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27 years , experience
BEST OF THE BEST USA
WHAT’S INSIDE?
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BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 1
METHODOLOGY
EXPERT GUIDES
RESEARCH
Methodology Expert Guides has been researching the world’s
legal markets for over 27 years, and has become
one of the most trusted resources for international
buyers of legal services.
Welcome to the 2021 edition of the Best of the Best USA, a guide to the top legal practitioners in Our guides cover a broad – and growing – range
the US across 16 areas of law. of legal practice areas, including:
When first published in 1994, the Expert Guides were the first-ever guides dedicated to leading
individuals in the legal industry. Since then we have continued to focus on individuals
considered by clients and peers to be the best in their field. The Best of the Best USA compiles Aviation
the top 30 practitioners in 18 areas of law. All the other practice areas we cover are included in Banking, finance and transactional
the 2020 edition and will be updated in 2022. In the event of a tie on the number of nominations Commercial arbitration
both practitioners are included. Competition and antitrust
Construction and real estate
Our research process for each guide involves sending over 4,000 questionnaires to senior Energy and environment
practitioners or in-house counsel involved in each practice area, asking them to nominate Insurance and reinsurance
leading practitioners based on their work and reputation. The results are analysed and screened International trade and shipping
for firm, network and alliance bias. The list of experts is then discussed and refined with advisers Labour and employment
in legal centres worldwide. Life sciences
Litigation and product liability
Each expert has been independently offered the opportunity to enhance their listing with a Patents
professional biography. These biographies give readers valuable, detailed information regarding Privacy and data protection
each lawyer’s practice and, if appropriate, their work and clients. Rising stars
Tax
We owe the success of our guides to all the in-house counsel and firms that completed questionnaires Technology, media and telecommunications
and met our researchers. Thank you. We hope you find this guide to be a useful tool. Trade mark
Transfer pricing
The research team Trusts and estates
White collar crime
Women in business law
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THE WORLD’S LEADING L AW Y E R S CHOSEN BY THEIR PEERS
BANKING AND FINANCE
Featured attorney:
Edward D Herlihy of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 4
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 3
BANKING AND FINANCE ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
BANKING AND FINANCE
Edward D Herlihy
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
US
Tel: (1) 212 403 1207
Fax: (1) 212 403 2207
Email: edherlihy@wlrk.com
Website: www.wlrk.com
Edward D Herlihy is co-chairman of the Executive Committee and has
been a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz since 1984, focusing
on some of the largest and most complex bank and financial
institution mergers and acquisitions and recapitalizations throughout
the United States. He is often called upon to represent companies
involved in takeover battles and proxy contests, including investment
banking firms in connection with a wide variety of financial institution
matters.
Mr Herlihy writes and lectures regularly on issues involving banking
and financial matters. Mr Herlihy graduated from Hobart College in
1969 (BA) and from George Washington University Law School in
1972 (JD).
4 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USA
EXPERT LISTINGS BANKING AND FINANCE
BANKING AND FINANCE
Stefanie Birkmann Barbara R Mendelson
Ropes & Gray Morrison & Foerster
New York New York
Daniel S Dokos Linda K Myers
Weil Gotshal & Manges Kirkland & Ellis
New York Chicago
Jennifer B Ezring Maura O’Sullivan
Cahill Gordon & Reindel Shearman & Sterling
New York New York
James A Florack M Catherine Ozdogan
Davis Polk & Wardwell Latham & Watkins
New York Houston
Angela Fontana Michèle O Penzer
Sidley Austin Latham & Watkins
Dallas New York
Sartaj Gill Margaret S (Meme) Peponis
Davis Polk & Wardwell Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
New York New York
Michael S Goldman Christopher R Plaut
Cravath Swaine & Moore Latham & Watkins
New York New York
Edward D Herlihy See bio Jay M Ptashek
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Kirkland & Ellis
New York New York
Jennifer L Hobbs Patrick J Ryan
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York New York
Melissa J Hutson Daniel C Seale
Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins
New York New York
Seth E Jacobson Sabrena Silver
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom White & Case
Chicago New York
Stephen M Kessing Kenneth J Steinberg
Cravath Swaine & Moore Davis Polk & Wardwell
New York New York
Jason Kyrwood Stephanie L Teicher
Davis Polk & Wardwell Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
New York New York
Tatiana Lapushchik Douglas R Urquhart
Cravath Swaine & Moore Weil Gotshal & Manges
New York New York
Eric Leicht Sarah M Ward
White & Case Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
New York New York
Thomas C Mellor Scott Zemser
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Mayer Brown
New York New York
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EXPERTGUIDES
THE WORLD’S LEADING L AW Y E R S CHOSEN BY THEIR PEERS
C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N
Featured attorneys:
Carolyn B Lamm of White & Case 8
David M Orta of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 8
C Ryan Reetz of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 9
David B Wilson of Sherman & Howard 9
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 7
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N
Carolyn B Lamm David M Orta
White & Case Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
701 Thirteenth St. NW 1300 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20005 Suite 900
US Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (1) 202 626 3605 US
Email: clamm@whitecase.com Tel: (1) 202 538 8129
Website: www.whitecase.com Email: davidorta@quinnemanuel.com
Website: www.quinnemanuel.com
Regularly serving as lead counsel in high-stakes, cutting-edge cases, David Orta is the Head of the International Arbitration Practice in
Carolyn Lamm focuses her practice on resolving significant international Washington, DC and Latin America for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &
arbitrations involving international corporates and sovereigns. Sullivan LLP . Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America report
Additionally, she serves as lead counsel in arbitration-related litigation that clients call David Orta a “tenacious” advocate, “a vastly experienced
matters. attorney who inspires real confidence, with a remarkable ability to see
all the angles.” They also report that David wins praise from clients for
Her practice concentrates on international dispute resolution through his dedication and “goes above and beyond to get the best result.”
international arbitration, litigation and international trade proceedings,
advising clients in matters with ICSID and its Additional Facility. She David is a trial lawyer and arbitration advocate with over 25 years of
also advises on other international arbitral proceedings involving States, experience successfully representing clients all over the world in
as well as commercial arbitral fora including AAA/CDR, ICC, Vienna complex international investor-state (treaty) and international
Centre, Stockholm Chamber, Swiss Chamber and in federal court commercial arbitrations, and complex commercial transnational
litigation. litigations. David’s clients and cases have spanned most regions,
including North America, Central America, South America, Europe,
Carolyn is the Distinguished Faculty Chair of the University Of Miami Asia, Africa and Australia. His experience spans many sectors, including
School Of Law, White & Case LLM Program in International Arbitration, energy, oil and gas, transportation, infrastructure, construction, power
where she teaches International Investment Arbitration. plant, telecommunications, mining, and post-M&A disputes.
