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Mr Lewis Liman
Position
Lewis J. Liman is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Liman is an experienced commercial litigator and appellate lawyer. Mr. Liman’s practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation; white collar criminal defense and governmental investigations. He has represented numerous companies, individuals, and financial institutions in complex commercial litigation and governmental and internal investigations. He has also successfully argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits, and in the courts of New York State.
Career
Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, (Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney) (1994-99). Law Clerk, US District Court, Southern District of New York (1987-88) and US Supreme Court (1989-90). JD, Yale Law School (1987), MSc. Economics with distinction, London School of Economics (1984), AB, Harvard University (1983).
Memberships
Federal Bar Council; NY Council of Defense Lawyers; Legal Aid Society; Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- 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