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Mayer Brown Chicago Really Delivers

International law firm Mayer Brown Chicago has offices and partnerships in key business centers across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Mayer Brown Chicago has alliances with Madrid-based law firm Ramon & Cajal, and Rome-based firm Tonucci and Partners. Their specialties include:

• Banking and finance
• Corporate law and securities
• Employment and benefits
• Environmental law
• Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement
• Government/Global Trade
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Structured Finance
• Wealth Management (trusts, estates & foundations)

Each specialty of the Mayer Brown Chicago law practice is given a page on the firm’s website, and then is further broken down into sub-specialties. Not surprisingly, the “Litigation” page has many, many subspecialties, including such things as securities litigation, real estate law, property rights, professional liability, employment law and intellectual property.

Other pages include:

• A listing of all the firm’s international offices
• Contact information for individuals at the firm, and a directory
• A newsletter
• A calendar of upcoming events
• A listing of career opportunities
• A discussion of the firm’s pro bono work
• Diversity policies

It’s worth noting that the firm has a strong commitment to institutionalized pro bono law work, “representing disadvantaged clients and often unpopular causes – while utilizing the resources of one of the world’s top corporate and litigation law firms…” Their pro bono efforts also help to provide training to junior attorneys moving into public interest law. One of the firm’s partners, Marc Kadish, actually teaches a seminar dealing with pro bono law at Northwestern Law School.

As you might expect from a prestigious law firm’s site, there’s nothing in the way of flashy graphics, animation, videos, music, live chat or any other extraneous bells and whistles. It’s a straightforward, client-oriented site that presents essential firm information in a clear, direct, professional manner.