the b osto n o ffice
accolades
Duane Morris’ Boston office offers a diversified practice
to a wide range of clients in New England and beyond, from
long-established businesses to those in newly emerging
industries. With the resources of a global law firm, our
Boston lawyers represent multi-national corporations,
regional middle-market companies and individuals.
> Chambers USA 2015 ranked
Duane Morris among the top firms
in Massachusetts for Bankruptcy/Restructuring.
> Paul D. Moore earned the highest rating of Band 1 among
Massachusetts bankruptcy attorneys.
> Thomas H. Redekopp was named an Up and Coming Corporate
and M&A attorney.
RANGE OF SERVICES/iNDUSTRIES SERVED
> U.S. News-Best Lawyers 2015 Best Law
Firms recognized the Boston office in the
areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor
Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law,
Construction Law, Litigation-Construction and
Entertainment Law-Music.
• COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
• CORPORATE FORMATION AND GOVERNANCE, SECURITIES
COMPLIANCE
• MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE
> Second HBS case study of the firm, titled “Duane
Morris: Collaborating for Growth,” was part of the
Harvard Business School curriculum and
made available to business schools around the
world for course study.
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS
• ANTITRUST COUNSELING AND LITIGATION
• PATENT, TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT PROSECUTION AND
LITIGATION
• HATCH-WAXMAN/BIOSIMILARS LITIGATION AND COUNSELING
• ANDA and Generic Pharmaceuticals
• FDA Compliance and Enforcement Defense
• BANKRUPTCY AND REORGANIZATION
• CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND LITIGATION
• LIFE SCIENCES
• INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE
• REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AND LITIGATION
• WEALTH PLANNING AND PRESERVATION
• EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND LITIGATION
• TAX ADVICE AND COUNSELING
• HEALTHCARE TRANSACTIONS AND LITIGATION
• INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS
• BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
• WHITE-COLLAR AND REGULATORY DEFENSE, INTERNAL
“Duane Morris’ diligent efforts and tremendous insights into bankruptcy law
and the reorganization process gave CrossHarbor the advantage it needed
to be successful in its efforts to acquire Yellowstone Club. The case was
extraordinarily complicated and contentious, with a number of twists and
turns along the way. The attorneys at Duane Morris were always a step
ahead, and we were ultimately successful thanks to the guidance and efforts
of the Duane Morris team.”
SAMUEL T. BYRNE, Managing Partner
CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC
“When M*Modal faced litigation regarding an agreement with a debtor
in a bankruptcy that threatened our intellectual property, we turned to
Duane Morris for the firm’s experience in commercial litigation, bankruptcy,
healthcare and intellectual property. We needed lawyers who understood
our business, our speech recognition and natural-language understanding
technology, the healthcare industry and bankruptcy law. We found all of that
in Duane Morris. Thanks to the fantastic work on the part of our legal team,
we obtained a ruling from a bankruptcy court in Delaware that precluded our
intellectual property and trade secrets from being disclosed to a competitor.
Of one of our lawyers, it was remarked during trial, ‘I have never seen
a counsel that cared that much—and got the whole court to feel that.’
I am very pleased with our decision to choose Duane Morris.”
INVESTIGATIONS
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MICHAEL FINKE, Chairman & CEO
M*Modal
examples of our work
Acted as court-appointed chapter 11 trustee overseeing the
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bankruptcy and liquidation of the New England Compounding
Center. As a result of the proceedings, a $200 million
settlement was reached. The judge presiding over the case,
Judge Henry J. Boroff, was quoted as saying, “This plan and its
associated trust agreements are the best that could have
been achieved for the hundreds of people for whom there
could be no full compensation. And that this is, in my view,
the highest and best use of the Bankruptcy Code … ”
• Represented petitioners Metrics, Inc. and Johnson
Matthey, Inc. before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
in an inter partes review of patents covering Bausch & Lomb’s
ophthalmic drug Prolensa. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board
granted the petition, finding the patent claims invalid as
obvious in view of the prior art.
• Represented Enumeral Biomedical Corp. in closing an
alternative public offering, allowing the company to raise $21.5
million in a private placement financing in connection with a
reverse merger into a publicly held company.
office locations and reach
• Represented Quest Diagnostics in its purchase of the
clinical outreach laboratory business of UMass Memorial
Medical Center, as well as UMass Memorial’s anatomic
pathology outreach laboratory in Worcester. Quest has also
finalized a lease agreement for a 200,000 square-foot
facility that will house a state-of-the-art clinical laboratory.
The acquisitions will add approximately 50 new patient service
centers to the company’s current roster of about 75 in the
state, while extending the scope of diagnostic services Quest
provides to physicians and patients in the region.
United States
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Chicago
San Diego
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Lake Tahoe Silicon Valley
Las Vegas
Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Wilmington
Oman
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> Joint ventures in Myanmar,
Oman, Shanghai and
Singapore
> Alliances in Mexico and
Sri Lanka
> Leadership positions with
international networks of
independent law firms
For more information, please contact
Michael R. Gottfried at 857.488.4212 or
MRGottfried@duanemorris.com.
Duane Morris LLP | 100 High Street, Suite 2400
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“The substantive performance of the [Duane Morris] attorneys
at trial was excellent. The management of trial logistics was
such that I now consider it a model to be followed in any
patent infringement lawsuit in which Actavis is involved.
I was and am proud to have Duane Morris represent Actavis.
Duane Morris is at the top of my list when selecting law firms to
represent Actavis in future matters.”
This publication is for general information and does not include full legal analysis of the matters
presented. It should not be construed or relied upon as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific
facts or circumstances. The invitation to contact the attorneys in our firm is not a solicitation to
provide professional services and should not be construed as a statement as to any availability
to perform legal services in any jurisdiction in which such attorney is not permitted to practice.
JIM MAHANNA, Director, IP
Actavis
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