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Mr John Buretta
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
John D. Buretta is Chair of Cravath’s Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Practice and a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official. Named Global Investigations Review’s “Investigations Professional of the Year,” Mr. Buretta represents corporate and individual clients in their most high‑stakes and sensitive internal investigations, regulatory enforcement and compliance matters, shareholder demands and civil litigation.
Described by clients as “an absolute star” who “has the ear of both the US authorities and client boards,” (The Legal 500 US), Mr. Buretta represents global companies, boards of directors, audit committees, individual board members, company owners, senior management, in-house counsels, law firms, and former U.S. and foreign government officials. His work spans industries, including the banking, private investment, energy, publishing, communications, technology, food, consumer, mining, aircraft, automotive, shipping, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
The investigations and regulatory enforcement team at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
is led by John Buretta, who practices from the firm’s New York office. Buretta has comprehensive experience handling a range of matters such as securities fraud, tax compliance, and antitrust laws. Also based in New York, Benjamin Gruenstein is another integral part of the team who regularly advises companies and senior executives on investigations into insider trading, accounting fraud, and money laundering. Located in Washington DC, Jennifer Leete is recommended for her skill at navigating investigations into financial crimes. The team in Washington DC is strengthened with the addition of Jeffrey A. Rosen, who joined from the DOJ in July 2023. David Stuart retired from the New York office in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
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 > 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
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism