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Michael Addis

Michael P. Addis primarily focuses his practice on complex civil litigation related to general commercial, contractual, securities, shareholder derivative, antitrust and mergers and acquisitions disputes. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to pro bono service and was selected as a United States Presidential Leadership Scholar.

Lauren Angelilli

Lauren Angelilli is Head of Cravath's Tax Department. Her practice focuses on advising clients on the tax and structuring aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs, restructurings and joint ventures, both domestically and cross‑border. Ms. Angelilli is known by clients and peers for her “extremely deep tax technical knowledge” and her “excellent job of communicating how the technical points impact a deal or business decision.”

Craig Arcella

Craig F. Arcella is Co-Head of Cravath's Finance Practice. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, he serves as a trusted advisor to financial institutions and corporate clients on a broad range of complex financings and strategic transactions, as well as corporate advisory matters. Mr. Arcella represents financial institutions and corporate clients in investment grade, high-yield and convertible bond offerings; liability management transactions; initial public offerings and other equity financings; syndicated loan, private credit and other leveraged finance transactions; and mergers and acquisitions. He also regularly advises companies with respect to corporate governance, public disclosure and compliance matters.

Jin-Kyu Baek

Jin-Kyu Baek focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has advised public and private companies, as well as boards of directors and special committees, in connection with a variety of significant transactions.

Peter Barbur

Peter T. Barbur handles a wide variety of antitrust, intellectual property and securities litigation, as well as internal corporate investigations, antitrust‑related government investigations, international arbitrations and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters.

Robert Baron

Robert H. Baron has handled major commercial cases brought as individual and class actions in federal and state courts, including the representation of major domestic and foreign issuers and financial institutions in litigation related to securities offerings and trading, complex structured financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

Isaac Beerman

Isaac C. Beerman is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department. He advises financial institutions and public and private borrowers on a broad range of finance transactions, including syndicated loan and direct lending transactions, acquisition financing transactions, liability management transactions and other complex financing arrangements.

Lucas Beirne

Lucas E. Beirne is of Counsel in Cravath's Corporate Department. He represents financial institutions and fintechs through all phases of the regulatory lifecycle. Mr. Beirne advises clients on bank charters, applications and transactions, supervision and enforcement, and deposit insurance matters, and on regulatory policy and related regulatory advocacy.

Matthew Bobby

Matthew J. Bobby is a partner in Cravath's Executive Compensation and Benefits Department. Mr. Bobby focuses his practice on executive compensation and employee benefit aspects of complex mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs, initial public offerings and other business transactions. He also regularly advises clients on the design, negotiation and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements and the negotiation of executive employment and separation agreements, as well as on SEC disclosure regarding such arrangements.

Gary Bornstein

Gary A. Bornstein is Co-Head of Cravath's Litigation Department. He handles high‑stakes commercial disputes, with particular focus on antitrust, M&A and securities litigation. Mr. Bornstein has been named a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and an “Unrivaled” litigator by Bloomberg Law. Mr. Bornstein represents clients across a range of industries in matters involving novel and complex issues of law. Known for his “strong intellect,” he is a “deeply respected” litigator with significant first‑chair trial experience. (The Legal 500 US)

Timothy Cameron

Praised by clients as a “fearless leader” with a “great courtroom presence,” Tim Cameron frequently handles his clients’ most challenging and business‑critical disputes in litigation throughout the U.S., as well as in arbitration tribunals domestically and internationally. (Chambers USA) Mr. Cameron is an experienced trial lawyer, with additional extensive experience handling antitrust, securities, shareholder derivative, M&A, and product liability claims, as well as regulatory matters. Mr. Cameron also has deep experience in a wide variety of complex commercial matters, with a focus on complicated cross‑border issues particularly for non-U.S. clients.

Daniel Cerqueira

Daniel J. Cerqueira focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, activist defense and general corporate matters. Mr. Cerqueira’s clients have included AerCap, Altra, AmerisourceBergen, Ashland, Banco Sabadell, Biogen, Blue Current, Brookfield Asset Management, Buckeye Partners, Cincinnati Bell, Disney, DRI Capital, entrotech, Flowserve, Future Standard, GreenSky, Hasbro, Hertz, Hibu Group, IBM, Illumina, Occidental Petroleum, Paramount, Pinnacle Foods, RedHill Biopharma, Siegfried, SMBC Aviation Capital, Southwest Gas, Starwood Hotels and Univision.

Ting Chen

Ting S. Chen is Co-Head of Cravath's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and activism and takeover defense.

Justin Clarke

Justin C. Clarke focuses on mergers and acquisitions litigation, securities litigation, antitrust litigation and general commercial litigation, with a particular focus on high-stakes M&A and securities cases in recent years.

Ronald Creamer

Ron Creamer is a seasoned tax practitioner in all types of acquisitions and dispositions, particularly cross-border transactions. Mr. Creamer is noted for his calm, business-oriented approach and his ability to achieve consensus in complex negotiations. In addition to advising on the tax aspects of M&A transactions, Mr. Creamer regularly counsels clients on the execution and IRS review of tax-efficient financing techniques and capital markets strategies.

Karin DeMasi

Karin A. DeMasi is Managing Partner of Cravath's Litigation Department. Commended as an “excellent litigator” with “strong court presence,” she focuses her practice on complex litigation, including class actions, in the areas of antitrust, securities, derivative, ERISA and general commercial disputes. (The Legal 500 US) Although many of her cases have been successfully resolved for her clients on pre‑trial motions, Ms. DeMasi’s experience also includes numerous jury and bench trials, as well as domestic and international arbitrations. She has represented a wide range of companies, including boards of directors and individuals, across industries.

Jeffrey Dinwoodie

Jeffrey T. Dinwoodie is a member of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Practice. Mr. Dinwoodie previously served as Chief Counsel to the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and as Head of the Office of Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Douglas Dolan

Doug Dolan focuses his practice on representing corporate issuers and investment banking firms in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity financings and investment grade and high‑yield bond offerings. He also has significant experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loan and direct lending transactions, public disclosure and general corporate matters.

Nicholas Dorsey

Nicholas A. Dorsey focuses his practice on representing corporate issuers and borrowers, and financial institutions, investors and other parties, in public and private offerings of securities and other financing transactions. Mr. Dorsey regularly advises clients in connection with corporate governance, multi‑class share structures, public disclosure and other corporate matters. He is Head of the Venture Capital & Growth Equity Practice, where he dedicates significant time to providing strategic advice to startup, early‑stage and founder‑led companies and investors in such companies. Mr. Dorsey advises clients in connection with matters involving artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. Clients regularly seek his counsel for the practical, commercial advice he offers with respect to their most challenging matters.

Thomas Dunn

Thomas E. Dunn is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. His diverse corporate practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance and securities‑related matters.

J Wesley Earnhardt

Wes Earnhardt is a first-chair trial and appellate lawyer with significant experience in antitrust, general commercial, intellectual property, securities, and financial restructuring and reorganization matters. He is described as a “careful and thorough” litigator and praised for having a “gift for communicating complicated concepts in an accessible way.” (Chambers USA) Named a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, Mr. Earnhardt regularly represents clients in their most business‑critical disputes.

Wes Earnhardt

Wes Earnhardt is a first-chair trial and appellate lawyer with significant experience in antitrust, general commercial, intellectual property, securities, and financial restructuring and reorganization matters. He is described as a “careful and thorough” litigator and praised for having a “gift for communicating complicated concepts in an accessible way.” (Chambers USA) Named a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, Mr. Earnhardt regularly represents clients in their most business‑critical disputes.

Yonatan Even

Yonatan Even focuses his practice on antitrust matters (both regulatory and litigation), general commercial disputes and securities litigation, including cases that involve issues surrounding emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. He “has a[n] innovative approach to legal problem solving and is a master of the facts on any case.” (Chambers USA)

Christopher Fargo

Christopher K. Fargo is a partner in Cravath’s Tax Department. He represents clients in connection with the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, securities offerings and joint ventures. Mr. Fargo has advised on matters across a broad range of industries, including media and entertainment, consumer products, retail, telecommunications, transportation, energy, healthcare and fintech.

