Business Litigation

We know that you win when you achieve your business objectives, so we begin each engagement looking for a positive resolution that would avoid litigation or resolve a case early and efficiently. But when matters cannot be resolved through negotiation, we are also top-notch and experienced trial lawyers. Alston & Bird is home to seasoned courtroom attorneys across the United States and Europe dedicated to providing attentive and assertive representation in complex commercial disputes and high-profile legal battles.

For years, our clients have trusted us to try their significant and bet-the-company cases to verdict in front of juries, judges, and arbitrators. Drawing from that extensive trial experience, we offer credible opposition, strategic advice, and adept negotiation skills to navigate complicated business disputes effectively.

Our lawyers have handled virtually all types of commercial cases and business torts. From fights over corporate mergers, purchase and sale agreements, partnerships, and vendor and supply contracts to challenges from a competitor, theft of trade secrets, bad faith, and fiduciary duties to allegations under unfair and deceptive trade practices and RICO laws, our multidisciplinary and highly regarded Business Litigation Team has the skills and insight to protect your brand and advance your goals. Across a wide range of industries—including retail, financial services, real estate, technology, health care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and hospitality—we draw on Alston & Bird’s diverse expertise to bring a team with the right experience to any dispute you may have.

We take pride in being more than just litigators. Our lawyers think as business people. We work with your accounting and e-discovery professionals and forensic and industry experts to give us an edge in efficiency and speed in work-product delivery. Representing defendants and plaintiffs alike, we have a track record of delivering both success and a strong return on your investment.

• Representing an investment firm in two RICO actions in the District of New Jersey brought against shareholders, directors, and officers of a health care company by two international pharmaceutical companies alleging that the entire company was a fraudulent scheme.
• Defended a publicly traded real estate finance firm in litigation in the District of Maryland brought by a national home builder alleging fraud, breach of contract, and other business torts over the financing and sale of a large parcel of land, resulting in a full trial and judgment against the plaintiff exceeding $237 million plus the recovery of eight figures of attorneys’ fees and costs.
• Trial counsel defending a major insurance company in a certified RICO class action brought in the Southern District of Illinois, where the nationwide class of plaintiffs sought an award of over $8 billion in damages.
• Trial counsel for a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in a breach-of-contract case brought against a branded pharmaceutical company competitor in the District of New Jersey, leading to a favorable plaintiff judgment award exceeding $80 million in damages for the client.
• Trial counsel for a leading company in the gift-card and payments space in a week-long arbitration, securing a complete defense victory and a take-nothing arbitral award for the client.
• Represented the production company and on-air talent for one of the highest rated reality television shows, obtaining a summary judgment ruling in Georgia state court that dismissed a $50 million defamation action brought by a former record executive.