‘One of the best in the business‘, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s international dispute resolution group fields an impressive team to handle a full range of cross-border litigation. Andrew Ceresney and Mary Beth Hogan jointly lead the predominantly New York-based team which includes the ‘formidable‘ Catherine Amirfar, Donald Donovan and David Rivkin, who all combine cross-border litigation, international arbitration and public international law expertise and enforcement experience. The group has a strong reputation for litigation involving white-collar crime allegations and international investigations, for which Ceresney, Hogan, Andrew Levine, Bruce Yannett and Washington DC-based David O’Neil are noted. It also boasts a strong intellectual property litigation practice while Ina Popova focuses on energy, mining and TMT sector litigation.

‘The undisputed premier firm in highly complex, high-value litigation‘, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s transnational disputes team boasts ‘superb lawyers with great breadth of experience‘, particularly in cross-border litigation with a human rights angle. The group counts food and beverage, plastics and technology among its sector specialisms, frequently brings and defends enforcement of foreign judgments and is increasingly active in climate litigation. Los Angeles-based Perlette Jura, who is renowned for environmental, consumer and mass tort matters, and William Thomson and New York-based Andrea Neuman jointly lead the practice. Anne Champion is another name to note in New York for enforcement of arbitral awards.

The litigation and trial department at Latham & Watkins LLP stands out for its ability to handle a full range of cross-border disputes, leveraging its impressive international network and full-service expertise. Led from Orange County by Michele Johnson , who is noted for securities and M&A litigation, the team counts antitrust disputes, environmental and mass torts and class actions among its other areas of expertise, and with more than 30 former federal prosecutors, excels in government enforcement proceedings and litigation. The group bolstered its data privacy and cybersecurity practice with the addition of Washington DC-based Antony Kim from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in June 2021. Other arrivals during 2021 include general litigator Steven Feldman in New York from Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles-based insurance sector expert Kirsten Jackson from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP and former Director of the Bureau of Competition at the US Federal Trade Commission Ian Conner, who added further antitrust expertise to the Washington DC office.

White & Case LLP‘s commercial litigation team handles US disputes and advises on global strategy for parallel proceedings abroad and enforcement litigation, with particular experience acting for international pharmaceutical, retail and oil and gas sector companies and foreign states and state-owned organizations. Securities litigator Glenn Kurtz leads the team from New York, where Nicole Erb, who has particular expertise in disputes involving US sanctions, and David Hille, who counts contract, securities, antitrust and intellectual property litigation and class actions among his specialisms, are also based. In Washington DC, key contacts include Claire DeLelle and Tara Lee, who are noted for their respective success acting for financial services and defense sector client, and trial lawyer Christopher Curran. The group’s West Coast offering includes Los Angeles-based TMT disputes experts Aalok Sharma and Rachel Feldman.

Allen & Overy LLP‘s impressive international network and cross-border litigation expertise attracts a range of high-profile global corporates to its client roster. In New York, Andrew Rhys Davies and Jacob Pultman jointly lead the team and, alongside Bradley Pensyl, have a breadth of experience in corporate, regulatory and financial services sector disputes. For regulatory securities and anti-corruption matters, David Esseks and Eugene Ingoglia are names to note. The group has a strong intellectual property practice and technology sector client base and has continued to expand its West Coast capabilities with the launch of new offices in Silicon Valley and San Francisco in 2021. With a complementary international arbitration practice, the team is also a popular choice for litigation matters with parallel arbitral proceedings or enforcement issues.

Arnold & Porter handles a full range of international litigation including disputes involving issues of jurisdiction, foreign immunity, anti-terrorism and disputes arising from regulatory investigations. In 2021, the group further strengthened its white-collar and investigations practice with the additions of former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael Kim Krouse and former federal prosecutor Valarie Hays in New York and Chicago respectively. Other names to note in this area include Soo-Mi Rhee and Craig Margolis in Washington DC and New York-based Marcus Asner. The team also boasts strong sector expertise and benefits from technology sector specialist Matthew Wolf in Washington DC, while the additions of Katherine Ginzburg Treistman and Ryan Hartman, who joined the Houston office from Greenberg Traurig LLP and BP respectively during 2021, bring particular experience in the energy, technology, and financial services sectors. The litigation group, which is led by Washington DC-based Kenneth Chernof and James Herschlein in New York, leverages the firm’s strong international arbitration practice in related litigation, for which Paolo Di Rosa and Maria Chedid, who are based in Washington DC and San Francisco respectively. are noted.

With a global reach, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP‘s disputes department excels in coordinating cross-border disputes with parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. Washington DC-based practice head Eric Bruce combines criminal and corporate disputes and investigations expertise while in New York Timothy Harkness is the name to note for allegations of fraud, breach of contract, malpractice and veil piercing. The team counts s.1782 applications among its areas of specialisms, in which Harkness and the ‘tremendous‘ David Livshiz are experienced. For disputes with a regulatory angle, it benefits from a strong bench of former government lawyers including Aaron Marcu and Adam Siegel in New York and cybersecurity disputes expert and head of fintech Brock Dahl who joined from the National Security Agency in May 2021 and splits his time between Washington DC and Silicon Valley. Other contacts in New York include Linda Martin, Kimberly Zelnick and Olivia Radin.

