Los Angeles is the second largest metropolitan economy in the United States and the hub for entertainment and home for media, Internet and new technology companies. With the largest port in North America, it is also the country’s key gateway for international trade with the Pacific Rim. L.A. is a major center for many important industries, including entertainment, shipping, aerospace and pharmaceuticals. Its diverse business base has helped the City of Angels to expand from its manufacturing roots to become a leading global business center. Today, L.A. is not only the headquarters city for hundreds of major U.S. companies, it is also the U.S. base of operations for numerous Pacific Rim companies and is one of that region’s top financial centers.

Greenberg Traurig's Los Angeles office is equipped to deal with an influential economic region profoundly shaped by the forces of globalization. We bring together a multidisciplinary team of lawyers who have the experience and relationships required to meet the increasingly complex needs of global corporations, entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals and artists. At GT, clients find a team of experienced attorneys focusing on litigation, corporate and securities, entertainment, real estate, intellectual property, labor and employment, tax, bankruptcy and other business-related areas.

Our experienced litigators regularly represent clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and in alternative dispute resolution, in California and throughout the country. While we handle a broad range of litigation, we particularly focus on business, entertainment, media, technology, intellectual property disputes and the defense of consumer class action suits.

The Los Angeles corporate and securities group advises U.S. and foreign companies on an array of major business transactions. Our office is a hub for the firm's work representing Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean companies in their business dealings in the United States and abroad. We also represent U.S. and European companies engaging in transactions in Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Our entertainment attorneys counsel both talent and industry-side clients in motion pictures, television, music and other sectors of the industry – helping them address complex legal issues in today’s multidisciplinary, multimedia entertainment marketplace.

All of our practices are complemented by our broad-based intellectual property practice, which provides strategic counsel on patents, trademarks, trade dress and copyrights, and represents our clients in sophisticated IP litigation.

L.A. is also a vital part of the firm's national real estate practice. Our attorneys represent clients in nearly every area of the real estate industry and are particularly focused on the areas of hotel, club, resort and recreational mixed-use properties and international large-scale real estate projects of every type.

At GT, we pride ourselves on our dedicated involvement in the industries we serve. Take a look at the roster of our Los Angeles office and you’ll find a former President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; the Vice President and Chairman, Business Administration Committee, Japan Business Association of Southern California; the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Minority Trial Lawyer Committee; the Co-Chair, Alliance of Artists & Recording Companies; the 2006 Entertainment Attorney of the Year, as chosen by the Century City Bar Association; and a Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. We also hold leadership positions in important community and service organizations such as the State Bar of California, Bet Tzedek, the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard University, Public Counsel, the Children’s Bureau of Los Angeles, USA for Africa, California Science Center, Junior Achievement of Southern California and Town Hall.