Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

About Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP was a full-service American law firm founded in New York City in 1968 under an earlier name. Its headquarters were at 1177 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, with additional offices in Redwood Shores, California, Washington, D.C., and Paris. In 2025 the firm combined with the London-based firm Herbert Smith Freehills, and the merged practice now operates as Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

Its practice spanned corporate and M&A work, litigation, white-collar defense, intellectual property, real estate and land use, bankruptcy and restructuring, employment, immigration, tax, and insurance matters, and it served corporate and individual clients. The firm described a culture of involvement in public and community service, and many of its attorneys had served as directors of nonprofit legal service providers. Reports indicated that roughly 95 percent of its attorneys were based in New York.

Practice areas

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