Mr Matthew Morreale > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Matthew Morreale
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Matthew Morreale is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and leads its environmental practice. He advises the Firm’s clients on environmental matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, financings and other business transactions, as well as on environmental-related proceedings and investigations. Mr. Morreale also regularly counsels companies and their boards of directors on matters relating to Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) concerns, including with respect to shareholder engagement and proposals, disclosure and proxy requirements, sustainability reporting, acquisition and investment diligence and integration matters. Clients describe Mr. Morreale as “an excellent lawyer who understands the complex regulatory impacts on companies, including emerging climate change issues.”
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
(Hall of Fame)The environmental team at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is based in New York and advises large domestic and multinational companies and their boards of directors on the environmental and sustainability aspects of large cross-border M&A deals. The group also handles a range of other deals, including divestitures, shareholder engagement and financings such as green bonds, while in the non-transactional space, it advises clients on compliance and disputes. Matthew Morreale
heads the team and is a key name for transactions, as well as environmental‑related proceedings and investigations; he also handles environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, regulatory and climate change issues, and environmental and toxic tort litigation. Senior attorney Annmarie Terraciano offers similar experience and is well versed in deals in the chemicals, mining, energy, pharmaceutical and consumer goods sectors, among others.
Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: transactional United States > Environment
- Hall of Fame United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
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