Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo

What Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo does

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo is a private litigation defense law firm founded in 2012 and headquartered at One Grand Central Place in New York City. The firm was established by three shareholders — Kurt E. Biedermann, Peter Hoenig, and Philip C. Semprevivo — each bringing over four decades of litigation experience, and is now led by Managing Shareholder Christine I. Laurent. BHS operates across seven offices in the Eastern United States (New York City, Rye NY, Melville NY, New Providence NJ, Walpole MA, Miami FL, and Philadelphia PA) and offers 17 practice areas spanning product liability, toxic tort, insurance coverage, professional liability, education law, aviation, and employment law, serving 12 industry verticals including insurance, automotive, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, education, construction, and not-for-profit organizations.

The firm functions as a professional services provider compensated through hourly legal fees typical of litigation boutiques, with senior partners and subject-matter specialists commanding premium rates. Its core capability is high-stakes civil litigation defense, including trial and appellate work in state and federal courts, monitoring counsel roles for insurers, and coordinating counsel engagements for multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer products. Notable MDL engagements include Zantac, Opioid/OxyContin, Valsartan, IVC Filter, Yaz/Yasmin, NuvaRing, and Mirapex. The firm leverages multilingual capabilities (German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Italian) to serve European manufacturers and international insurance markets.

BHS acquires clients primarily through professional reputation, peer referrals, and direct engagement with corporate counsel and insurance carrier risk management teams. The firm maintains active participation in defense-oriented legal organizations (DRI, IADC, PLUS, NACUA) and has earned consecutive-year recognition from Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell (AV Preeminent), and Legal Media Group. It is registered as a professional corporation (P.C.) in New York State, is independently owned by its named partners, has no parent company, and does not publicly disclose financial performance.

Name

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo

Legal name

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo, P.C.

Website

https://lawbhs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo is a private litigation defense law firm founded in 2012, operating across seven Eastern US offices. It serves insurers, manufacturers, educational institutions, and professional services firms with complex civil litigation, MDL coordination, and coverage counsel engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: The firm generates revenue through professional legal services billing, likely on an hourly rate basis typical for litigation defense firms. Services include trial and appellate litigation, counseling, monitoring counsel, and coordination of national litigation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo is a litigation defense law firm providing trial and appellate representation, pre-suit counseling, monitoring counsel services, and national coordination of multidistrict litigation for corporate and institutional clients. The firm's practice spans products liability, tort litigation, insurance coverage, employment and labor, education law, construction law, and professional liability defense, serving as both counsel of record and monitoring counsel for high-exposure claims in state and federal courts throughout the United States.

Product overview

Biedermann Hoenig Semprevivo is a law firm providing legal services across multiple practice areas including General Liability Litigation, Aviation Law, Education Law, Municipal Liability, Asbestos & Other Toxic Tort Claims, Automobile Loss Claims, Premises Liability, Tort Litigation, Commercial and Corporate Law, Subrogation, Regulatory Compliance and Land Use, Construction Law, Insurance and Reinsurance, Consumer Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, and Employment/Labor Practices. The firm serves clients across various industries including Life Sciences, Retail, Food and Beverage, Construction, Professional Services, Finance, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, Not-for-Profit/Social Services, Higher Education and K-12 Schools, and Automotive. This is a legal services firm, not a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hinshaw & Culbertson: National insurance and professional-liability defense firm handling coverage, mass tort, and lawyers'/professionals' liability, overlapping with BHS's carrier-focused litigation practice.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker: National insurance-defense and litigation firm headquartered in New York serving insurers and corporate clients; directly overlaps with BHS's coverage, products liability, and tort defense work but at far larger scale.
• Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani: National full-coverage litigation firm defending manufacturers and insurers in products liability, tort, and employment matters, mirroring BHS's practice mix at national scale.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith: One of the largest US civil-litigation and insurance-defense firms covering products liability, toxic tort, and coverage disputes, competing for the same panel-counsel mandates as BHS on a nationwide basis.

Direct peers

• Goldberg Segalla: Northeast-anchored defense litigation firm focused on insurance coverage, toxic tort, products liability, and employment, overlapping strongly with BHS's practice areas and insurer clientele.
• Rivkin Radler: New York metro litigation firm serving insurers, healthcare, and corporate clients across tort, coverage, and professional liability, sharing BHS's regional footprint and defense orientation.
• Marshall Dennehey: Regional Eastern-US insurance-defense litigation firm (PA/NJ/NY footprint) handling casualty, professional liability, and coverage matters, closely matching BHS's geography and client base.
• Kaufman Dolowich: New York-founded defense firm specializing in professional liability, insurance coverage, and employment litigation for carriers and businesses, a close comparable in size and focus to BHS.
• Mendes & Mount: New York insurance/reinsurance and aviation litigation firm serving London and European markets, closely mirroring BHS's aviation, reinsurance, and European-client niche.
• Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney: Litigation boutique concentrated in products liability, toxic tort/asbestos, and transportation defense, directly comparable to BHS's core products and toxic tort defense work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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