Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP provided legal services. It focused on areas such as mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, securities law, taxation, financial institutions, bankruptcy, telecommunications, franchising and distribution, entertainment law, real estate, corporate securities, banking, entertainment law, and healthcare industry. The company was formed by a merger between Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi LLP and Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel and Hetlage. Blackwell was based in Kansas city, Missouri and had offices in St. Louis, Overland Park, Omaha, Springfield, Edwardsville, Washington District of Columbia., and London.