Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

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Notable cases

• Bryan Cave provided legal assistance to a number of clients in the varied fields of business. Some of the notable cases are mentioned as below:
• A team of Bryan Cave lawyers represented Mueller Water Products Inc., a water infrastructure company that manufactures fire hydrants, valves and pipe fittings for the municipal and residential construction industries, in connection with its agreement to divest U.S. Pipe to Wynnchurch Capital Ltd. and The Comvest Group. The divestiture was valued at approximately $100 million.
• The firm represented Ralcorp in the $2.6 billion merger between Ralcorp and Kraft Food's portfolio of cereals under the Post Cereal label.
• Bryan Cave advised biotech major, Monsanto in its $290 million purchase of Aly Participacoes, a division of Brazilian global conglomerate Votorantim. Aly Participacoes operated two companies, CanaVialis S.A. and Alellyx S.A. which focus on sugarcane breeding and related applied genomics and biotech in the sugarcane industry.
• It counseled Barnes & Noble, the bookseller, on its $596 million purchase of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc., a division that had been spun off from Barnes & Noble in the mid-1980s. The acquisition closed on October 1, 2009.
• A team of lawyers represented Neenah Paper Inc., a leading manufacturer of fine papers and technical products, in connection with its purchase of premium paper brands and related assets from a subsidiary of Wausau Paper Corp. Neenah expects annual sales from the acquired brands will be approximately $100 million.
• A litigation team of Bryan Cave secured a significant trial victory on behalf of Union Pacific Railroad resulting in a jury verdict of $22.6 million.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Awards and Recognitions

Bryan Cave has been awarded by several noted international agencies and publications for its work towards legal services. Not only the firm, but also, its lawyers have been awarded.

Twenty-one Bryan Cave lawyers have been named "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S.

For the sixth consecutive year in 2012, Bryan Cave's Los Angeles offices have been selected as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Los Angeles County, as noted by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

ACQ, a premier global M&A magazine, has recognized Bryan Cave as a winner in the 2012 ACQ Global Awards, naming it the UK Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year.

Bryan Cave is recognized in Chambers and Partners USA 2011: America's Leading Lawyers for Business Guide. The firm received 21 regional rankings in 14 practice areas, while 60 attorneys were recognized for their outstanding work as individuals.

Diversity

The firm gives special emphasis to equality and non-discrimination between its employees. It is the policy of Bryan Cave that all qualified persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran or any other status protected by local, state or federal law.

To make the firm's working culture diverse, inclusive and dynamic in nature, the firm has taken initiatives such as focused mentoring and networking programs, and a professional development curriculum. In addition, firm-wide Affinity Groups for Lawyers of Color, women lawyers, LGBT lawyers, and Lawyers With Reduced Work Schedules & Sites also offer opportunities for mentoring, networking and professional development.

The firm participates in a variety of diversity job fairs, diversity clerkship programs, and training programs.

Summer associate program

Bryan Cave offers a 10-week summer program in all of its domestic offices. Summer associates are expected to complete about 15 assignments over the course of the summer. The firm also holds weekly training sessions for summer associates during the first few weeks of the program. The summer associates typically meet clients, attend hearings, and receive substantive work assignments where they can expect both formal and informal feedback on their work.

Bryan Cave sponsors a variety of cultural, educational and purely recreational activities for its summer associates. Summer Associates get a compensation of US $ 2212 per week.

Working for the Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Working at Bryan Cave not only offers promising career but would also lead becoming a partner at the firm. Bryan Cave has two partnership tracks, with an average of nine years to become eligible for non-equity partner, and an additional three years to become eligible for equity partner.

While some of the benefits like great mentors at the firm, friendly, intelligent co-workers and realistic working hours attract more and more aspirants to be an associate at Bryan Cave, downers like difficult to be a partner, firm's focus on foreclosure defense and little formal guidance given to the attorneys continue to be a challenge for freshers.

The firm also has a formal mentoring program, which pairs younger associates with partner mentors. The associate workflow system is practice-based. Also, the firm provides three weeks of vacation time on a use-it-or-lose-it basis.