Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, also known as Pillsbury, is a full-service law firm with a particular focus on the energy, financial services, real estate and technology industries. Based in the world's major financial, technology and energy centers, Pillsbury counsels clients on global business, regulatory and litigation matters.[4]
Headquarters | New York City, New York[1] |
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No. of offices | 20 |
No. of attorneys | approximately 700 |
Key people | David T. Dekker, chair[2] Edward A. Perron, managing partner[3] |
Date founded | 1868 |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | pillsburylaw.com |
It has approximately 700 attorneys operating from 20 offices in the U.S., London and Asia.[5] The firm has connections to the two main political parties in the United States.[6]
The law firm's two oldest predecessor firms were founded in New York in 1868 and in San Francisco in 1874, following the California Gold Rush. The San Francisco firm helped create a number of new West Coast businesses including Chevron and Pacific Bell (now known as AT&T). In the 2000s, Pillsbury has become an advocate of labor outsourcing as a means of firms cutting costs by offering services to both buyers and providers of outsourcing services.[7]