Mr Michael Paskin > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices
WORLDWIDE PLAZA
825 EIGHTH AVENUE
NEW YORK 10019-7475
United States
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Mr Michael Paskin
Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Michael A. Paskin focuses his practice on class actions and other complex litigation, primarily in the areas of antitrust, securities, contracts and general commercial disputes, and financial reorganization and restructuring. He has represented many leading financial institutions in matters involving complex financial markets and products such as residential mortgage-backed securities, stock loans, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and other derivatives, as well as loan syndication and interest rate benchmarks. Mr. Paskin also has represented corporate clients in various industries. In addition, he represents corporations and boards of directors in connection with internal investigations and inquiries by U.S. and foreign regulators, including the SEC, DOJ, CFTC and European Commission.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a recognized financial services litigation firm with deep experience across antitrust, securities and consumer class actions. The firm represents major banks including JPMorgan, American Express and Citigroup on matters involving antitrust enforcement actions, putative class actions and residential mortgage-backed securities. With increasing activity in the fintech sector, the firm has demonstrated capacity in this area, continuing to represent Dfinity in class action securities litigation concerning the system’s governance tokens and whether these qualify as securities subject to government regulation. The litigation practice is co-led by Gary Bornstein and Kevin Orsini. Daniel Slifkin is also a key name to note for his experience in antitrust and securities claims. Meanwhile, Michael Paskin and Lauren Moskowitz are recognized for their focus on representing large financial institutions in financial product matters including RMBS. Moskowitz is also noted for her activity in bankruptcy proceedings. All lawyers named are based in New York.
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 > 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