Appointed by President Clinton to the US Panel of Arbitrators for David has handled numerous investor-state arbitrations administered
ICSID arbitration, she later received appointment from the by ICSID, the ICC and UNCITRAL, representing both governments
Government of Uzbekistan to the Uzbek Panel. Active in leading and investors. David has represented clients in treaty and commercial
arbitration professional bodies, she is a former member of the ad hoc arbitrations administered under UNCITRAL Rules and
American Arbitration Association Executive Committee and Board, international commercial arbitrations administered by the ICC, the
and is a current member of the ICCA Governing Board, where she LCIA and the ICDR/AAA. David also has handled many commercial,
serves as Chair of the Cross Institutional Task Force on Gender Issues in transnational litigations in the United States and abroad, including
International Arbitral Appointments and as a member of the Judiciary post-M&A and asset sale disputes, arbitral award enforcement
Committee. She also holds membership in the Council of the American proceedings and asset recovery litigation.
Law Institute, serving on the Advisory Committee for the Restatement
of International Arbitration and as a Counselor for the Restatement David has received various accolades for his work, including being
Fourth on Foreign Relations. Carolyn has served as an arbitrator in named consistently as a Leading International Arbitration Advocate by
AAA International Rules, ICSID and NAFTA Chapter 11 disputes. She Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500,
is also a founding member of the American Uzbekistan Chamber of Euromoney’s Expert’s Guide to the World’s Leading Commercial
Commerce and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. Arbitration and being named consistently as “one of the world’s leading
commercial arbitrators” by the International Who’s Who Legal. David
Carolyn is a past President of both the District of Columbia Bar and consistency has received the AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-
the American Bar Association, serving two terms as the American Bar Hubbell, the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a
Association’s Representative to the International Bar Association. strenuous peer review rating process. For numerous years, David has
Additionally, she is President of the American Bar Endowment. been recognized by Latinvex as being part of Latin America’s “Top 100
Lawyers” in the area of arbitration and litigation. He also has been
Prior to joining White & Case, Carolyn was employed by the US named one of the “Top 40 Lawyers under 40” in Washington, DC by the
Department of Justice under the Attorney General’s Program for National Law Journal Washingtonian Magazine; continuously selected
Honor Law Graduates. During her career with the Department of for inclusion in Super Lawyers in Washington, DC for international
Justice, she served as a trial attorney in the Fraud Section, Civil arbitration. He regularly lectures on topics of international arbitration
Division, before obtaining the position of Assistant Director, and public and private international law all around the world and has
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division. published numerous articles on topics of interest within the
international arbitration community.
8 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USA
ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N
C Ryan Reetz David B Wilson
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Sherman & Howard
200 S. Biscayne Blvd, Suite 400 633 Seventeenth Street
Miami, FL 33131 Suite 3000
US Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: (1) 786 322 7370 US
Email: ryan.reetz@bclplaw.com Tel: (1) 303 299 8382
Website: www.bclplaw.com Email: dwilson@shermanhoward.com
Website: www.shermanhoward.com
C Ryan Reetz is a board-certified specialist in international litigation and David Wilson is a member of Sherman & Howard LLC in Denver,
arbitration. His practice as counsel ranges from investment disputes and Colorado, USA, where he leads the firm’s international arbitration
sovereign immunity challenges to securities class actions, insurance group. His practice focuses on preventing, solving, and (as arbitrator)
regulation, corporate governance contests, and commercial disputes. He adjudicating business disputes in the US and abroad. He is both a
has also served as an arbitrator in ad hoc and ICC arbitration proceedings. Colorado attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and
Wales.
Ryan teaches international commercial arbitration as an adjunct professor
at Emory University School of Law, and previously taught transnational David is the former Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration
civil litigation and arbitration at the University of Miami School of Law and ADR, and served as co-chair of the Commission’s Task Force on
from 2003-2010. In addition, he serves as a visiting professor at the the Use of Information Technology in International Arbitration and
University of Navarra School of Law in Pamplona, Spain, and was a the Task Force on Expertise. He chairs the USCIB (ICC USA)
scholar-in-residence at NYU School of Law in 2015. He has also taught Arbitration Committee’s Rocky Mountain Subcommittee. He is a
trial skills through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and member of the American Law Institute, a senior fellow of Litigation
arbitration skills at the Swiss Arbitration Academy. Counsel of America, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(where he serves on the North American Branch’s Executive
He lectures and publishes on a range of international dispute resolution Committee), and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
topics, and is the co-author, together with Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga, of
Public Purpose in International Law: Rethinking Regulatory Sovereignty in He has served as counsel, tribunal chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator,
the Global Era (Cambridge University Press 2015). He also serves with and emergency arbitrator in dozens of arbitrations, including matters
numerous professional organisations, including the Florida Bar’s under ICC, ICDR, AAA, UNCITRAL, BCICAC, CIArb, and other
inaugural board certification committee for international litigation and rules.. Overall, also considering his non-arbitration work, he has
arbitration, which he currently chairs; the Miami International handled more than 200 cross-border matters, involving parties in
Arbitration Society, which he chaired in 2017; the Florida Bar approximately 30 countries. He is a member of the ICDR Panel of
International Law Section, which he chaired from 2013 to 2014; and the Arbitrators and Mediators, the American Arbitration Association’s
American Law Institute. National Roster of Arbitrators (including the Large Complex Case and
Mergers and Acquisitions and Joint Ventures Panels), and the EU-US
Some of Ryan’s significant arbitral representations include representing Privacy Shield List of Arbitrators.
U.S. citizens against the Colombian government in ICSID and
UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings involving the banking sector; a Named Best Lawyers in America’s 2021 Denver Arbitration Lawyer of
Barbados investor against the Venezuelan government in an ICSID the Year, his cases usually concern complex disputes over breaches of
arbitration involving the hospitality industry; Salvadoran government contracts, breaches of representations and warranties, mergers and
entities in an ICC arbitration against a leading Italian energy company; a acquisitions, joint ventures, sales of goods, corporations, partnerships,
Peruvian hotel developer against a multinational project consulting and securities, corporate governance, shareholder rights, accounting,
engineering firm in an ICC proceeding in Lima, Peru; a Korean electronics business torts, intellectual property, and online identity. Cases have
manufacturer’s US sales company in an ICC dispute brought by its involved diverse industries, such as manufacturing, distribution, oil
Ecuadorian distributor; Argentine and Bahamian joint venturers in an and gas, oilfield services, renewable energy, e-commerce, credit card
ICDR-administered arbitration concerning greenfield manufacturing and electronic payment processing, broadband telecommunications,
plants in Argentina and Colombia and associated South American satellite launch services, and technology, among others.
distribution rights; a Swiss cruise line in an ICDR dispute involving a
Dominican Republic port of call; a US-based equipment distributor in an He graduated with high honors from the University of Texas Law
ICC dispute with its Mexican logistics company; a technology consulting School in 1986 and with highest honors from the University of Texas
firm in an ICDR-administered dispute with a Jamaican payment at Austin in 1983.
technology company; US private equity funds in various post-acquisition
disputes with sellers of portfolio companies; and a US insurance company
in AAA-administered regulatory arbitrations to obtain substantial
increases in rates for homeowners insurance in Florida.
Ryan received his JD, summa cum laude, in 1987 from Boston University
School of Law, where he was the executive editor of the Boston University
Law Review. He received his AB, magna cum laude from Harvard
University in 1984.
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 9COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION EXPERT LISTINGS C O M M E R C I A L A R B I T R AT I O N Arif H Ali Rachael D Kent Dechert WilmerHale Washington DC/London Washington DC Catherine Amirfar Carolyn Lamm See bio Debevoise & Plimpton White & Case New York Washington DC Oliver (Ollie) J Armas Richard C Lorenzo Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells New York Miami C Mark Baker Jennifer Haworth McCandless Norton Rose Fulbright Sidley Austin Houston Washington DC Julie Bédard Caline Mouawad Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Chaffetz Lindsey New York/São Paulo New York R Doak Bishop Joseph E Neuhaus King & Spalding Sullivan & Cromwell Houston New York Nigel Blackaby QC Michael D Nolan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Milbank Washington DC Washington DC Marinn Carlson David M Orta See bio Sidley Austin Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Washington DC Washington DC/New York Abby Cohen Smutny C Ryan Reetz See bio White & Case Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Washington DC Miami Paolo Di Rosa David W Rivkin Arnold & Porter Debevoise & Plimpton Washington DC New York/London Donald F Donovan Aníbal Martín Sabater Debevoise & Plimpton Chaffetz Lindsey New York New York Paul Friedland Ank Santens White & Case White & Case New York New York Mark W Friedman Edna Sussman Debevoise & Plimpton Sussman ADR New York/London New York Samaa A Haridi John M Townsend Hogan Lovells Hughes Hubbard & Reed New York Washington DC James Hosking David B Wilson See bio Chaffetz Lindsey Sherman & Howard New York Denver Edward G Kehoe Alexander A Yanos King & Spalding Alston & Bird New York New York/Washington DC 10 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USA
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I N F O R M AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 11INFORMATION TEC HNOLOGY EXPERT LISTINGS I N F O R M AT I O N T E C H N O L O G Y Kenneth A Adler Heather J Meeker Loeb & Loeb O’Melveny & Myers New York Menlo Park James L Alberg Jeffrey D Neuburger Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Proskauer Rose Washington DC New York John Brockland Stephen D Nordahl Hogan Lovells Gibson Dunn & Crutcher San Francisco New York John F Delaney Aaron M Oser Perkins Coie Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman New York Washington DC Rebecca S Eisner Brad L Peterson Mayer Brown Mayer Brown Chicago Chicago Robert M Finkel Frank Pugliese WilmerHale Cozen O’Connor New York New York Chris Ford Harry Rubin Davis Wright Tremaine Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel Washington DC New York David L Hayes Adam Ruttenberg Fenwick & West Cooley San Francisco Washington DC Neil S Hirshman Vinny Sanchez Kirkland & Ellis DLA Piper Chicago Chicago/Los Angeles Nigel L Howard Sherrese M Smith Covington & Burling Paul Hastings New York Washington DC Paul E Jahn Robert Stankey Morrison & Foerster Davis Wright Tremaine San Francisco Washington DC Sandra A Jeskie Alan N Sutin Duane Morris San Greenberg Traurig Diego/Los Angteles/Philadelphia Miami/New York Victoria Lee William A Tanenbaum DLA Piper Moses & Singer East Palo Alto New York Stuart D Levi Russell G Weiss Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Sidley Austin New York Los Angeles Daniel A Masur John C Yates Mayer Brown Morris Manning & Martin Washington DC Atlanta Diana J P McKenzie HunterMaclean Savannah 12 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USA
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INVESTMENT FUNDS
Featured attorneys:
Stephanie R Breslow of Schulte Roth & Zabel 14
David J Efron of Schulte Roth & Zabel 14
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 13INVESTMENT FUNDS ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENT FUNDS
Stephanie R Breslow David J Efron
Schulte Roth & Zabel Schulte Roth & Zabel
919 Third Avenue 919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10022
US US
Tel: (1) 212 756 2542 Tel: (1) 212 756 2269
Email: stephanie.breslow@srz.com Email: david.efron@srz.com
Website: www.srz.com Website: www.srz.com
Stephanie R Breslow is co-head of the Investment Management Group David J Efron is co-managing partner of the firm. He serves as co-head
and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She maintains a of the Investment Management Group and as a member of the
diverse practice that includes liquid funds, private equity funds and the Executive Committee. With more than 25 years of experience, David
structuring of investment management businesses. She focuses her has a broad practice advising private fund managers that employ a
practice on the formation of private equity funds (including LBO, wide range of investment strategies. He represents many of the world’s
mezzanine, distressed, real estate and venture) and liquid-securities largest private fund managers on formation, structuring, organization,
funds (including hedge funds, hybrid funds, credit funds and activist compensation, operations, seed capital and joint venture arrangements
funds) as well as providing regulatory advice to investment managers. and restructurings, among other types of matters related to their funds
She also represents fund sponsors and institutional investors in and management companies. Notably, David has advised on many of
connection with seed-capital investments in fund managers and the largest start-up hedge fund launches in the industry over the past
acquisitions of interests in investment management businesses and few years. Additionally, David also represents private fund managers in
funds of funds and other institutional investors in connection with connection with SEC regulatory issues and compliance-related
their investment activities, including blockchain technology and matters.
virtual currency offerings and transactions.
Schulte’s Investment Management Group, which David co-heads, has
Recently serving as chair of the Private Investment Funds Subcommittee been described as the “preeminent name in this area” and at “the
of the International Bar Association, Stephanie is a founding member forefront of this industry” by Chambers, a prominent industry
and former chair of the Private Investment Fund Forum, a former publication that ranks firms and lawyers. David is listed in Chambers
member of the Advisory Board of former Third Way Capital Markets Global, Chambers USA, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking,
Initiative, a former member of the Board of Directors and current Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers, The Legal 500 US and Who’s
member of 100 Women in Finance, a member of the Board of Visitors Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers. In
of Columbia Law School and a member of the Board of Directors of the particular, The Legal 500 US has praised his “superb judgment and deep
Girl Scouts of Greater New York. Stephanie has received the highest expertise” and recognized him as “an extraordinarily capable attorney.
industry honors. She was named to the inaugural Legal 500 US Hall of He has a mastery of the pertinent matters, but he also brings a
Fame in the category of “Investment Fund Formation and Management: pragmatic approach.” Chambers Global and Chambers USA noted that
Alternative/Hedge Funds.” Stephanie is also listed in Chambers USA: David is “an outstanding lawyer, with excellent judgment and the
America’s Leading Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World’s Leading necessary soft touch during the delicate negotiations that occur during
Lawyers, Crain’s Notable Women in Law, IFLR1000 Women Leaders, a start-up/launch” and that “he is attuned to the business considerations
Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s and provides measured, reasoned advice that reflects his deep
Who of Business Lawyers (which ranked her one of the world’s “Top Ten experience and industry knowledge.” A published author on subjects
Private Equity Lawyers”), Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s relating to investment management, he is a sought-after speaker for
Who of Private Funds Lawyers (which ranked her at the top of the hedge fund industry conferences and seminars and a frequent guest
world’s “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” list), Who’s Who Legal: lecturer at New York-area law schools and business schools.
Thought Leaders: Global Elite, Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders:
Private Funds, Expert Guide to the Best of the Best USA, Expert Guide David received his B.A. from Vassar College, his J.D. from Syracuse
to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers, University College of Law and an LL.M. degree in securities regulation,
Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law and PLC with distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center.
Cross-border Private Equity Handbook, among other leading
directories. Stephanie was named the “Private Funds Lawyer of the Year”
at the Who’s Who Legal Awards 2014 and the Euromoney Legal Media
Group’s “Best in Investment Funds” and “Outstanding Practitioner,”
both at the Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She is also
recognized as one of The Hedge Fund Journal’s 50 Leading Women in
Hedge Funds and was named one of the 2012 Women of Distinction by
the Girl Scouts of Greater New York. Stephanie’s representation of
leading private investment funds has won numerous awards, including
most recently Law360’s Asset Management Practice Group of the Year.
She is a much sought-after speaker on fund formation and operation
and compliance issues, and she regularly publishes articles on the latest
trends in these areas.
14 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USAEXPERT LISTINGS INVESTMENT FUNDS
INVESTMENT FUNDS
Lawrence N Barshay Olga Gutman
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York New York
Thomas H Bell Thomas S Harman
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Morgan Lewis & Bockius
New York Washington DC
Erica Berthou Christopher P Harvey
Kirkland & Ellis Dechert
New York Boston
Lorna Bowen William D Kerr
Debevoise & Plimpton Sidley Austin
New York Chicago
Stephanie R Breslow See bio David P Kreisler
Schulte Roth & Zabel Sidley Austin
New York Boston/Houston/Dallas
Bryan Chegwidden Leor Landa
Ropes & Gray Davis Polk & Wardwell
New York/Boston New York
Lea Anne Copenhefer Elizabeth Lenas
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Boston New York
Stephen Culhane Marco V Masotti
Arnold & Porter Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
New York New York
Sarah Davidoff Margery K Neale
Ropes & Gray Willkie Farr & Gallagher
New York New York
Douglas P Dick Edward D Nelson
Dechert Latham & Watkins
Washington DC New York
David J Efron See bio Rebecca F Silberstein
Schulte Roth & Zabel Debevoise & Plimpton
New York New York
Laurel FitzPatrick Edward Sopher
Ropes & Gray Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
New York New York
Leigh R Fraser David W Watson
Ropes & Gray Goodwin
Boston/New York Boston
Elizabeth Shea Fries Michael W Wolitzer
Sidley Austin Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Boston New York
Michael A Gerstenzang
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
New York
Richard A Goldman
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Boston
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 15EXPERTGUIDES
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LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Featured attorney:
Andrew J Boling of Baker McKenzie 17
16 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USAATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES L ABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Andrew J Boling
Baker McKenzie
300 East Randolph Street, Suite 5000
Chicago IL 60601
US
Tel: (1) 312 861 8076
Email: Andrew.Boling@bakermckenzie.com
Website: www.bakermckenzie.com
Andrew J Boling is a partner with Baker McKenzie. He represents
employers and management in a variety of cross-border employment
and labour matters, and works closely with his clients to design and
implement effective global employment strategies. He represents
employers in drafting and enforcing confidentiality agreements and
covenants not to compete in the cross-border context, in
implementing global workforce reductions and collective
redundancies, in preparing cross-border employment and assignment
agreements, in preparing and implementing performance
management systems, in preparing and implementing global codes of
conduct and corporate social responsibility programmes, and in
resolving conflict of laws issues and issues involving compliance with
global labor standards. In addition, he counsels employers on the
prevention of harassment and discrimination on a global basis,
preparing globally compliant procedures and documents to protect
confidential information and represents employers and corporate
boards on internal investigations and whistleblowing complaints.
When honoured by another organization as the US Employment
Lawyer of the Year for 2013, Andrew was recognized as a pioneering
thought leader in the practice of cross border employment law.
Andrew has co-authored ten books on employment law and has
written and lectured extensively on employment law issues, covering
such topics as the extraterritorial application of US employment laws,
data protection laws and employee privacy, cross-border enforcement
of restrictive covenants, cross-border employment agreements, global
mobility, global redundancies, and internal investigations. He has
lectured on employment topics throughout the throughout the world,
including guest lectures at universities and law schools.
In addition to his focus on international employment issues, Andrew
counsels and represents employers in all types of US employment
matters. He has represented companies in hundreds of lawsuits and
administrative proceedings throughout the United States.
Andrew attended the University of Illinois College of Law (JD, Harno
Scholar) and Augustana College (BA, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude).
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 17L ABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT EXPERT LISTINGS LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT Elena R Baca Jeffrey C Londa Paul Hastings Ogletree Deakins Los Angeles/Costa Mesa Houston Philip M Berkowitz Johan Lubbe Littler Mendelson Littler Mendelson New York New York Elise M Bloom William C Martucci Proskauer Rose Shook Hardy & Bacon New York Washington DC Andrew (Andy) Boling See bio Kathleen M McKenna Baker McKenzie Proskauer Rose Chicago New York Shauna Clark Daniel L Nash Norton Rose Fulbright Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Houston Washington DC Lisa E Cleary Camille A Olson Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler Seyfarth Shaw New York Chicago/San Francisco/Los Angeles Erika C Collins Anthony J Oncidi Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath Proskauer Rose New York Los Angeles Catherine A Conway Nancy L Patterson Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Morgan Lewis & Bockius Los Angeles Houston/Dallas Michael A Curley Jill Rosenberg Curley Hurtgen & Johnsrud Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe New York/Philadelphia New York Louis P DiLorenzo Nancy G Ross Bond Schoeneck & King Mayer Brown New York/Syracuse Chicago Thomas G Eron Paul Salvatore Bond Schoeneck & King Proskauer Rose Syracuse New York Lynne Hermle Patrick W Shea Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Paul Hastings Menlo Park New York Eric W Hilfers Joseph E Tilson Cravath Swaine & Moore Cozen O’Connor New York Chicago Jeffrey S Klein Jeffrey D Wohl Weil Gotshal & Manges Paul Hastings New York San Francisco Wendi S Lazar Outten & Golden New York Kevin B Leblang Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel New York 18 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USA
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Featured attorney:
Peter J Armenio of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 20
BEST OF THE BEST USA EXPERTGUIDES 19LIFE SCIENCES ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
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Peter J Armenio
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
US
Tel (1) 212 849 7070
Email: peterarmenio@quinnemanuel.com
Website: www.quinnemanuel.com
Peter is co-chair of Quinn Emanuel’s Global Life Sciences Practice.
Peter focuses his practice on patent infringement and inventorship
litigation and counseling matters regarding pharmaceuticals, biologics,
DNA sequencing technologies, and medical devices, but has also
served as lead counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide
range of patent and general commercial matters in courts across the
country and in national and international arbitrations.
Peter has been recognized by Chambers USA as a leading lawyer in
intellectual property every year since 2007, and has been similarly
recognized by Chambers Global every year since 2013. Chambers has
noted in various years that Peter is “a fantastic trial lawyer,” “one of the
brightest ANDA litigators out there today,” “tremendously strategic in
setting up a case,” and has a “track record of winning.”
Managing Intellectual Property magazine named Peter one of
“America’s Best Life Sciences Litigators,” including him in its Top 10 list
for 2012. The LMG Life Sciences rankings echo this praise, listing Peter
as a top performer in every edition.
Peter has also been listed in a number of other guides and rankings,
including the IAM Life Sciences 250, the IAM Patent Litigation 250, and
the IAM Patent 1000. IAM has reported client comments that “he is
one of the smartest lawyers out there and handles cases expertly and
efficiently, obtaining great results at a reasonable cost – often through
facilitating early wins.”
20 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USAEXPERT LISTINGS LIFE SCIENCES
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Peter J Armenio See bio Bruce S Manheim Jr Kristian A Werling
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan WilmerHale McDermott Will & Emery
New York Washington DC Chicago
Scott Bass Mika R Mayer
Sidley Austin Cooley
New York/Washington DC Palo Alto
Mitchell S Bloom Michael A Morin
Goodwin Latham & Watkins
Boston Washington DC
Sandra A Bresnick Ryan A Murr
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
New York/Boston San Francisco
Kay Chandler Lisa B Pensabene
Cooley O’Melveny & Myers
San Diego New York
Kenneth A Clark Ginger Pigott
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Greenberg Traurig
Palo Alto/San Diego Los Angeles
Stuart M Falber Vernessa T Pollard
WilmerHale McDermott Will & Emery
Boston Washington DC
Lisa M Ferri Andrea L C Reid
Mayer Brown Dechert
New York Boston
Duncan A Greenhalgh Edward R Reines
Goodwin Weil Gotshal & Manges
Boston Redwood City
Matt Holian Michelle Rhyu
DLA Piper Cooley
Boston Palo Alto
John A Hurvitz Denis Segota
Covington & Burling Baker McKenzie
Washington DC New York
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell W Chad Shear
Choate Hall & Stewart Fish & Richardson
Boston San Diego
Philip Katz Allison W Shuren
Hogan Lovells Arnold & Porter
Washington DC Washington DC
Coleen Klasmeier Randall B Sunberg
Sidley Austin Baker McKenzie
Washington DC New York
Daniel A Kracov Effie Toshav
Arnold & Porter Fenwick & West
Washington DC Seattle/San Francisco
Jane M Love Elizabeth S Weiswasser
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Weil Gotshal & Manges
New York New York
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Feature by:
Robert Giuffra Jr and Sharon Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell 23
Featured attorneys:
Robert J Giuffra Jr of Sullivan & Cromwell 25
Gregory P Joseph of Joseph Hage Aaronson 25
Jonathan M Moses of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 26
Sharon L Nelles of Sullivan & Cromwell 26
William Savitt of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 27
Marc Wolinsky of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 27
22 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USATHOUGHT LEADERSHIP LITIGATION
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Emerging Antitrust Regulatory and
Litigation Risks Facing the Tech
Industry
By Robert Giuffra Jr and Sharon Nelles
Sullivan & Cromwell
New York
When confronted with antitrust and competition issues, technology
companies face increasingly complex challenges. The antitrust laws
were written decades ago and not with emerging technologies in
mind. In the United States, both Democrats and Republicans have fo-
cused on reining in so-called “Big Tech.” The European Union is con-
sidering more sweeping powers to address competition. And
plaintiffs’ lawyers are likely to become more aggressive in their search
for their next big pay day.
We expect the Biden Administration to focus on bringing antitrust
cases against tech companies. The monopolization cases against
Google, originally filed by the Trump Administration and State Attor- Responding to the Onslaught from Multiple Regulators and
neys Generals, and the Federal Trade Commission action against Lawsuits
Facebook, could be a model for other cases. We also expect U.S. agen- In the tech industry, major litigation and enforcement actions, if mis-
cies will increasingly coordinate with enforcement authorities around handled, can quickly spin into a crisis. These cases will likely involve
the globe and will look to, if not emulate, the tougher enforcement multiple regulators (often across borders) and class action and follow-
environment in Europe. on civil litigation. For this reason, tech companies should follow
lessons from companies that have successfully navigated this litigation
Congressional Pressure onslaught, including banks and car companies.
In Congress, there appears to be growing bipartisan support for ac- At the outset, boards and senior executives must focus on the big
tion against tech companies. Last year, the House Subcommittee on picture and develop a holistic, multidimensional strategy for respond-
Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law issued a lengthy re- ing to investigations and litigations in multiple jurisdictions. Be pa-
port about the four largest U.S. tech companies: Apple, Amazon, tient at the beginning and have a long-term strategy. These situations
Google and Facebook. After live hearings with testimony by the four can take a long time to resolve, and strategic choices at the outset can
companies’ CEOs, the committee issued a report that identified issues have repercussions for years. In high-stakes actions, there are many
in the tech space. audiences to consider, including consumers, investors, the media, leg-
Those conclusions have prompted proposed legislation. On Febru- islators and regulators. A well-integrated communications and legal
ary 4, 2021, Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Antitrust Subcom- team can ensure that a company delivers a consistent message. When
mittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced “The confronted with social media that amplifies criticism or pressure, the
Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement best strategy is staying focused on the long-
Reform Act.” If enacted, this bill would funda- term objectives and filtering out that noise.
mentally revise longstanding U.S. federal an-
titrust laws by forcing the merging parties to Lessons from the Microsoft Cases
shoulder the burden of proof in a variety of IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, Our firm represented Microsoft in its an-
common combination scenarios and would titrust cases in the 1990s. These cases provide
provide regulators with other powers and LITIGATION AND a perspective on the limits of antitrust litiga-
augmented resources. ENFORCEMENT tion in controlling the behavior of large tech
In particular, the bill would position regu- companies. In those actions, the district court
lators to more aggressively pursue transactions ACTIONS, IF ordered that Microsoft be broken in half, with
involving nascent or potential competitors, MISHANDLED, CAN one company focused on operating systems
which have also faced heightened scrutiny and the other focused on applications, but the
under European competition laws. In addi- SPIN INTO A CRISIS U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit re-
tion, the legislation would add $300 million versed that ruling. The company’s settlement
each to the DOJ and FTC budgets. with the DOJ focused on providing end users
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with choices involving web browsing software and media playback Facebook is facing a lawsuit by the FTC and a separate action by a
software, but those features remained built into Windows and are now bipartisan group of State Attorneys General. In those cases, regula-
crucial to both iOS and Android. Nevertheless, commentators credit tors are focused on mergers that Facebook did years ago – its pur-
the settlement with opening up competition to Microsoft from chase of WhatsApp in 2014 and of Instagram in 2012. This raises the
browser-based competitors like Google. Numerous Microsoft com- question of how often the government will examine mergers retroac-
petitors sued in the wake of the DOJ case, and the company success- tively.
fully resolved those cases. The FTC is challenging Facebook’s past acquisitions of companies
that were small at the time. This indicates an increased focus on
Examining the Google and Facebook Enforcement Strategies nascent competition, perhaps in response to criticism that the govern-
The pending government litigation against Google and Facebook may ment should have taken action against these acquisitions when they
be models for future actions. Google faces a lawsuit by the Depart- happened. These cases also raise questions about potential remedies.
ment of Justice, joined by ten Republican State Attorneys General, and Many industry participants face serious repercussions and potential
a separate suit by a bipartisan group of 38 State Attorneys General. opportunities if injunctive relief changes long-standing practices.
These cases all focus on monopoly maintenance theories of harm,
which are fundamentally the same theories the government used ***
against Microsoft years ago. They claim that Google has allegedly
taken actions that thwart the development of competitors in an effort As we wait to see how the Biden Administration plans to challenge Big
to maintain its significant position in search advertising and related Tech, we feel confident that current enforcement challenges will con-
markets. A trial in the DOJ case is not scheduled until 2023, suggest- tinue and likely expand. Leading technology companies should take
ing that the allegations may evolve as discovery takes place over the steps now to prepare by consulting with experienced advisers and dis-
next few years. cussing response strategies. Proactive preparation is the best defense.
24 EXPERTGUIDES BEST OF THE BEST USAATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES LITIGATION
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Robert J Giuffra Jr Gregory P Joseph
Sullivan & Cromwell Joseph Hage Aaronson
125 Broad Street 485 Lexington Ave, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004-2498 New York, NY 10017
US US
Tel: (1) 212 558 3121 Tel: (1) 212 407 1210
Email: giuffrar@sullcrom.com Email: gjoseph@jhany.com
Website: www.sullcrom.com Website: www.jha.com
Robert J Giuffra, Jr is a Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Gregory P Joseph is past president of the American College of Trial
Group. He serves as Vice Chair and a member of the Firm’s Management Lawyers and former chair of the Section of Litigation of the American
Committee. Bar Association. By appointment of the Chief Justice of the United
States, he served for six years as a member of the Advisory Committee
A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International on the Federal Rules of Evidence. He also served as chair of the New
Academy of Trial Lawyers, Bob has advised on many of the most high- York State Courts’ Committee of Lawyers to Enhance the Jury Process,
stakes litigation matters of the past two decades. Bob has represented by appointment of the Chief Judge of the State of New York. He was
prominent corporations and individuals in their most challenging civil co-chair of the Third Circuit Task Force on Selection of Class Counsel
and criminal cases, including at jury and bench trials, and on appeal in by appointment of the Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the
federal and state courts around the United States, before arbitration Third Circuit. He is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Supreme
panels, and in government investigations. He regularly advises senior Court Historical Society and formerly was its President.
executives and boards of directors in internal governance matters.
He is the author of several treatises, including Civil RICO: A Definitive
Bob is currently National Coordinating Counsel for Volkswagen in its Guide (5th ed. 2018), which the Harvard Law Review says
diesel-related matters and is lead counsel to Fiat Chrysler in its emissions “meticulously analyzes the decisions” and Fortune calls “the leading
issues. He has defended leading financial institutions in litigation and treatise on RICO”; Sanctions: The Federal Law of Litigation Abuse (6th
government investigations arising out of the financial crisis, Enron’s ed. 2019; Supp. 2018), which is cited in the Advisory Committee Notes
bankruptcy, the restructuring of MBIA, the accounting fraud at to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and Modern Visual Evidence
HealthSouth Corporation, and specialist trading on the New York Stock (Supp. 2018), which has been described by Communication Arts
Exchange. He has represented many of the world’s leading financial journal as “the authoritative text” on that subject. He has written more
institutions, including Bank of America, The Bank of New York, than 100 articles in professional journals. His books and articles have
Barclays, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS been cited in more than 250 judicial decisions and 350 law review
and Wachovia. His corporate clients have included Biovail, Boeing, articles. He is a member of the editorial board of Moore’s Federal
Cablevision, Computer Associates, DISH Network, Enbridge, Exxon, Practice, a 30-volume treatise on federal civil procedure.
Grupo Mexico, Kinross, Kohl’s, McKesson, Porsche, Tenaris and
UnitedHealth Group. He has also represented the Republic of Argentina, Mr Joseph has lectured for the Federal Judicial Center and National
Société Nautique de Genève, the two-time defender of the America’s Judicial College, and at several US Circuit Judicial Conferences. He is a
Cup sailing trophy and the New York Giants and Jets NFL teams. member of the Council of the American Law Institute and a former
member of the executive committee, and former chair of the
Bob has served in all three branches of the U.S. Government. In addition Committee on Professional Responsibility, of the Association of the
to his judicial clerkships, he served as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Bar of the City of New York..
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 1995-1996 and was
a primary drafter of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, He is an honours graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School
as well as in the White House. He has also been appointed by governors and has tried cases in fields as diverse as securities fraud, takeovers,
of both political parties to serve in New York State government, intellectual property, corporate governance, fiduciary duty, federal
including on the New York State Commission on Public Integrity, New taxation, tort and contract. He has lectured extensively on complex
York State Ethics Commission and, while at Sullivan & Cromwell, as a litigation, securities laws, evidence, procedure, RICO and class actions.
Special Assistant District Attorney, County of New York. He served as Assistant US Special Prosecutor in the investigation of the
United States Secretary of Labor in the early 1980s.
Bob has been a leader of the Bar. In 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts
appointed him to serve on the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice
and Procedure of the U.S. Courts. He has served as President of The
Federal Bar Council, on the New York State-Federal Judicial Council, the
New York State Commercial Division Advisory Council, the Magistrate
Judge Selection Panel for the SDNY, New York’s Permanent Commission
on Access to Justice, Commission to Reimagine the Future of New York’s
Courts and the New York Commission on Attorney Discipline.
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Jonathan M Moses Sharon L Nelles
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Sullivan & Cromwell
51 West 52nd Street 125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10004-2498
US US
Tel: (1) 212 403 2388 Tel: (1) 212 558 4000
Email: JMMoses@wlrk.com Email: nelless@sullcrom.com
Website: www.wlrk.com Website: www.sullcrom.com
Jonathan M Moses is co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, Sharon Nelles, Managing Partner of the Firm’s Litigation Group and a
which he joined in 1998. He has represented clients in diverse member of the Firm’s Management Committee, represents global
industries, including banks and financial institutions, media companies and financial institutions and their boards in every aspect
companies and industrial firms. His practice includes government of critical company matters that implicate not only civil litigation but
investigative proceedings, complex commercial and securities also related regulatory, congressional and criminal investigations and
litigation, and international arbitration. enforcement actions.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr Moses served as an attorney for the New Ms Nelles has represented such clients as Moody’s and JPMorgan
York Daily News, where he worked on First Amendment issues. Mr Chase in managing the fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis. She has
Moses is also a former journalist, having served, among other handled consumer litigation for Volkswagen, Microsoft and Diageo.
positions, as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. She has tried cases in state and federal courts and has represented
prominent firms and individuals in proceedings before the
Mr Moses received an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Department of Justice, the United States Congress, the Securities and
Columbia Law School. Following graduation from Harvard, Mr Moses Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, HUD, the
was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Hong Kong. Mr Moses Federal Reserve Bank of New York and state attorneys general. Ms.
also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen F. Williams of the Nelles frequently conducts workplace investigations and investigations
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for corporate clients, special committees and boards of directors.
following graduation from law school.
Ms Nelles also serves as president-elect of the board of the Federal Bar
Jon is President-elect of the Federal Bar Council in the Second Circuit, Council, an organization of lawyers who practice in federal courts
chairman of the board of the New York City Leadership Academy, an within the Second Circuit, which promotes excellence in federal
educational organization that focuses on training leaders who will practice and fellowship among federal practitioners.
foster success in public schools, and member of the boards of The
Marshall Project, a non-profit news organization focused on criminal Ms Nelles has been recognized as a leading practitioner by industry
justice, the New-York Historical Society and Prep for Prep. Jon is also publications, including in recent years as “Litigator of the Year” by The
a member of the American Law Institute. Jon grew up in New Jersey. American Lawyer, an “MVP” for Securities by Law360, one of the “Top
10 Women in Litigation” by Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation, and a
“Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal. In 2019, the New
York State Bar Association presented her with the Honorable Shira A.
Scheindlin Award for Excellence for her distinguished career in New
York courts and for her commitment to mentoring young lawyers in
the legal community.
She is a member of the board of the Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer
Alert and formerly served on the board of the National Breast Cancer
Coalition.
Ms Nelles earned her J.D. from Boston College Law School, M.A. from
New York University and A.B. from Mount Holyoke College. She
served as a law clerk for The Honorable Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr. of the
United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
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William Savitt Marc Wolinsky
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street 51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10019
US US
Tel: (1) 212 403 1329 Tel: (1) 212 403 1226
Fax: (1) 212 403 2329 Fax: (1) 212 403 2226
Email: WDSavitt@wlrk.com Email: MWolinsky@wlrk.com
Website: www.wlrk.com Website: www.wlrk.com
William Savitt is the co-chair of the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Marc Wolinsky has been a member of the Litigation Department at
Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice focuses on representing Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz since 1987. His practice includes corporate
corporations and directors in litigation involving mergers and governance, contracts, antitrust, insurance and securities litigation.
acquisitions, proxy contests, corporate governance disputes, class
actions involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, and regulatory Mr Wolinsky has been involved in a number of the most significant
enforcement actions relating to corporate transactions. Mr Savitt writes litigation battles in the Delaware Court of Chancery, leading the successful
and speaks extensively on corporate and securities law topics and is an defense of Airgas’ “poison pill” and the successful effort to force Dow
adjunct law professor at Columbia Law School in the field of Chemical to close on its acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Mr Wolinsky was
transactional litigation. the lead lawyer representing J.C. Flowers, Bank of America and JPMorgan
Chase in litigation with Sallie Mae over whether Sallie Mae had suffered a
Mr Savitt has played a leading role in high-stakes corporate governance material adverse change in its business and successfully defended multi-
and merger-and-acquisitions litigation in the Delaware Court of forum shareholder litigation challenging JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bear
Chancery and in courts around the country. Among recent examples, Stearns. Mr Wolinsky also has actively litigated derivative suits and
Mr Savitt successfully litigated the landmark case of Corwin v. KKR securities class actions, and most recently represented Hewlett Packard in
Financial in the Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court; resolving derivative, class action and ERISA litigation resulting from its
defended Allergan in response to a hostile bid from Pershing Square acquisition of Autonomy.
and Valeant; defended Sothebys’ shareholder rights plan against an
activist investor attack; was lead trial counsel in the successful and Following 9/11, Mr Wolinsky was a lead member of the team representing
unprecedented litigation effort of Vulcan Materials Company to obtain Larry Silverstein in insurance litigation arising out of the destruction of
a court order enjoining an attempted hostile takeover by an industry the World Trade Center and was a member of the trial team that convinced
rival; has defended corporate bylaw and charter provisions in courts a New York jury that the attacks on the World Trade Center should be
around the country; has tried numerous M&A cases to successful treated as two “occurrences” for insurance purposes. He then led the effort
verdict; and was lead attorney in the United States and Canada in Lions to settle the case, which resulted in what was reported to be the largest
Gate Entertainment’s successful multi-national defense of Carl Icahn’s property insurance settlement in history. Mr Wolinsky’s antitrust matters
takeover attempt. Mr Savitt is a recognized authority on multi- include the representation of General Mills in an FTC investigation of its
jurisdictional corporate litigation and has defended numerous acquisition of Pillsbury, the defense of Cardinal Health in the FTC
corporate merger and class action fiduciary challenges in Delaware, challenge to its acquisition of Bergen Brunswig and the representation of
New York, California and elsewhere, including recent successful Great Northern Nekoosa in its antitrust suit against Georgia Pacific.
defenses of the New York Stock Exchange’s merger with the
InterContinental Exchange, the going-private sale of Dell, Inc., and the As part of his pro bono work, Mr Wolinsky represented Joseph Steffan in
merger between Saks Fifth Avenue and Hudson’s Bay Company. his challenge to the ban on the service of gay men and women in the
military, arguing the case to the DC Circuit sitting en banc. He successfully
Mr Savitt graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and reversed the manslaughter conviction of Anthony Oddone in the New
received a M.Phil. from Columbia University in European legal history. York Court of Appeals and submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the
He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1997, where he was editor- Innocence Project as part of the successful exoneration of a Louisiana
in-chief of the Columbia Law Review. Upon graduation from law school, death row inmate. Mr Wolinsky was the recipient of the 2017 Servant of
Mr Savitt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pierre N. Leval of the Justice Award from the Legal Aid Society of New York.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for the 1997 term
and to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the Mr Wolinsky has argued appeals in the DC Circuit, the New York Court of
United States for the October 1998 term. Among other professional Appeals and the Appellate Divisions of the New York State Supreme Court
recognitions, Mr Savitt has been named by Chambers USA: America’s and has litigated in state, federal and bankruptcy courts around the
Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading securities litigator, by Lawdragon country. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United
as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the United States, by Benchmark States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,
Litigation as a “litigation star” and as a leading authority in the the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Seventh, Ninth DC
International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance. He is a member of the Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.
American Law Institute, the Board of Directors of the New York Legal
Mr Wolinsky joined Wachtell Lipton after clerking for the Honorable
Aid Society and the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Law Review, Inc.,
Henry J Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
and is a past executive director of Interfaith Hunger Appeal, a New York-
Circuit from 1980 – 1981. He received his BA with high honors from
based international hunger relief organization.
Swarthmore College in 1977 and his JD with honors from the University
of Chicago Law School. While in law school, he was a member of The
University of Chicago Law Review and served as a comment and articles
editor.
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