Ms Sarah Coyne > Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Offices

767 5TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10153
NEW YORK
United States
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Ms Sarah Coyne

Position
Co-Head of Weil’s global White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice
Career
Sarah Coyne is Co-Head of Weil’s global White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice. She focuses on a wide range of civil and criminal white collar matters, as well as internal investigations, with experience across industry sectors and an emphasis on financial institutions. She is a regularly featured speaker on CNN and for many years, taught a course on white collar crime at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Sarah is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, serving for 14 years in the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of New York, where she was Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section and oversaw a large team of prosecutors working on white collar criminal matters. In these roles, Sarah prosecuted or supervised a number of high-profile matters, including those involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities and investment fraud, and off-label promotion in the healthcare space. She also tried 14 jury trials and argued seven successful appeals.
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D.), Georgetown University (B.A.)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
(Leading lawyers: Advice to corporates)Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense