Law Firm Overview

Paul Hastings' San Diego office is located in the heart of this major high-technology center, serving clients across the region's spectrum of thriving biotechnology, electronics, telecommunications, retail and defense industries. As a leading global law firm, Paul Hastings has the geographic reach and practice sophistication to counsel both start-ups and mature public companies at virtually every stage of their business cycles.

The San Diego Corporate practice represents both public and private companies in venture financings and other capital raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, SEC matters and general public company representation. San Diego's Employment attorneys focus on wage-hour class actions, as well as individual employee claims of discrimination, harassment and breach of contract, and counsel start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in best employment practices, confidential employee investigations and large scale reductions in force. With one of the premier Intellectual Property practices in the world, our San Diego office regularly counsels clients in patent portfolio strategy, patent prosecution and high-stakes litigation both nationally and internationally, including a rapidly growing Asia practice. We also have a nationally recognized Litigation practice in San Diego, emphasizing securities litigation, SEC proceedings and internal investigations, while also litigating complex business disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country.

With the chairs of Paul Hastings' securities litigation, intellectual property and mergers & acquisitions practice groups resident in our San Diego office, local companies are assured the highest level of representation and commitment.

Areas of Practice

• Affordable Housing and Tax Credits
• Antitrust and Competition
• Banking and Financial Institutions
• Base Realignment and Closures
• Class Actions
• Copyright
• Counseling and Preventive Advice
• Aircraft Finance and Leasing
• Appellate Litigation
• Asset Securitization and Structured Finance
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
• Commercial Leasing and Sales Leaseback
• Corporate
• Development and Construction
• E-Discovery
• Employment Class Actions
• Employment Litigation
• Environmental Law
• Estate Planning and Probate
• Disaster Mitigation
• Employee Mobility
• Employment Law
• Energy
• ERISA and Global Benefits
• Finance and Restructuring
• Financial Services
• Franchise and Distribution
• Government Contracts Litigation
• Hotels and Resorts
• Intellectual Property
• International Employment Law
• Investment Management
• IT/eCommerce
• Land Use
• Leveraged Finance
• Financial Litigation
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Government Affairs
• Healthcare
• Immigration
• International Arbitration
• International Trade and Export Controls
• IP Transactions and Licensing
• Labor/Management Relations
• Litigation
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Patent Litigation
• Payment Systems
• Prevailing Wage
• Private Investment Funds
• Project Development & Finance
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Restructuring and Reorganization
• Restructuring
• OSHA
• Patent Preparation and Prosecution
• Political Risk and International Trade Credit Insurance
• Private Equity
• Product Liability and Toxic Tort
• Purchase and Sale of Non-Performing Loans
• Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Real Estate Equity Investments and Joint Ventures
• Real Estate Litigation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Securities Finance and Capital Markets
• Subprime Mortgage and Credit Crisis
• Tax Advisory
• Trade Secrets
• White Collar, Internal Investigations and Corporate Governance
• Sustainability and Global Climate Change
• Telecommunications and Media
• Trademark