Peter Feist

Peter Feist is Head of the Private Equity Practice and focuses on private equity and mergers and acquisitions matters for leading private equity firms and other financial investors. Mr. Feist advises clients on a wide array of transactions, including private and public acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, take-private transactions, recapitalizations, minority investments, structured equity investments, special situations and divestitures.

Andrew Finch

Andrew C. Finch is Co-Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice. An accomplished antitrust lawyer with extensive experience in both civil and criminal antitrust litigation and investigations, Mr. Finch previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General.

David Finkelstein

David S. Finkelstein is a partner in Cravath’s Trusts and Estates Department. His practice focuses on providing estate planning, charitable planning, tax and other advice to high net worth individuals and families. Mr. Finkelstein's approach is to develop the most advantageous manner to achieve clients’ goals for the management, preservation and disposition of their estates.

Helam Gebremariam

Helam Gebremariam handles a wide variety of complex litigation, including shareholder derivative, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial and securities matters, and antitrust matters. She handles all stages of critical litigation and has significant trial and arbitration experience.

Will Giles

Will C. Giles is of counsel in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on advising international and domestic banking organizations and other financial institutions on transactional, regulatory, supervisory, enforcement and governance matters.

Sharonmoyee Goswami

Sharonmoyee Goswami focuses her practice on intellectual property, antitrust and other litigation involving complex technical and scientific issues, including those surrounding artificial intelligence and emerging machine learning technologies. She represents companies and individuals in all stages of litigation, from pre‑complaint investigation through appeal, and routinely practices before the Federal Circuit and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). With an “exceptional ability to parse complex legal and scientific details, translating them into arguments that resonate with judges, opposing counsel, and stakeholders alike,” Ms. Goswami draws on her extensive expertise to help companies address legal issues that arise during product development and commercialization. (The Legal 500 US)

Mark Greene

Mark I. Greene is Head of Cravath's Corporate Department and Leader of the International Practice. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities matters, including advising on cross-border and domestic transactions, private equity deals, complex restructuring transactions, proxy fights, takeover defense and hedge fund activism. Mr. Greene also regularly serves as a trusted advisor to boards of directors, founders and senior business leaders on strategic matters, governance matters, crisis management and risk mitigation issues. According to clients and the market, Mr. Greene has a “mighty reputation in cross-border deals” and “outstanding and deep experience in M&A.” He “treats his clients as priority number one” and “takes time to probe and understand his clients’ objectives and is very practical in the legal advice he offers.”

Lillian Grossbard

Lillian S. Grossbard has a broad litigation practice, with a particular focus on antitrust, commercial disputes and other advisory matters.

Aaron Gruber

Aaron M. Gruber is Co-Head of Cravath's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, activist defense, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

C Daniel Haaren

C. Daniel Haaren focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, other equity financings and investment grade, high‑yield and convertible bond offerings. He regularly advises clients on governance, public disclosure and general corporate matters.

Richard Hall

Richard Hall is Head of Cravath’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice for EMEA. He has been described as a “consummate attorney with a business mind” who “brings extremely creative ideas to the table.” Mr. Hall’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and matters relating to activist defense.

Damaris Hernández

Damaris Hernández focuses her practice on complex civil litigation related to antitrust, contractual disputes and securities.

Eric Hilfers

Eric W. Hilfers is Head of Cravath’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Department. Mr. Hilfers’s practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit matters faced by Cravath’s clients, principally in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. Mr. Hilfers has experience representing corporate clients, private equity firms and individuals.

Keith Hummel

Keith R. Hummel is a member of the Litigation Department and Co‑Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice. He has extensive experience litigating complex commercial, intellectual property and antitrust disputes for plaintiffs and defendants in diverse fields, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, home automation, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, coating systems, and wine and spirits. Known as an “excellent trial lawyer” and praised as “ingenious, resourceful, resolute and unflagging—there is nothing he cannot do when it comes to complex legal conflict,” Mr. Hummel is consistently recognized as one of the country’s leading practitioners in the intellectual property arena, particularly in critical multi‑jurisdictional patent disputes. (Chambers USA; IAM Patent)

Matthew Jones

Matthew G. Jones is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He also has significant experience advising corporate clients and investment banks across a variety of financing transactions.

David Kappos

David J. Kappos is Co-Chair of Cravath's Intellectual Property Practice. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost leaders in the field of intellectual property, including intellectual property management and strategy, the development of global intellectual property norms, laws and practices as well as commercialization and enforcement of innovation‑based assets. Mr. Kappos advises Cravath’s clients on a wide range of their most complex intellectual property issues, including those pertaining to artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptoassets and fintech, as well as cybersecurity and data privacy.

Jonathan Katz

Jonathan J. Katz is a partner in Cravath’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Department. He advises clienton a wide range of executive compensation and human resource‑related matters. His transactional practice involves advising on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin‑offs, joint ventures and private equity transactions. He also regularly counsels corporate, private equity and individual clients on the design, negotiation and implementation of employment agreements and incentive compensation programs. Additionally, Mr. Katz handles securities law compliance matters relating to executive compensation, including new and evolving regulatory matters, such as clawback rules, pay vs. performance disclosure and related matters. Mr. Katz has represented numerous founders and high‑profile executives in compensation‑related matters.

Christopher Kelly

Christopher J. Kelly has a broad banking practice, with experience in syndicated lending, finance and related matters for both financial lending institutions and corporate borrowers.

Matthew Kelly

Matthew M. Kelly is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department. He represents financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with a wide range of syndicated loan, direct lending and other financing transactions, including acquisition finance and investment‑grade and leveraged finance.

Lauren Kennedy

Lauren R. Kennedy focuses her practice on complex civil litigation related to antitrust, contractual disputes, intellectual property and securities. An “innovative” litigator who “never back[s] down from a challenge,” she represents clients in all stages of critical litigation, with particularly significant trial experience in state and federal courts around the country. (The Legal 500 US)

Stephen Kessing

Stephen M. Kessing is Co-Head of Cravath's Banking and Credit Practice. He advises financial institutions, corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors on a broad range of finance transactions, including complex syndicated loan and direct lending transactions, capital markets transactions, restructurings and debtor‑in‑possession financing, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

David Korn

David H. Korn focuses his practice on complex litigation, particularly in the areas of antitrust, securities and general commercial.

Tatiana Lapushchik

Tatiana Lapushchik is Co-Head of Cravath's Banking and Credit Practice. Her practice spans both leveraged and investment grade bank financings across a variety of industries, including industrials, oil and gas, consumer and technology and media. Ms. Lapushchik dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising on financings for private equity clients and their portfolio companies.

Vanessa Lavely

Vanessa A. Lavely handles a wide variety of business‑critical litigation cases, including antitrust, intellectual property, environmental, general commercial and securities matters. Repeatedly praised by clients for trying “some of the most difficult cases,” being “highly professional and unbelievably effective,” and providing “concise, well thought‑out and spot‑on direction,” she has significant trial experience in federal and state court. (Chambers USA)

Jennifer Leete

Jennifer S. Leete is a member of Cravath's Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Practice. She is a former Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she served for more than 20 years. Ms. Leete represents public and private companies, financial institutions, auditors, audit committees, boards of directors, executives and board members in connection with sensitive and complex investigations, enforcement and regulatory matters. She also conducts internal investigations on behalf of board committees and companies and advises clients on corporate governance and regulatory compliance issues.

G.J. Ligelis Jr.

G.J. Ligelis Jr. is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. His M&A practice has a particular focus on cross‑border transactions. Mr. Ligelis’s clients have included AerCap, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Aramex, Biogen, Buckeye Partners, Casa Cuervo, Hain Celestial, INEOS, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, National Grid, Novartis, Siegfried, Synthomer, Texas Capital Bank, Unilever, Viatris and WiseTech Global.

Nicoleta Lupea

Nicoleta D. Lupea focuses her practice on advising clients in mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of securities, disclosure and general corporate matters. Ms. Lupea is a member of the Venture Capital & Growth Equity Practice, where she dedicates a portion of her practice to providing commercial and strategic advice to venture capital-backed companies, as well as founders and investors in a range of corporate matters, including pre-IPO financing rounds.

Michael Mariani

Michael E. Mariani is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general company representation. He also has significant experience representing companies and investment banks in a variety of public and private financings and disclosure matters.

Matthew Morreale

Matthew Morreale is Head of Cravath's Environmental Practice. He advises Cravath’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.”

