Ms Christina Sarchio > Dechert LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
1900 K STREET, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20006
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Ms Christina Sarchio
Work Department
Position
Partner
Career
Christina Guerola Sarchio focuses her practice on general commercial litigation, class actions and white collar defense, with significant experience in the consumer products, financial, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, technology and sports industries. A former prosecutor and an experienced trial lawyer, Ms. Sarchio has successfully tried cases in federal and state courts throughout the country. She also regularly appears before a number of agencies and regulators, including the DOJ, FDA, SEC and various U.S. Attorney offices.
Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Sarchio served as a partner at another international law firm where she acted as chair of the class action strike team as well as a member of the Board of Directors. Her previous experience includes serving as prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
Ms. Sarchio has also served as an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association since 2011.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Memberships
- Hispanic National Bar Association: Chief Compliance Officer (2018-2019), Vice President External Affairs (2007-2008)
- Hispanic Bar Association of D.C.
- Military Spouse JD Network
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association
Education
- Cornell University, B.A., 1991
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1995
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
(Leading lawyers)Dechert LLP routinely undertakes complex, cross-border commercial disputes before courts, administrative tribunals and regulatory bodies. Washington DC-based financial services litigation expert Catherine Botticelli jointly head up the practice group with Jonathan Streeter in New York, an expert on white-collar and securities litigation as well as government investigations and enforcement actions. Also based in New York, Christina Sarchio has significant experience with disputes arising out of the energy, pharma, and TMT sectors, while Gary Mennitt is a key name for bankruptcy litigation.
United States > Dispute resolution > International litigation
Litigators within Dechert LLP’s international practice regularly act for multinational corporates, sovereign states, debtholders, and leading financial institutions on a range of matters, with expertise in antitrust, intellectual property, professional and product liability, and securities fraud. Investigations and large-scale employment disputes are also areas of knowledge of the team. New York-based Andrew Levander
has ‘enormous prestige‘, and for one client, an ‘absolute star‘. Also based in New York, Mauricio A. España is ‘brilliant in litigation issues‘ and is adept at handling matters in the white-collar crime and securities spaces. In Washington DC, Christina Sarchio has expertise in consumer products, financial, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industry-related disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- General commercial disputes United States > Dispute resolution
- International litigation United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds