, a brownfields redevelopment program, or any other kind of deal, you need a partner who is skilled at identifying, quantifying, allocating, and resolving environmental risks to maximize transaction value and minimize your potential liability.
- Eminent DomainObtaining a $9.6 million recovery for the owner of an industrial facility in an eminent domain matter against the County of Contra Costa California who had acquired parcels of our client's property on both sides of a state highway that bisected its 640 acres.
- Land Use and ZoningWe provide a uniquely integrated offer, combining legal experience with strategy and strong government connections. Our team is behind some of the largest and most complex deals in the market — obtaining entitlements, permits or approvals, conducting environmental reviews and managing the compliance process. We’re best known for our work in coastal development, environmental impact analysis, planning and zoning issues and engaging with local, state and federal law and decisionmakers.
- Property DamageRepresented a property and casualty insurance company in an ARIAS arbitration with a reinsurance company. The case involved a dispute over a $25 million policy and a loss from property damage in Texas.
- Estate PlanningWe have worked with a highly successful serial entrepreneur for the past 25 years, first with estate planning and gifting as necessary to protect his only child and then, when that was assured by the success of his gifting plan, advising him on a variety of complex philanthropic projects. In addition, our business team has worked with him on complex real estate and ongoing business matters in order to ensure that his private business arrangements are all in order.
- WillsA testamentary document also serves as a guide for the professionals handling your estate. Administrative issues can extend out for generations and may include such unexpected events as will contests, complicated valuation issues and tax audits.
- TrustsOur Private Wealth and Fiduciary Disputes team advises corporate and individual fiduciaries in all manner of probate and trust administration.
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureOne of Los Angeles’ largest venture funds in the acquisition of a loan with a face value of $43 million. Manatt’s representation included substantial due diligence on the collateral property, the loan and its documentation, the bidding strategy, and the negotiation of the loan purchase, and advice regarding bankruptcy, foreclosure and lender liability issues.
- Tax LawFor almost a decade, Manatt professionals have represented and advised clients in connection with a variety of matters relating to the cannabis, hemp and CBD industry, including helping to draft regulations and voter initiatives impacting the industry; aiding in company restructuring to facilitate corporate and financing transactions; providing tax planning, advice and advocacy; structuring and negotiating purchases, sales and mergers; advising clients about the complex and evolving body of law and regulation affecting the industry; helping secure complicated land use entitlements and operating licenses; and assisting in the development of go-to-market strategies and initiatives to develop clients’ businesses. We advise financial institutions on their relationships with cannabis businesses and work with clients on celebrity licensing and endorsements, as well as strategic relationships and branding deals. We have assisted clients in cannabis-related arbitration and litigation, and have guided cannabis online platforms as they launch.
- Debt CollectionCreditors and medical services providers should reevaluate their consumer credit agreements and collection practices in light of a recent amendment to Washington, D.C.’s debt collection law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023. Read more