Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth is an international law firm with more than 120 years of experience serving clients worldwide. With offices strategically located in the United States and across the globe, the firm is recognised for its work in the energy, financial services, real estate, technology, and retail and consumer products sectors, supported by comprehensive capabilities across numerous practice areas. The firm comprises 329 partners and 520 other lawyers globally.

The firm has significant expertise in bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights, representing both debtors and creditors in complex restructurings, corporate reorganisations, and distressed M&A transactions, with experience across industries such as energy, retail, food and beverage, financial institutions, media, and technology. Its corporate practice advises entities ranging from startups and privately held companies to publicly traded multinational corporations, REITs, private equity firms, and financial institutions. Representation includes capital markets transactions, M&A, corporate governance, regulatory matters, and commercial and technology transactions, supported by an integrated tax team.

Hunton Andrews Kurth is internationally recognised in cybersecurity and privacy, with teams based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The practice advises on data protection, compliance, privacy programs, cyber incidents, and breach responses, having assisted with more than 5,000 global incidents. The firm also advises on emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, biometrics, cloud computing, and geolocation data, and contributes to global policy development through its Centre for Information Policy Leadership.

The energy and infrastructure practice advises sponsors, lenders, investors, independent power producers, government agencies, and other project participants on the development, acquisition, and financing of energy and infrastructure projects worldwide. Its work spans renewable energy projects such as wind and solar, as well as transportation, telecommunications, nuclear, mining, and public-private partnerships, supported by expertise in financing, tax, environmental, regulatory, project development, and real estate.

The environmental practice is engaged in matters before the US Supreme Court, federal and state courts, agencies, and Congress. It advises on all aspects of environmental and climate change issues, including air, water, natural resources, waste management, site cleanup, climate change mitigation, PFAS and other chemicals of concern, environmental justice, and ESG. The firm is also active in climate markets, disclosures, electrification of transport, and energy transition projects such as nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture, and renewable energy.

The labor and employment team advises employers on a wide range of traditional and emerging issues. It has represented national and multinational corporations in class and collective actions, government enforcement actions, multi-plaintiff claims, and proceedings before state agencies. The team also handles complex union and labor matters before the National Labor Relations Board and the courts, while offering ongoing compliance and transactional support.

Hunton Andrews Kurth’s litigation practice is one of the largest in the United States, representing clients across venues and disciplines including antitrust, banking and finance, bankruptcy, class actions, construction, corporate governance, energy, environmental, insurance, intellectual property, international arbitration, labor and employment, product liability, securities, tax, and white collar defense. The firm also has a strong appellate practice, representing clients in federal and state courts nationwide, including the US Supreme Court.

Languages
Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu

Staffing
Managing Partner: Samuel A. Danon
Deputy Managing Partner: Robin Russell
Chairman, Executive Committee: Randall S. Parks
Partners worldwide: 329
Other lawyers worldwide: 520