Ms Karin DeMasi > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices
WORLDWIDE PLAZA
825 EIGHTH AVENUE
NEW YORK 10019-7475
United States
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Ms Karin DeMasi
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Karin A. DeMasi is Managing Partner of Cravath’s Litigation Department.
Her practice focuses on complex litigation, including class actions, in federal and state courts, primarily in the areas of securities, derivative, ERISA, antitrust and general commercial disputes. Ms. DeMasi also represents companies, boards of directors and individuals in connection with SEC and other government inquiries, and shareholder demands.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Hall of Fame)Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York is known for ‘subject matter expertise, professionalism and extraordinary service’, and clients describe the practice as ‘professional, expert, and highly respectful of process, people and the law’. Co-heads of the litigation department Gary Bornstein and Kevin Orsini are key members of the securities litigation practice, which is highly regarded for the work of its standout partners Daniel Slifkin, Antony Ryan and Karin DeMasi. ‘Their knowledge of the law and securities litigation specifically is unmatched’, remarks one client. The firm’s presence in new and emerging areas of the market is shown by the work of Orsini and Ryan in the defense of Robinhood Markets in high-profile “meme stock” litigation, in which it has won the dismissal of two of three tranches of claims brought against the company. Ryan and Rachel Skaistis are representing Qualcomm in a shareholder class action securities suit in California, and Bornstein is working with Ryan in the defense of Deutsche Telekom in putative class action and derivative litigation. Emerging partner talents Lauren Rosenberg, who worked with Ryan and Orsini in the class action defense of Dfinity USA Research, and Lauren Moskowitz are key members of the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense