Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP handles antitrust litigation, regulatory enforcement, and class actions. The team advises on transactions, compliance, and investigations, including allegations of monopolization, price fixing, output coordination, and industry-wide conspiracies. Working on precedent-setting matters across finance, healthcare, technology, consumer goods, entertainment, and pharmaceuticals, the team's experience allows it to manage long-running cases efficiently, working on matters with significant legal and commercial impacts. Leadership of the antitrust practice is provided by Washington, DC-based Noah Joshua Phillips, with Gary Bornstein and Kevin Orsini serving as co-heads of the litigation department, and Lauren Roberta Kennedy focuses on class actions and multidistrict litigation. The team strengthened its bench with the hire of practice co-head Andrew Finch from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and promotion of Rebecca Schindel to partner, while David Marriott and Damaris Hernández departed in 2025. All lawyers mentioned above are based in New York unless otherwise stated.
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Key clients
- American Express Company ("Amex")
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Corteva, Inc.
- Elsevier B.V.
- Epic Games, Inc.
- Epic Systems Corporation
- Fitness International, LLC
- Givaudan SA
- Ingevity Corporation
- Light & Wonder, Inc.
- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
- Louis Dreyfus Company, LLC
Work highlights
Secured a major victory following a three-week jury trial for American Express (“Amex”) in class action litigation brought by classes of debit card and non-rewards credit card users in multiple states alleging that Amex’s non-discrimination provisions inflated prices paid for goods and services sold by merchants across the country.
Representing Prime Therapeutics in litigation brought by the State of Michigan alleging an agreement to fix pharmacy reimbursement rates for prescription drugs.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Gary A. Bornstein; Kevin J. Orsini; Andrew Finch; Noah Joshua Phillips
Other key lawyers
Kevin Orsini; Laura Kennedy; Michael Zaken; Andrew Finch; Rebecca Schindel; Christine Varney