Lauren Moskowitz

Lauren A. Moskowitz is an accomplished litigator with deep trial experience, focused on general commercial, antitrust, securities and intellectual property litigation, as well as financial restructuring and reorganization matters. She has been recognized as a “great advocate with a great courtroom presence” who “has racked up wins in a number of high‑profile matters.” (Chambers USA; The New York Law Journal)

Omid Nasab

Omid H. Nasab is a trial lawyer who represents clients in high-stakes disputes. Described as “extremely intelligent, strategic and commercial,” he has achieved outstanding results for his clients on a broad variety of complex litigation, including breach of contract, mass torts and business torts, bankruptcy and securities matters. (The Legal 500 US)

Evan Norris

Evan Mehran Norris, a former federal prosecutor, focuses his practice on advising U.S. and multinational companies, boards of directors and senior executives with respect to government and internal investigations, cybersecurity, regulatory enforcement and compliance, and related civil litigation. A member of Cravath's Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Practice and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice, Mr. Norris advises clients in a broad range of matters from cross‑border investigations to cyber incident response.

Kevin Orsini

Kevin J. Orsini, Co-Head of Cravath’s Litigation Department, is widely recognized as one of the top trial lawyers and crisis advisors in the country. An “established, all‑purpose trial powerhouse” with substantial first‑chair trial experience, Mr. Orsini is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been named Benchmark Litigation’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year,” “General Commercial Litigator of the Year” and “Antitrust Attorney of the Year.” Mr. Orsini “attends to a remarkably diverse practice that touches on commercial, antitrust and the one‑of‑a‑kind phenomenon of ‘event‑driven’ litigation, often of the most complex, contentious and highest‑stakes variety.” (Benchmark Litigation)

Michael Paskin

Michael A. Paskin focuses his practice on class actions and other complex litigation, primarily in the areas of antitrust, contracts and general commercial disputes and securities. Praised as a “true star,” he has been recommended by The Legal 500 US for his work in the financial services, general commercial, corporate restructuring, antitrust and securities litigation practice areas.

Ryan Patrone

Ryan J. Patrone focuses his practice on representing issuers and investment banking firms in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other primary and secondary equity offerings, as well as investment grade and high‑yield debt offerings. He also has significant experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder activism defense and general corporate matters.

Bethany Pfalzgraf

Bethany A. Pfalzgraf focuses her practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate governance and disclosure matters.

Noah Phillips

Noah Joshua Phillips is Co-Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice and previously served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He advises clients on a range of antitrust issues, including mergers and acquisitions, business conduct and compliance, litigation and investigations, consumer protection, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity and data privacy.

Andrew Pitts

Andrew J. Pitts is Head of Cravath's Capital Markets Practice for North America. He has a significant corporate finance practice and advises clients on a broad range of corporate issues. Mr. Pitts is widely regarded in the legal community as exceptionally responsive and pragmatic with a wide range of experience addressing clients’ most complex legal issues.

Matthew Ploszek

Matthew L. Ploszek focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Arvind Ravichandran

Arvind Ravichandran is a partner in Cravath's Tax Department. He advises clients on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, restructuring transactions and related financings, and private equity investments across multiple asset classes.

Michael Reynolds

Michael T. Reynolds represents a broad range of public and private companies as well as non‑profit organizations in complex civil litigation and internal investigations relating to securities, antitrust, contract, copyright, the False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and compliance with federal and international laws and regulations.

Claudia Ricciardi

Claudia J. Ricciardi focuses her practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.

Elad Roisman

Elad Roisman is a member of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice and the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Practice. Prior to joining Cravath, Mr. Roisman was a Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Sarah Rosen

Sarah F. Rosen is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department. She focuses her practice on representing corporate clients and leading financial institutions in connection with a broad range of financing transactions, including investment grade and leveraged bank financings, refinancings and restructurings, strategic and private equity acquisition financings and general working capital facilities.

Lauren Rosenberg

Lauren M. Rosenberg handles critical litigation with a focus on securities, antitrust and general commercial matters across a range of industries. She also advises clients with respect to issues surrounding the development and use of artificial intelligence. Ms. Rosenberg has earned praise for her “attention to detail [that is] wildly impressive,” and ability to “make things right for a client.” (The Legal 500 US)

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea focuses her practice on advising clients on their most significant intellectual property issues, including with respect to complex licensing and collaborations, patent and copyright licensing strategy, software and artificial intelligence. She also handles the intellectual property, data privacy and broader technology aspects of major corporate transactions. Additionally, she regularly advises public company clients with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.

Antony Ryan

Antony L. Ryan handles a wide variety of litigation matters, focusing on securities litigation, accountants’ liability, M&A litigation and antitrust law. Known for his “creativity and mastery of the law,” he frequently leads challenging and business‑critical litigation in federal and state courts around the country. (Chambers USA) Praised by his clients as “analytically exceptional,” “extremely intellectual” and “a great leader,” Mr. Ryan is regularly recognized by leading industry publications. (Chambers USA) He has been named Benchmark Litigation’s “Securities Litigator of the Year,” selected by Lawdragon as a nationwide “Legend” and recognized to The Legal 500 Hall of Fame for his work in securities litigation.

Faiza Saeed

Faiza J. Saeed is Cravath’s Presiding Partner. She advises public companies, boards of directors and special committees in connection with M&A, corporate governance and crisis management, including takeover defense and proxy contests.

Rebecca Schindel

Rebecca J. Schindel focuses her practice on complex litigation, particularly in the areas of antitrust, securities and general commercial disputes.

Margaret Segall

Maggie Segall is a member of Cravath's Antitrust Practice. Her practice focuses on transactional matters, antitrust regulatory approval, and government investigations, including civil conduct investigations brought by both federal and state antitrust authorities, as well as general antitrust counseling and critical antitrust litigation. Named “Dealmaker of the Year” by Global Competition Review (GCR) in 2025, Ms. Segall is described as “truly one of the finest antitrust attorneys” and “prolific in securing clearances for high-value mergers, as well as advising clients on government investigations.” (The Legal 500 US) Her clients cover diverse industries, including aerospace and aviation, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, consumer products, media, manufacturing and technology.

Rachel Skaistis

Rachel G. Skaistis focuses her practice on advising boards of directors and management in connection with government and internal investigations, shareholder demands, derivative actions and accounting restatements. Ms. Skaistis represents clients in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the False Claims Act, insider trading, accounting and securities fraud and governance issues. She also handles a wide variety of general litigation, arbitration and appellate matters, including in the areas of employment, securities, bankruptcy and general commercial disputes.

Daniel Slifkin

Over the course of 34 years at Cravath, Daniel Slifkin has tried numerous cases in courts nationwide, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. “A real trial powerhouse” (Benchmark Litigation), Mr. Slifkin is among the few litigators to have taken a securities fraud class action through jury verdict. In addition to securities and derivative matters, he has substantial experience in antitrust matters, bankruptcy proceedings and general commercial litigation. Mr. Slifkin also represents clients in regulatory investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and European Union. In particular, he has considerable knowledge of the financial services industry, having represented numerous of the world’s leading financial institutions in a wide range of matters.

Kelly Smercina

Kelly M. Smercina focuses her practice on representing corporate clients and investment banking firms in a wide range of capital markets and other financing transactions, including in connection with acquisitions and spin‑offs. She also has significant experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.

Kathryn-Ann Stamm

Kathryn-Ann Stamm is of Counsel in Cravath's Corporate Department. She advises and provides support to the Firm’s clients regarding the protection, growth and management of their intellectual property and technology assets, data security and general privacy matters. Ms. Stamm has in‑depth knowledge and experience implementing these strategies in the context of corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs and separations, licensing arrangements, partnerships, joint ventures and collaborations.

Brittany Sukiennik

Brittany L. Sukiennik focuses her practice on complex litigation, including mass torts and other commercial disputes. She routinely navigates some of the most expansive and high‑stakes cases, with particularly significant trial experience in courts across the nation.

Annmarie Terraciano

Annmarie M. Terraciano is of Counsel in Cravath’s Corporate Department. She advises on environmental matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, financings and other business transactions, as well as on environmental‑related proceedings and indemnification disputes.

Leonard Teti

J. Leonard Teti II is a partner in Cravath’s Tax Department. He advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs and private equity transactions. Clients seek out Mr. Teti for his ability to provide practical, clear and commercial advice on the tax issues central to complex domestic and cross‑border transactions. He also advises clients during the course of audits by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities.

Robert Townsend III

Robert I. Townsend, III is Co-Chair of Cravath's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. His practice focuses primarily on all types of M&A transactions, corporate governance matters and activist defense. Mr. Townsend’s clients have included ADT, altafiber, AmerisourceBergen, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Aon, Atlas Air, Brink’s, Brunswick, Cable One, Canadian National Railway, City Brewing, Conduent, Crown Castle, DiaSorin, Frontier Communications, GreenSky, J.D. Power, Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue, Light & Wonder, MacAndrews & Forbes, Martin Marietta, Nestlé, Olin, Oshkosh, OUTFRONT Media, Pinnacle Foods, Quest Diagnostics, Stanley Black & Decker, Univision, US Foods and Valvoline.

Minh Van Ngo

Minh Van Ngo is Co-Chair of Cravath's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. Mr. Van Ngo advises companies, boards of directors and special committees in connection with M&A, corporate governance and crisis management, including consensual and hostile transactions, leveraged buyouts, strategic investments, takeover defense, proxy contests and hedge fund activism.

Christine Varney

Christine A. Varney is Chair of Cravath's Antitrust Practice. Ms. Varney has been widely recognized as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States in both private practice and in government service, and she is the only person to have served as both the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust and as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Varney formulates global antitrust strategy for clients in connection with joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other business transactions, including advising on business conduct or potential investments to ensure compliance with antitrust laws, securing antitrust regulatory approvals, and handling internal or governmental investigations into anticompetitive behavior. Her clients span diverse industries, including cable, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, transportation, technology and telecommunications.

Andrew Wark

Andrew M. Wark focuses his practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism defense and general corporate matters. Mr. Wark’s clients have included AngloGold Ashanti, AXA, Barrick Gold, Benchmark Electronics, CardWorks, Convey Health Solutions, Corteva, Cox Enterprises, Crown Castle, Eurazeo, Evolent Health, Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors, Future Standard, GuideWell, Hapag‑Lloyd, IBM, Just Eat Takeaway.com, Olin, Peabody Energy, RELX Group, Sensata Technologies, Viatris and ViewRay.

Jesse Weiss

Jesse M. Weiss focuses his practice on antitrust, including antitrust litigation, regulatory work and antitrust counseling.

John White

John W. White is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Chair of its Corporate Governance and Board Advisory practice. From 2006 through 2008, he served as Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees disclosure and reporting by public companies in the United States.

Ryan Wichtowski

Ryan J. Wichtowski is a partner in Cravath's Corporate Department. He advises the Firm’s clients on a broad range of complex intellectual property and M&A‑related issues, including those that arise in the context of corporate and financing transactions. His transactional experience includes counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions, spin‑offs and separations, complex licensing arrangements, partnerships, joint ventures and collaborations.

Michael Zaken

Michael J. Zaken has a broad litigation practice, with a particular focus on antitrust, bankruptcy, class action defense, commercial disputes and intellectual property, as well as antitrust advisory and other advisory work.

Joseph Zavaglia

Joseph D. Zavaglia is Cravath's Head of Leveraged Finance North America. He is a generalist corporate lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising public and private companies and financial institutions across multiple disciplines, including IPOs and other capital markets transactions; leveraged loans (broadly syndicated and direct) and other complex financing arrangements; activism defense (shareholder and debtholder) and other liability management transactions; corporate governance and other Board of Director matters; public company reporting and other SEC matters; and joint ventures, acquisitions and other M&A transactions.

George Zobitz

Jed Zobitz is Managing Partner of Cravath’s Corporate Department and Co-Head of the Finance Practice. He works in all areas of the Firm’s corporate practice. Currently, his practice focuses on complex syndicated loan transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance and asset‑based lending, as well as securities, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate representations.

Paul Zumbro

Paul H. Zumbro is Head of Cravath’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization (FR&R) Practice. His practice focuses on restructuring transactions and related financings, both in and out of court, as well as bankruptcy M&A transactions.