Mr Nicholas Gravante > Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Offices
200 LIBERTY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10281
NEW YORK
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Mr Nicholas Gravante
Work Department
Global Litigation - Corporate and Financial Services Litigation and Regulation
Position
Nick Gravante is the co-chair of Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group and head of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice. He is widely recognized as one of the top litigators in the country, with extensive trial experience focused on complex commercial, securities and antitrust litigation, as well as criminal cases and appeals.
Nick is renowned for his work on behalf of clients, handling high-profile cases and highly sensitive, confidential matters resolved behind the scenes. He has negotiated non-prosecution agreements for publicly traded companies and won exoneration of numerous individuals, non-profit entities, Fortune 500 companies and a major national university in federal and state grand jury and regulatory investigations.
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School
B.S., Duke University, magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP continues to represent a wide range of publicly and privately owned food and beverage companies in high-stakes antitrust litigation across federal and state courts. The team frequently handles major opt-out cases, including ongoing antitrust litigation in the broiler chicken, pork, and beef industries. Co-chair Philip Iovieno has built a strong reputation for recovering funds on behalf of corporate clients affected by cartels and other antitrust violations. Nicholas Gravante brings extensive trial experience in civil and criminal antitrust litigation and appeals. Lawrence Brandman strengthens the team with his deep understanding of the antitrust implications of bankruptcy and restructuring. All mentioned lawyers are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Financial products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism