The legal services provided by attorneys in our Milwaukee office are national in scope and reflect the firm’s strength in many areas, including our industry teams.
Business Law: Our corporate clients view our attorneys as trusted business counselors, resulting in a broad business law practice that includes areas such as corporate securities, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial matters as well as more specialized fields like project and infrastructure finance activity. Because we strongly believe it is part of Foley’s calling to enhance Milwaukee’s business climate, we also have become a key strategist in helping stimulate new business identification and growth in the metropolitan Milwaukee area.
Litigation: Our Litigation Department is one of the most comprehensive in Wisconsin. In particular, our Litigation attorneys are broadly experienced in the areas of antitrust, securities, product distribution and product liability, IP, employment, and environmental litigation.
Public Finance: The Public Finance attorneys in our Milwaukee office are nationally recognized bond attorneys and have participated in structuring many of the largest financings in Wisconsin.
Labor and Employment: We represent employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including wage and hour, trade secrets/noncompete, employment discrimination, labor negotiations, labor arbitrations, and NLRB proceedings. Our attorneys also counsel employers concerning reductions in force, the ADA, the FMLA, and workplace harassment. From small administrative matters to large class actions, our attorneys will work with you on lean staffing models and careful budgets in a way that achieves results with maximum efficiency.
Real Estate: Representing clients throughout the United States and abroad, our Real Estate attorneys assist in every aspect of real estate, from the structuring and implementation of complex acquisitions, developments, multi-tiered financings, and workouts, to advice on retail, multi-family, office, residential, industrial, and mixed-use property matters. With comprehensive knowledge of local, state, and national laws that impact real estate transactions, including tax credits, tax increment financing, and other governmental incentives, our Milwaukee attorneys are prepared to help you with a wide range of matters.
Environmental: Our Environmental attorneys focus on creative, cost-effective solutions to regulatory challenges, government enforcement, and private party disputes. We have one of the largest environmental practices in the state, and assist clients in a wide range of industries, including energy, consumer products, and heavy manufacturing, to meet increasing regulatory and permitting challenges.
Tax, Estate Planning, and Employee Benefits: Foley has long helped businesses and nonprofit organizations, families, and individuals succeed and prosper through knowledgeable and tax-advantaged counseling, transactions, and planning. Our Milwaukee attorneys are skilled in tax law, executive and corporate compensation and benefits planning, estate planning and trust administration, and resolution of disputes with state and federal tax authorities. Our Taxation attorneys also are experienced litigators with extensive background in insurance, estates and trusts, valuation methodologies, exempt organizations, family law, employee benefits, executive compensation, accounting, corporate compliance, and white collar crime.
Transactional and Securities: We represent both issuers and underwriters in publicly offered equity and debt securities that require registration with the SEC, as well as issuers of privately placed securities. Our attorneys have been actively involved in industries such as manufacturing, retail, mining, health services, environmental services, real estate, energy, and financial services. Accessing capital markets and successfully structuring and completing merger and acquisition transactions remain the lifeblood of many public and private companies — which is why our Transactional & Securities Practice is an essential resource for organizations worldwide in need of innovative legal and business counsel. We provide insightful legal advice on vital issues, including all aspects of merger and acquisition transactions, securities matters, corporate counseling, and other transactional and securities issues. Our attorneys also provide a broad range of services and solutions to other participants in the financial markets.
Intellectual Property: Foley has combined the depth of an IP boutique with the breadth of a general practice firm to provide the legal package needed to effectively and cost-efficiently manage IP assets. Today, IP issues touch every aspect of business, and we have extended our broad menu of IP services to include licensing, litigation, regulatory affairs, and general business counseling. Recognizing the need for IP representation in all types of industries and businesses, Foley has recruited attorneys experienced in fields ranging from biotechnology to nanotechnology. We also represent clients regarding trademark and copyright matters, helping to secure exclusive rights in marketing tools such as trademarks and service marks, exploit and enforce such important rights, and avoid liability for infringing the IP rights of others.
Insurance and Reinsurance: For more than 100 years, insurers and reinsurers in both the property/casualty and life and health sectors have looked to Foley for effective, business-savvy legal advice. In 2004, Foley established a multidisciplinary Insurance Industry Team, dedicated to providing comprehensive legal services to our insurance and reinsurance clients, including mergers and acquisitions and complex reinsurance transactions, regulatory compliance, tax counseling, litigation, insolvency/guaranty fund, broker liability, and intellectual property services.
Health Care: Foley offers some of the most experienced Health Care attorneys in Wisconsin. Our Health Care attorneys are counselors and strategic advisors, involved in most of the large and creative health care transactions and developments that have occurred in the state during the past 30 years. The team offers broad and experienced representation of providers, managed care payors, device manufacturers, biotechnology companies, and health care consultants. They have provided extensive representation of clients in business and affiliation transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, hospital physician integration transactions, compliance and white collar crime matters, and medical staff accreditation and dispute issues.
Sports Law: Foley’s nationally recognized sports law practice draws on a multidisciplinary group of attorneys from throughout the firm but remains deeply rooted in Wisconsin. For more than 50 years, Foley has represented Wisconsin’s professional, collegiate, and amateur sports organizations across a broad array of issues, from franchises sales and purchases, to facility development and construction, to broadcasting agreements, to advice on tax and ownership structure, to new league and team start-ups. Foley additionally provides an array of services in connection with the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of golf courses, clubs, and resorts. Our attorneys understand the sports industry and are known for delivering practical advice and creative solutions to our sports clients.
Energy: Foley’s Milwaukee attorneys have extensive breadth and depth of energy experience, and are active in Wisconsin and across the country representing renewable energy developers and investors in solar, wind, and geothermal projects. We also represent major investor-owned utilities in numerous matters, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, divesture auctions, securities offerings, compliance issues, environmental permitting and enforcement, and litigation.
Food & Beverage: Our interdisciplinary Food & Beverage Industry Team provides comprehensive legal services for companies that produce, distribute, or sell food and beverages, as well as the businesses that work with them. Our knowledge and experience in the industry enable us to provide both regulatory counseling and the full spectrum of legal services to companies up and down the food and beverage chains.