Nixon Peabody
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| Headquarters |
100 Summer Street Boston, MA |
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| No. of offices | 16 |
| No. of attorneys | 700 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Andrew Glincher, CEO & Managing Partner |
| Date founded | 1999 (merger) |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
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| www.nixonpeabody.com | |
Nixon Peabody LLP is a Global 100 law firm, with more than 700 attorneys collaborating across major practice areas in cities across the U.S., Europe and Asia. The firm's 16 office locations include: Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Manchester, Rochester, and Providence. The firm ranks #67 on Vault's top 100 law firms and #75 on the American Lawyer 100.
Clients include emerging and middle-market businesses, national and multinational corporations, financial institutions, public entities, educational and not-for-profit institutions, and individuals. The firm represents clients such as JetBlue, Constellation Brands, Corning Incorporated, and Gannett Co., among others. Additionally, the firm has represented parties in the financing of new stadiums for the Mets and Yankees. The firm has nearly thirty teams that focus on specific industries or areas of law.
Nixon ranked 66th on Fortune Magazine's Best Companies to Work for in 2008, the third time the firm has appeared on the list. Boston Business Journal has similarly ranked its Boston office as one of the best places to work in Massachusetts. Wired has described the firm as having “a progressive mentality.
Nixon Peabody was formed by the 1999 merger of two firms that began practicing more than a century ago: Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP and Peabody & Brown. Nixon Hargrave was originally a Rochester, New York, firm that had grown to become one of the largest law firms in New York. It had a strong corporate/institutional practice and a nationally recognized public finance practice. Boston-based Peabody & Brown had a nationally recognized syndication practice and was active in middle and high-growth markets.
In 2000, Nixon Peabody merged with Sixbey Friedman Leedom & Ferguson in Northern Virginia, doubling the size of its intellectual property practice.
The firm expanded into California in 2001 through a merger with Lillick & Charles, founded in San Francisco in 1897. Throughout the 20th century, Lillick developed a strong base of international clients in Asia and Europe, and played a prominent role as advisor to many California businesses. Over the years, Lillick’s practice grew to include some of the leading transportation, financial, insurance, and industrial companies in the world.
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