Nixon Peabody LLP

With 13 offices worldwide, Nixon Peabody combines high performance, entrepreneurial spirit, deep engagement, and an unwavering commitment to a culture of collaboration, diversity, and humanity for its clients, people, and communities. Nixon Peabody is a Vault 100 and Am Law 100 firm.

Forward Looking

With predecessor firms going back to the 1850s, Nixon Peabody is the result of the 1999 merger of Rochester firm Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP and Boston-based Peabody & Brown. Building on this long history, Nixon Peabody looks to the future by offering forward-thinking solutions for complex legal challenges. In this way, the firm makes positive impacts on its clients, its people, and the communities where they live and work.

From Billables to Thought Leadership

Nixon Peabody is recognized for its leadership in affordable housing and real estate, government investigations and white collar defense, intellectual property, energy and environment, healthcare, tax, public finance, M&A, private equity, and complex commercial disputes. The firm also focuses on emerging areas such as AI and cybersecurity; photonics; and power plant decommissioning, demolition, and remediation. Nixon Peabody’s clients include Constellation Brands, Sumitomo Corporation, Halma, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, State Street Bank, the City of Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York City).

The firm has a robust healthcare practice that takes a multidisciplinary approach. Its clients include digital health companies, home health facilities, hospitals and medical centers, medical device companies, nursing homes, pharmaceutical companies, private equity firms, and rehabilitation facilities.

Nixon Peabody emphasizes communication and engagement, as demonstrated through the firm’s thought leadership, blogs, video content, and social media activity.

All Are Welcome

As a long-time leader in the effort to diversify the legal profession, Nixon Peabody understands that principles fall short unless paired with meaningful actions. The firm is committed to creating an environment of respect, support, and collaboration for colleagues, clients, and communities.

• Higher education clients lean on Nixon Peabody's cross-practice teams to navigate myriad challenges impacting colleges and universities. In 2025, the firm’s Higher Education and Title IX group obtained five favorable summary judgment rulings in Title IX cases for one university.
• The firm continues its strong partnership with Constellation Brands, Inc., representing this longstanding client in several key transactions in 2025, including a $900 million sale of several wine brands and related vineyards and facilities to The Wine Group LLC.
• Nixon Peabody’s Affordable Housing & Real Estate practice closed a noteworthy transaction in which Sixth Street Partners entered into a strategic partnership with prominent affordable housing developer L+M. The result will help bolster L+M’s work on projects in the New York metro area and several other U.S. regions.

• Top Place to Work in Massachusetts, 2025—The Boston Globe
• 27 practices named National Tier 1, 2026—Best Law Firms
• 27 practice areas recognized as industry leaders, 2025—Chambers USA
• 12 attorneys recognized as Stand-Out Lawyers, 2025—Thomson Reuters
• Best Place to Work, Chicago and New York, 2025—Crain’s Chicago Business and Crain’s New York Business