
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP represents corporations, individuals, financial institutions, and professional firms in a broad range of criminal and regulatory investigations and proceedings. The practice is co-headed from New York by Martine Beamon, who has a diverse white-collar and investigations practice, Greg Andres, who specializes in white-collar defense, complex civil litigation, and crisis management, and Neil MacBride, who returned to the firm in January 2025 after serving as General Counsel of the Treasury Department. They are supported by Tatiana Martins, who represents boards, companies, and individuals in a variety of white-collar and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as Sidney Bashago, and James Haldin. The team in Washington DC includes Robert Cohen, a specialist in regulatory matters and investigations, Paul Nathanson, who specializes in areas such as fraud, sanctions, money laundering and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Daniel Kahn, a favored lawyer by multiple Fortune 100 companies, and the insider trading, market manipulation, public corruption, and financial fraud matters expert Uzo Asonye. Fiona Moran, who focuses on sensitive government investigations and enforcement actions, as well as internal investigations, is another key DC lawyer.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- JPMorgan Chase
- Verisk Analytics
- Paxos
- Grupo Aval
- TD Securities
- Coinbase
- Meta
Work highlights
Served as counsel to JPMorgan, a victim in a criminal trial concerning a fraudulent scheme by Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar, two executives of the education startup Frank.
Represented JPMorgan with respect to its compliance with the terms of its 2020 Deferred Prosecution Agreement and obtained a dismissal of the criminal charges against the Bank.
Represented Verisk in the resolution of a multi-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding certain government contracts in its former Financial Services segment, Argus Information & Advisory Services, Inc., which was sold to TransUnion in April 2022.
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Practice head
Martine Beamon; Greg Andres; Neil MacBride
Other key lawyers
Tatiana Martins; Sidney Bashago; James Haldin; Robert Cohen; Paul Nathanson; Daniel Kahn; Uzo Asonye; Fiona Moran


