North America

Bird & Bird has long advised North American companies on their international activities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Whether you're based in the United States or Canada, we can provide you with industry specific expert advice across all of our sectors, on matters including large scale litigation, complex restructuring projects, patent litigation and brand protection, data protection audits and advice, transformational projects, international expansion outside North American and coordinated multijurisdictional services.

When your needs include a North American component, we have extensive experience working with leading US and Canadian law firms to deliver a seamless global service to our clients.

We opened our San Francisco office in 2018 to provide our US clients better access to our legal services and advice related to matters in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Opening our San Francisco office did not change our previous approach of not providing US law services: we continue to work with US law firms where clients need advice on US law matters.

For further information regarding our work in the US please contact Chris de Mauny or Pattie Walsh and for Canada, please contact Jennifer Jones.

Regions

Africa ASEAN Asia-Pacific Central and Eastern Europe CIS region India Israel Latin America Nordics North America South Korea Southeast Europe and Turkey Switzerland and Austria The Middle East Western Europe

Countries

Australia Belgium China Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Morocco Netherlands Poland Singapore Slovak Republic Spain Sweden UK United Arab Emirates United States

Offices

Abu Dhabi Amsterdam Beijing Bratislava Brussels Budapest Casablanca Copenhagen Dubai Dublin Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Helsinki Hong Kong London Lyon Madrid Milan Munich Paris Prague Rome San Francisco Shanghai Shenzhen Singapore Stockholm Sydney The Hague Tokyo Warsaw

Our team in North America

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Pattie Walsh

Partner
UK

Chris de Mauny

Partner
United States

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