Located steps from Grand Central Station and Times Square, our New York City office lawyers represent a variety of businesses locally, nationally and internationally, including public and private companies in the financial services, life sciences, biotechnology, insurance, venture capital, real estate, private equity, professional services, energy, not-for-profit, retail and technology sectors.
Clients benefit from our team-oriented multidisciplinary approach and our deep bench of professionals located in all eight of Thompson Hine’s offices, which enable us to provide innovative and practical legal advice and business-focused solutions to companies of all sizes. Our commitment to innovation and value is embodied in Thompson Hine SmartPaTHTM, a proprietary, comprehensive approach to managing and delivering legal services to achieve efficiency, transparency and predictability without sacrificing quality. It combines legal project management, value-based pricing, flexible staffing and process efficiency to better align our services with our clients’ needs.
Our transactional team provides guidance on all facets of corporate matters (including M&A, securities, private equity and serving as outside local or general counsel), real estate transactions and financing, construction, commercial finance, structured finance, corporate trust, business restructuring and bankruptcy, and investment management. Our litigators advocate for and defend clients’ interests across the broad range of industries our firm represents, and in many types of business-critical disputes and enforcement actions, including complex commercial litigation and arbitration, securities and shareholder litigation, FINRA enforcement actions, product liability claims, and government enforcement, white collar defense, and regulatory matters.
Our New York office is home to many of the firm’s leaders, including the head of our Commercial & Public Finance group; the chairs or co-chairs of our Life Sciences, Public Companies, Securities & Shareholder Litigation and International practices; and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Our Office Partner in Charge, Todd Mason, oversees the office’s growth and strategic direction, along with its recruiting and marketing efforts.
We are committed to fostering a collegial and supportive work environment built on mutual respect, inclusion, teamwork and diversity. Our Spotlight on Women® program and firmwide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative provide focused mentoring, networking and professional development opportunities, and interacting with community leaders. As individuals and as a firm, we strive to give back to our community by serving as volunteers and leaders for civic and charitable organizations, including the European American Chamber of Commerce, Women in Bio, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, The Red Door Community, Mortgage Bankers Association, of NY Madame Architect, SIFMA, Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, Foster Pride, Neighbors Link, Association of Legal Administrators, International Association of Privacy Professionals, Women’s Excellence Network, Lymes’ Youth Services Bureau, Security Trader's Association of New York, and Zurich International School Foundation. Our lawyers are actively engaged in professional activities, serve as adjunct professors at local law schools and contribute numerous hours to pro bono matters. They also are actively involved in legal professional associations and hold leadership roles on the New York City Bar Association Construction Law Committee, International Bar Association, Art Law Committee, LGBTQ Bar Association, and Council on Judicial Administration; the New York State Bar Association Commercial & Federal Litigation Section; and the New York Law Institute.
