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: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates)Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP routinely advises companies that are facing allegations of FCA offenses, commodities fraud, sanction violations, and environmental crimes. The firm has a strong team located in New York, which includes Sarah Coyne, Daniel Stein, and Jonathan Polkes. In addition to being highly skilled at conducting highly sensitive investigations, Coyne regularly advises clients within the financial sector on allegations of insider trading and securities fraud. Both Polkes and Stein are noted for their capabilities with handling complex litigation matters. Practicing in Washington DC, Drew Tulumello is a further standout member of the team who frequently assists clients with government investigations. Steven Tyrrell left the Washington DC office in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to corporates 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
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- 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
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- 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: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- 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: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- 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)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense