BCLP

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has established itself in the 21st century as an ambitious upstart on the global scene while retaining its historic ties to the Show Me State. Today, the firm has more than 1,200 attorneys and other professionals across three continents.

Come Together

Founded in 1873 in St. Louis as King, Phillips, and Stewart, the firm became Stewart, Bryan, Christie, and Williams through a merger in 1911. When Rhodes Cave joined in 1917, the firm took on the name Bryan, Williams, and Cave. The firm underwent national expansion in the 1970s and turned its attention to overseas growth a decade later, and it wasn’t long before the firm solidified its reputation abroad. In April 2018, Bryan Cave merged with Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP. The new firm, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, generates revenues of over $900 million and provides clients with access to international practices and sector teams in 32 offices in 9 countries.

From the Workplace to the Landfill

BCLP operates under a one-firm model that encourages cross-practice and cross-border teams in corporate, finance, investigations, litigation, regulatory, and tax practices. It has more than 550 litigators around the world counseling on issues ranging from antitrust, international arbitration, and white-collar defense to employment and intellectual property matters. Its reputable employment and labor practice handles litigation, workplace investigations, and regulatory matters. The firm’s lawyers focus on cross-border employment issues, diversity, employee privacy, labor law, management and employee training, wage and hour, whistleblowers, and other matters.

The firm is known for its specialized environmental law work, which it has been developing for more than two decades. This wide-ranging practice includes counseling on the Clean Air Act, compliance matters, insurance-related issues, international environmental law, oil spills, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, solid waste and landfills, water rights, and the Clean Water Act.

Tech Lifeline

In addition to representation of its clients in legal matters, BCLP solves its business problems with more technological expertise than is typical for a law firm. For example, BCLP has created a multitude of proprietary tech platforms that provide legal advice: CrossLITE, a workflow management tool; SwiftAgreement, a service for drafting neutral contracts without the need for additional attorney input; and Clear/Cut, an AI program that analyzes risk to provide advice on whether to settle an issue or fight it in court.

• BCLP advised iFOREX Financial Trading Holdings Ltd, a leading global fintech company developing and operating a proprietary electronic trading platform, on its initial public offering on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange  Shares in iFOREX began trading under the symbol ‘IFRX’.
• BCLP is advising Carrefour on its exclusive negotiations with Paval Holding for the proposed divestment of all Carrefour Group activities in Romania. The transaction is based on an enterprise value of €823 million.
• BCLP was appointed to advise The Crown Estate on its joint venture with Australian developer Lendlease. The joint venture will acquire six of Lendlease’s schemes comprising Euston Station (London), Smithfield (Birmingham), Silvertown (London), High Road West (London), Thamesmead (London), and Stratford Cross (London), which have a combined developed value of approximately £24 billion.
• A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed a trial court’s decision to end a case against BCLP client Monsanto before it reached a jury, marking another significant win in the firm’s ongoing defense of Monsanto in Roundup litigation nationwide.

• 25 BCLP lawyers named as Stand-Out Lawyers, 2026—Thomson Reuters
• Top Performer, 2025—Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
• Race Equality and LGBT+ Initiative of the Year Awards, Women and Diversity in Law, 2025—Global City Media
• Excellence in Technology Deployment and overall Productivity Best-in-Theme, Professional Services Management Excellence Awards, 2025—Managing Partner Forum
• Top 20 Cases for 2025—The Lawyer