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Ms Robin Bergen

Position
Robin M. Bergen is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Bergen’s practice focuses on SEC investigations and regulatory enforcement matters, structured finance and private investment funds. She also has extensive experience in the regulation of investment companies and investment advisers. Ms. Bergen has represented corporate clients and individuals in a broad range of government investigations involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, and state regulators. She also advises boards of directors and audit committees on corporate governance matters and internal investigations. In the structured finance area, Ms. Bergen regularly represents underwriters and investment managers in collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and related products transactions and complex financial product offerings. Her substantial transactional and finance experience provides her with a unique perspective and ability to understand and analyze complex factual and legal issues faced by multinational companies and financial services firms in government investigations and enforcement matters. Ms. Bergen speaks regularly on issues relating to securities enforcement, government investigations, and structured finance.
Career
Ms. Bergen joined the firm in 1994 and became a partner in 2003.
Memberships
Ms. Bergen is a member of the Bars in New York and the District of Columbia.
Education
Ms. Bergen received a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1994 and a B.S. degree, with distinction, from the University of Virginia in 1991.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is well-versed in complex financial services litigation, frequently defending global financial institutions in high-profile compliance and enforcement matters as well as criminal regulatory inquiries from the SEC, DOJ and other government agencies. The firm also represents several clients in the cryptocurrency and fintech space. The team is led by New York-based Lev Dassin, an expert in handling government investigations and crisis management, alongside Robin Bergen, who focuses on internal investigations from Washington DC. Support is offered by Victor Hou, who holds a focus on white-collar criminal defense, and former Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim, who has an enviable track record of representing renowned corporations in criminal and regulatory investigations and commercial disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense