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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Offices
425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017-3954
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Bryce Friedman
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Business Litigation Practice with focus on complex commercial disputes. Represents the insurance and reinsurance industries in trials and arbitrations of coverage, trade practice and business disputes. Defends industrial, consumer and financial companies against fraud allegations, including alleged False Claims Act violations and government investigations. Representative clients include Beazley, Travelers, Chubb, FM Global, AIG, Utica National and members of the Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group.
Career
Joined Simpson Thacher in 1999. Law Clerk for Hon. Shirley Wohl Kram, SDNY (1997-1999).
Education
Columbia University (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1997); Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude, 1994).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Leading lawyers)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is headquartered in New York and is well regarded for handling a wide range of legal disputes including securities, commercial contracts, bankruptcy, and internal probes, advising high value national and international companies, particularly in the tech, pharma and insurance industries, as well as financial institutions. Recent notable work includes representing Twitter in multiple securities class actions and derivative lawsuits, as well as representing Chubb in connection to Boy Scouts of America’s Chapter 11 filing claims of sexual abuse. Jonathan Youngwood is a civil securities expert, while Lynn Neuner specializes in litigation related to securities, mergers, insurance coverage, and false advertising disputes. Bryce Friedman offers a broad range of legal services, including strategic planning, dispute resolution, and employee matters. Another prominent member of the team is Linton Mann III , who focuses on securities, shareholder derivative disputes, class actions, antitrust, and complex commercial conflicts. Michael Garvey is also noted for his leadership of the litigation team.
United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
(Hall of Fame)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP represents clients before state and federal courts and in arbitrations in a range of insurance and reinsurance disputes, handling issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, data breaches and insurance bankruptcy. In addition, the team also handles claims brought against insurers by shareholders and advises on regulatory proceedings, including state and federal government investigations. The practice is led by Andrew T. Frankel, who has extensive experience handling mass tort coverage litigation, alongside the co-heads of the firm’s litigation practice, Lynn K. Neuner and Jonathan K. Youngwood. The ‘very sharp’ Bryce Friedman advises on matters concerning fraud allegations and violations of the False Claims Act. Joshua Polster represents insurance clients in commercial disputes, advising on securities, M&A and breach of contract claims, while Summer Craig focuses her practice on insurance and reinsurance litigation. Former co-head of the insurance practice Mary Beth Forshaw left the firm in January 2023. All lawyers mentioned are New York-based.
Lawyer Rankings
- Advice to insurers United States > Insurance
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
- Hall of Fame United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)