King & Spalding LLP‘s trial and global disputes team handles a full range of cross-border disputes and enforcement-related litigation. Following the departure of James Berger and Charlene Sun in October 2021, the team is led by Andy Bayman in Atlanta, who counts product liability among his areas of expertise, and Houston-based energy sector expert Reginald Smith. The group is popular among life sciences sector clients, an area strengthened by the arrival of Chicago-based Lazar Raynal in October 2021, who frequently advises on high-profile patent and breach of contracts disputes, from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. David Wallach in San Francisco, who joined from Jones Day in November 2021, also has experience in this space, as well as in the cross-border construction, energy and retain disputes. The group has an impressive complementary international arbitration team; Washington DC-based Kenneth Beale, who joined from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in March 2021 and is strong for energy and financial services sector disputes, is among the names for enforcement litigation. Also in Washington DC, international arbitration expert Érica Franzetti joined from Dechert LLP in October 2021 and has experience representing international clients before the Brazilian courts.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP‘s disputes team stands out for multi-jurisdictional litigation often involving emerging markets with particular expertise in energy, financial services, life sciences and infrastructure spaces. Practice head Richard Krumholz in Dallas has a range of experience, including business, securities and energy disputes; Kevin O’Gorman and international arbitration expert Mark Baker in Houston are other names to note for the latter. In New York, Robin Adelstein and Mina Matin  are noted for antitrust and insurance disputes respectively, while Peter A Stokes  in Austin specialises in defending securities lawsuits and SEC investigations.

With strong expertise in complex financial products, Shearman & Sterling LLP‘s litigation group is particularly popular among investment banks for securities disputes and class actions. New York-based Adam Hakki and Richard Schwed head the practice alongside Patrick Robbins in San Francisco. Other names to note in New York include Jerry Fortinsky and Brian Burke, particularly for China-related litigation, and Katherine Stoller for both cross-border litigation and enforcement investigations. The group benefits from a number of former federal prosecutors and enforcement lawyers among its ranks, including Washington DC-based antitrust litigator Ryan Shores, who rejoined the practice from the Department of Justice in early 2021. Other additions to the team during 2021 include the arrival in Dallas of commercial and securities litigation and class action defense duo Thad Behrens and Dan Gold from Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. and Austin-based IP litigator Saul Perloff from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Washington DC-based firm Williams & Connolly LLP‘s one-office disputes team is well-adept at handling international litigation. Its broad expertise spans from commercial disputes, FCPA cases and issues of foreign state immunity to cross-border patent litigation, and its impressive client roster from leading global corporates to governments and state departments. Ana Reyes and Jonathan Landy jointly lead the team and combine cross-border litigation, international arbitration and enforcement experience. Among the associate ranks, Benjamin Graham and Haley Wasserman are names to note. The lean team benefits from experience in collaborating with leading local counsel where appropriate.

Baker & Hostetler LLP attracts praise for its ‘stellar US litigation team with immensely capable partners‘. Washington DC-based Mark Cymrot, who counts sovereign states among his key clients leads the ‘remarkable‘ international arbitration and litigation team, while ‘top-tier fraud and recovery lawyer‘ and intellectual property litigator Oren Warshavsky and David Sheehan jointly head the global fraud and international asset tracing and recovery team from New York. Other names to note include ‘superb litigator‘ Gonzalo Zeballos in New York, who excels in international investigations, and Houston-based energy disputes expert Sashe D. Dimitroff.

Dechert LLP‘s trials, investigations and securities disputes team has broad experience acting for corporations, creditor groups, sovereign states investment funds and other financial institutions in cross-border disputes. Hector Gonzalez , who combines expertise in securities disputes, criminal and SEC and CFTC enforcement proceedings in New York and Washington DC-based general commercial litigator Christina Sarchio lead the team alongside Kimberly Branscome in Los Angeles, who has product liability, environmental and toxic tort and securities litigation expertise. In August 2021, the group strengthened its West Coast practice with the additions of Hartley West, who specializes in government enforcement defense and asset forfeitures, and corporate governance and securities litigator Richard Horvath from Kobre & Kim and Paul Hastings LLP respectively. Other additions include Steven Engel, who joined in Washington DC from the Department of Justice in May 2021, and Philadelphia-based Clare Putnam Pozos, former First Assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in January 2022.

Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance‘s Miami-based team is popular for international disputes involving Latin America. With a breadth of expertise in criminal and civil aspects of international litigation, the practice frequently handles fraud cases and has been particularly active in PPE and pandemic-related disputes. Global managing partner Michael Diaz, Jr. and Gary Davidson jointly lead the team following the departure of former fellow co-head Brant Hadaway. Other names to note include Marta Colomar-Garcia and Javier Coronado, who was promoted to partner in early 2021.

Hogan Lovells US LLP has a strong international trade disputes practice led by Beth Peters, Deen Kaplan  and Ajay Kuntamukkala in Washington DC. New York-based global litigation practice head Dennis Tracey handles a range of cross-border litigation and enforcement issues.

Winston & Strawn LLP‘s ‘exceptional‘ disputes team attracts praise for its ‘knowledge, flexibility and creative approach‘. Jointly led by New York-based Jeffrey Kessler, Dan Webb in Chicago and Abbe Lowell in Washington DC, the group is particularly strong for antitrust, white-collar investigations and litigation and international trade issues. Lowell and Seth Farber are noted by one client for their ‘extensive experience in dealing with the DOJ and SEC, and FCPA-related matters‘, while the ‘excellent‘ Marcelo Blackburn is popular for Latin America-related work. San Francisco-based Pamela Davis and Christopher Man in Washington DC are other contacts for white-collar crime and FCPA issues.