Steptoe LLP

Steptoe has been in practice for over 100 years, establishing an international reputation for vigorous client representation before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and innovative advice in structuring business transactions. The firm operates with more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.

Steptoe is particularly noted for its capabilities in white-collar defense and other government investigations and enforcement, including anti-corruption, economic sanctions, fraud, money laundering, criminal antitrust, and tax investigations. The firm handles high-stakes litigation, particularly involving complex commercial claims and cross-border disputes. Its patent and technology litigation practice focuses on life sciences, trade secrets, and Section 337 claims. Steptoe also provides preventive international corporate compliance services, covering FCPA/anti-corruption, economic sanctions/export controls, and national and cybersecurity.

The firm addresses challenging regulatory issues before the US government, particularly agencies dealing with energy, the environment, tax, trade, transportation, telecommunications, technology, food and drug, and the Internet, as well as regulatory matters in Brussels, London, and Beijing. The New York office is known for its depth of experience in complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, insurance and reinsurance arbitration and litigation, and intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. It also maintains robust cybersecurity, corporate, tax, and trusts and estates practices.