International Lawyers Network Welcomes New Member in San Francisco, Shartsis Friese LLP

Established in 1975, Shartsis Friese currently consists of 54 attorneys. Attorneys and practices are balanced equally between transactional and litigation, and the firm has maintained a roughly equal ratio or partners to non-partners, which ensures a high degree of partner-level involvement in all aspects of a particular matter. Shartsis Friese has a history of stability as evidenced by the fact that no partner has left to join another law firm in almost twenty years.

Their experienced trial lawyers bring a history of success, cost-effective case management and business-oriented problem solving through litigation and strategic commercial counseling. They litigate virtually all aspects of business disputes, having represented both privately and publicly owned American and foreign businesses in litigation in cases involving local, national and international disputes. They have litigated disputes involving amounts in excess of a billion dollars and tried cases involving amounts in excess of $100 million. Regardless of the size of the dispute, they bring the same result-oriented commitment to all of their clients.

The firm's niche serving mid-sized public and private companies is based on deep experience counseling corporate executives on their most important legal and business matters. Shartsis Friese partners have been key business advisors to leading San Francisco Bay Area executives for over 30 years. Based on their lawyers' expertise in areas such as corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, tax and intellectual property, the firm is able to provide strong and strategic legal support to their clients, helping them to grow and prosper. Shartsis Friese offers an attractive alternative to the megafirm approach to corporate law - their clients are served by a small team of partners and associates who know their business and are dedicated to helping them achieve their business goals. If a dispute arises, their litigation lawyers are there to step in to defend their clients' interests and work smartly and aggressively towards a positive outcome.

The firm's transactional intellectual property practice includes software and technology licensing, counseling clients on trademarks, copyrights and patents (including selection, registration, licensing and enforcement), providing advice on technology transactions, and drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements that are critical for any technology company.

The firm's real estate practice is nationally known for its leasing practice and has expertise in a number of other areas, including corporate facilities, development, financing and workouts, and retail and restaurant transactions. They represent some of the premier companies in the Bay Area, including Google, Oracle, Twitter, Adobe, Yahoo!, Netflix and Lucasfilm as well as numerous technology startups.

In addition to its core business and litigation law capabilities, Shartsis Friese is home to several practice areas that are widely viewed as national leaders. The firm's hedge fund and investment advisor practice is the largest practice of its kind on the West Coast and was recently ranked as one of the top two hedge fund practices in the country by a comprehensive survey of hedge fund managers. The firm's trusts & estates litigation team handles some of the largest and most important trust cases in the U.S., often with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. The firm's securities enforcement defense group, which includes two former Securities & Exchange Commission lawyers, has been actively involved in the defense of some of the highest profile civil and criminal corporate investigations on the West Coast.

Shartsis Friese LLP has an "AV" (top) rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Eight lawyers currently are listed by Best Lawyers in America and seventeen lawyers currently are listed by Super Lawyers of Northern California for 2012. In 2011 and 2010, the firm was chosen by the National Law Journal for their Midsize Hot List, one of twenty firms chosen nationally each year. In 2011, Shartsis Friese was honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals ("AFP") as the Golden Gate Chapter's Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker for their philanthropic efforts.

The International Lawyers Network facilitates personal relationships among lawyers in mid-sized law firms all over the world, allowing them to confidently operate in a global marketplace while retaining their independence and local expertise. As one of the largest networks of experienced attorneys in the world, the ILN provides a platform for clients to access quality legal professionals worldwide with the cost-effectiveness and personalized service only independent, regional law firms can provide. With 91 high-quality, full-service and specialized law firms and over 5,000 lawyers in 66 countries on six continents, the excellence, demonstrated experience, worldwide presence, and relationships of the International Lawyers Network combine to make this Network one of the leading associations of independent law firms in the world. The ILN: Where lawyers become friends.

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