Law Firm Overview

Foley attorneys in the Tampa office represent and counsel individuals and business clients, governmental bodies, partnerships, associations, all segments of the health care industry, and other organizations in achieving personal and business objectives. Additionally, our Litigation Department handles trials and appeals in state and federal courts as well as arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution for businesses and individual clients.

Our Commercial Transactions & Business Counseling Practice encompasses business and professional partnership and corporate formation, organization, and combinations through joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions as well as in franchises and licensing agreements. We draft and negotiate the structure and operation of tax-exempt organizations and assist with tax planning, assessments, and appeals. In addition to assisting our clients with general corporate transactions, financing, and the securities aspects of mergers and acquisitions, we guide and counsel business clients through bankruptcy and workouts.

The lawyers in the Business Law Department of the Tampa office practice in a variety of areas. Clients range from small privately held growth companies to large publicly held industrial manufacturers, financial institutions, health care organizations, and regulated companies. Particularly, our attorneys have become leaders in the representation of emerging and established technology companies. They routinely counsel their clients on such issues as venture capital financing, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and a host of other issues for successfully developing a business.

With regard to electronic commerce, Internet, and online matters, our attorneys represent a wide range of Internet-related and multimedia companies and clients doing business online. Our attorneys have substantial experience in multimedia development and licensing, rights acquisition, domain name protection, Web site development and management, intellectual property, electronic commerce, electronic data interchange (EDI), encryption issues, export regulation, privacy, content regulation, computer telephony, telemedicine, and telecommunications.

Areas of Practice

• Industry Teams
• Business Law
• Government & Public Affairs
• Intellectual Property
• International
• Litigation