Best Law Firms in Florida for Corporate Law

Since 1973, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns has served businesses and individuals throughout the Tampa Bay region from offices in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Tampa. The firm provides legal counsel and business guidance to help clients address legal issues, evaluate options, and plan for the future.

Our attorneys advise clients across a range of practice areas, assisting with business formation and development, daily operations, transactions, disputes, and long‑term planning. By learning about each client’s objectives and circumstances, we focus on delivering practical guidance and responsive service aligned with their needs.

The firm represents a diverse group of clients, from local entrepreneurs to established regional and national companies. Clients include real estate developers, healthcare providers, accounting and engineering firms, commercial lenders, private equity funds, local governments, special districts, and individuals throughout Florida and beyond.

McDermott Will & Schulte is an international law firm serving businesses, institutions and individuals across a wide range of legal matters. With offices throughout the United States and Europe, including Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt and Washington, D.C., the firm advises clients on complex transactions, regulatory concerns, litigation and industry-specific challenges. Since first earning attorney recognition in 1983, the firm has continued to build a broad legal practice shaped by changing markets and evolving client needs.

The firm is known for its work in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, tax law, health care law, intellectual property and high-stakes litigation. Its attorneys also counsel clients in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence law, fintech, privacy and data security, biotechnology and life sciences. McDermott Will & Schulte represents clients ranging from growing companies to multinational organizations, helping them navigate business decisions, disputes and regulatory matters with practical legal guidance.

McDermott Will & Schulte has earned recognition across numerous practice areas in Best Law Firms rankings, including bankruptcy and restructuring, employment law, real estate law, securities regulation, patent law, antitrust law and international trade and finance law. The firm also has 357 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers, reflecting peer-reviewed acknowledgment across a broad range of legal disciplines.

Clients turn to McDermott Will & Schulte for counsel that is strategic, business-minded and tailored to the industries they serve. Whether handling cross-border transactions, intellectual property disputes, health care compliance or complex commercial litigation, the firm focuses on delivering clear legal solutions that align with each client’s long-term objectives.

Smith Hulsey & Busey is a long-established, full-service Florida business law firm. We have a proven track record of sound counsel, innovative problem solving and successful dispute resolution.

Our clients with national and international operations provide us experience in major transactions and dispute resolution throughout the world. As a result, we offer a depth of experience and expertise unparalleled in North Florida. Our clients value being able to obtain the very best legal services from us, with an efficiency not typical in larger firms.

Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A. is a 13-lawyer firm founded in 1974. The firm’s practice focuses on representing parties in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, out-of-court workouts, complex commercial transactions, and related civil litigation. A significant portion of the firm’s work involves representing corporate debtors in Chapter 11 cases.

The firm represents clients ranging from small businesses to large publicly owned corporations. Many matters involve companies with assets, liabilities, or annual revenues exceeding $5 million, including businesses with assets and liabilities of more than $3 billion.

The firm has been recognized by peer organizations within the legal community in Florida and was acknowledged by the Florida Supreme Court in 2014 for its provision of pro bono services over an extended period of time. That year, the firm was the only firm to receive this recognition. A substantial percentage of the firm’s attorneys hold AV ratings from Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, many of the firm’s lawyers are included in other peer review publications based on evaluations by fellow attorneys and members of the judiciary.

The firm has the resources and experience to staff and manage large and complex cases and transactions within its practice areas. Visitors are invited to review the credentials and professional backgrounds of the firm’s attorneys, including the representative cases described on this website.

A significant portion of the firm’s matters come through referrals from other professionals and former clients. Peer ratings and recognitions are based on independent evaluations, client interviews, or votes from other lawyers and judges. While the firm values these acknowledgments, it places particular importance on the trust clients place in the firm and on referrals from attorneys and accountants who choose to recommend the firm to their clients.