Law Firm Overview

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm offering a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 650 lawyers in 14 offices across the United States and in China, the firm serves great companies ranging in size from start-ups to FORTUNE 100. Many of the firm's clients are leaders in traditional industries and emerging technology markets. While the firm offers a broad range of services, it focuses intensively on litigation, corporate finance, intellectual property, real estate, and labor and employment. The firm has a strong international capability through its offices in Beijing and Shanghai, the ongoing experience of many of its attorneys in the United States and its network of relationships with law firms around the world Our Portland office covers more than 25 practice areas, including corporate finance, litigation, bankruptcy, real estate and land use, labor, environment and energy. Our lawyers provide legal counsel and representation to leading regional, national and international companies in many industries, including technology, manufacturing, finance and natural resources. As part of a larger, international law firm, our lawyers often work with colleagues in our 14 other offices across the United States and in China to provide business-oriented solutions to clients ranging in size from start-ups to FORTUNE 100.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• Communications
• E-Commerce
• Energy
• Environment & Natural Resources
• Fiduciary & Investment Services
• Finance
• Forest Products
• Franchising & Distribution
• Game Industry
• Government Contracts
• Government Relations
• Hotels & Leisure
• Intellectual Property
• International Business
• Labor & Employment
• Life Sciences
• Litigation
• Media Law
• Personal Planning
• Political Law
• Product Liability
• Real Estate
• Retail & Consumer Products
• Winery & Vineyard

Representative Clients

• Alaska Air Group, Inc.
• Allied Signal, Inc.
• Bank of American Mortgage Co.
• Browning-Ferris Industries
• Burlington Resources, Inc.
• C. Itoh & Co., Ltd.
• Cadre Technologies, Inc.
• Cavenham Forest Industries Division
• City of Gresham, Oregon
• Coca Cola Enterprises
• Continental Airlines
• Dain Bosworth, Inc.
• General Motors Corp.
• Hanson Natural Resources
• Immunex Corp.
• Insurance Company of North America
• International Business Machine (IBM) Corp.
• Lloyd's of London (Aviation)
• Matsushita Industrial Battery Co.
• McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.
• Merrill Lynch Capital Markets
• Northwest Natural Gas Co.
• NCR Corp.
• Olympic Venture Partners
• Pacific Aircraft Maintenance Corp.
• Pacific Coast Restaurant Merchants, Ltd.
• Pacific Harbor Capital
• PacifiCorp Financial Services, Inc.
• Photon Kinetics, Inc.
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Inc.
• Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
• Riedel Environmental Technologies, Inc.
• Safeco Insurance Cos.
• Security Pacific Bank
• Shaw Venture Partners
• Shurgard Capital Group
• Synthetech, Inc.
• The Boeing Co.
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
• United Sewerage Agency of Washington County
• Weyerhaeuser Co.
• WTD Industries, Inc.

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Franchising, Communications & Media Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Energy Law, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Tourism, Travel & Leisure, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Life & Health, Intellectual Property Law, Business & Trade, Electronic Commerce, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Logging & Timber, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Securities Law