Ms Abena Mainoo > Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Abena Mainoo

Position
Abena Mainoo’s practice focuses on enforcement and complex civil litigation.
Abena has represented companies in cross-border investigations and civil litigation involving allegations of fraud, sanctions violations and foreign corrupt payments. Abena also conducts internal investigations and advises on corporate compliance programs as well as corporate governance.
Career
Abena joined the firm in 2009 and became a partner in 2018.
Languages
Abena is fluent in Akan and French.
Memberships
Director, Federal Bar Foundation, Federal Bar Council.
Named Among 2018’s Top 100 Women in Investigations according to Global Investigations Review.
Education
Abena received a J.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2009 and a B.A. degree with High Honors from Swarthmore College in 2006.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Prominent in cross-border commercial litigation, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s international clientele encompasses multinational financial institutions, trade associations, foreign states, and state-owned investments. The New York-based team’s broad practice sees it regularly handle disputes related to a range of commercial contracts and instruments, as well as fraud, unfair competition and other business liability disputes. Carmine Boccuzzi co-leads the general commercial litigation team, and his international disputes practice sees him represent clients in matters often involving foreign states and state-owned entities. An expert in complex financial products and markets, Rishi Zutshi is active in shareholder derivative actions, bankruptcy cases and antitrust disputes. Lina Bensman focuses on breach of contract, fraud and consumer claims, while Abena Mainoo is a go to for advice on investigations, including related to financial crimes and environmental law matters.
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