Akin Gump has one of the largest and most diverse public law and policy practices of any major law firm worldwide. Our bipartisan practice—which includes many former members of Congress and executive branch and congressional staff—stresses careful evaluation of client issues, both international and domestic, and detailed design of strategies and tactics to achieve our clients’ objectives.
For 30+ years, a dedicated group of Akin Gump lawyers has exclusively represented health industry clients. We have comprehensive knowledge of this complex, highly regulated industry and the constantly changing issues—involving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, policy and legislation, compliance issues, food and drug regulation and privacy—that confront our clients.
Akin Gump’s diversified domestic and international regulatory, transactional and policy practice in communications and information technology represents clients before regulatory agencies regarding policy formulation and wide-ranging compliance issues, as well as in obtaining regulatory approvals for transactions involving securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial arrangements and joint ventures.
Whether advocating for legislation and regulation that furthers tribal interests or assisting tribes with business growth or infrastructure development, Akin Gump’s American Indian law and policy team provides legal and strategic advice to tribal governments and other entities that share a commitment to tribal empowerment, sovereignty and economic development.
The firm’s antitrust and unfair competition lawyers provide full-service capabilities—litigation, transactional, criminal defense and counseling—in all aspects of business competition, from fundamental policies and procedures to the most complex challenges. We craft creative, often multidisciplinary strategies to help our clients achieve their goals.
Our energy regulation, markets and enforcement team—which includes a former FERC commissioner and a former FERC general counsel—has unique perspective on FERC’s deliberative processes and the practical implementation of government policies. We represent a wide range of energy companies in strategic, regulatory, transactional and litigation matters.
Our environment and natural resources practice advises clients across the spectrum of environmental issues—from legislative and regulatory developments through implementation and compliance to defense of enforcement actions and formulation of court challenges—in nearly every sector of the economy, from manufacturing, natural resources, chemicals, energy, coal and oil and gas to real estate, construction, transportation, retail and waste disposal.
Businesses face a labyrinth of state, federal and international laws designed to regulate and protect personally identifiable information. Our privacy and data protection practice understands the unique data needs of business operations. We help clients navigate government regulations and policies pertaining to data privacy and security.
