Mr Steven Witzel > Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Offices
ONE NEW YORK PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10004
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Steven Witzel
Work Department
White Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Enforcement.
Position
Global Head of White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations Practice. Represents public companies, audit committees, private equity firms and senior executives in criminal and regulatory investigations, and parallel civil litigation. Practice includes investigations into allegations of domestic and international accounting frauds, antitrust conspiracies, financial crimes and FCPA violations.
Career
Joined in 2005. Former Partner (Associate GC), PricewaterhouseCoopers; Assistant US Attorney in Southern District of NY Criminal Division and Acting Chief of Public Corruption Unit; Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Education
Mr. Witzel received his JD from Fordham University School of Law in 1983 and his AB from Dartmouth College in 1978, cum laude with high honors.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense