Ms Mary Jo White > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Offices
66 HUDSON BOULEVARD
NEW YORK
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Ms Mary Jo White
Work Department
Litigation, Crisis Management, White Collar & Regulatory Defense, Internal Investigations, Internal Corruption
Position
Partner, Senior Chair
Career
Mary Jo White, who has previously served as the Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is Senior Chair of the firm, a litigation partner in the New York office of Debevoise, and leader of the firm’s Strategic Crisis Response and Solutions Group.
Ms. White’s practice focuses on counseling boards of directors and representing clients on significant and sensitive matters, including companies facing crises involving multi-faceted government investigations and cases. She has decades of experience prosecuting and defending a wide range of white collar criminal and civil cases, having served as Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and as a well-known private practitioner in high-profile matters.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
(Hall of Fame)Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is as a go-to practice for large corporations and their C-suite executives in white-collar investigation and enforcement matters, where the firm handles topics ranging from corruption and embezzlement to cybersecurity and commodities. Offices in major hubs such as Hong Kong and London further strengthen the practice’s ability to handle multijurisdictional and parallel investigations for multinational clients. In New York, practice head Bruce Yannett
is a key contact alongside litigation specialist Lisa Zornberg and Mary Jo White, whose expertise extends to crisis management and internal investigations. Andrew Ceresney, also in New York, is rated for his in-depth experience in assisting corporations and individuals in federal and state government investigations and contested litigation. In March 2022, the practice strengthened its bench with the arrival of San Francisco-based Kristin Snyder, a former Deputy Director of the Division of Examinations at the SEC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)