Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP maintains a versatile appellate practice that frequently represents financial entities and global corporations in significant disputes. Working from New York, Lynn Neuner co-heads the litigation department and recently prevailed in a National Advertising Review Board appeal regarding the substantiation of product claims. Also in New York, fellow co-chair Jonathan Youngwood is an experienced practitioner who has appeared before the majority of federal circuits, including recent matters in the Second and Ninth Circuits. Across the Fifth and Tenth Circuits, the group handles commercial, civil rights, and regulatory appeals, in addition to merger-related litigation for federal banking institutions.
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Key clients
- Aptive
- AXA XL
- Banc of California
- BOC International
- Bayer
- Best Buy
- Chubb
- Deutsche Bank
- Federal Insurance Company
- Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco and New York
- Hilton
- JPMorgan Chase
Work highlights
Represented BOC International Holdings Limited in a Second Circuit appellate victory affirming the dismissal of a class action regarding crude oil treasure trading.
Represented J.P. Morgan Securities, BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, and William Blair & Company in a Ninth Circuit victory affirming the dismissal of a securities class action.
Represented the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in securing an appellate victory overturning an unconstitutional North Carolina law criminalizing voting.
Practice head
Lynn Neuner; Jonathan Youngwood