Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has broad expertise in government enforcement, white-collar, and regulatory mandates, and is known for its stellar cross-border capabilities, routinely advising on multijurisdictional investigations. The team is also skilled in matters such as white-collar criminal defense, litigation, governance, and compliance advice. In New York, key lawyers include David Meister, who represents global financial institutions, corporations, boards, and individuals, in matters involving the full range of federal, state, and international criminal and enforcement agencies, and Steven Glaser, a seasoned white-collar defense and investigations attorney. In Palo Alto, Emily Haffner, whose practice focuses on government investigations, civil litigation, white-collar crime, and internal investigations, and Jack DiCanio, who also practices out of Los Angeles, and is a reputed criminal defense lawyer with extensive experience in regulatory enforcement matters.
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Key clients
- Foris DAX, Inc. d/b/a Crypto.com
- China General Nuclear Power Company
- OKX’s Seychelles affiliate
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- A large managed care organization
- Gen Digital Inc.
- Flagstar Bank
- Purdue Pharma
- One of the largest social media companies in the world
- A global fixed-income asset manager
- A publicly traded genomics laboratory company
- A U.S. networking and cloud service company
- Boston Scientific
- One of the nation’s largest and fastest growing artificial intelligence entities
- An investment bank
- A multinational eCommerce company
- A payment processing company
- U.S.-based Fortune 500 company
- A leading Chinese AI company
- A leading molecular science company
Work highlights
Represented the high-profile crypto firm Crypto.com in a lengthy SEC investigation of this prominent cryptocurrency platform.
Representing China General Nuclear Power Company in connection with a high-profile criminal case, which charges the company with violating various provisions of the Atomic Energy Act.
On behalf of OKX's Seychelles affiliate, Skadden reached the successful resolution of a federal criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York with a plea to a single count of being an unlicensed money transmitter in the U.S., with no charges against any individuals and without the oversight of an independent monitor.
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Practice head
Anita Bandy; Maria Cruz Melendez; Jack DiCani;o Alessio Evangelista; Steven Glaser; Andrea Griswold; Christopher Gunther; Emily Haffner; Bradley Klein; John Kocoras; Margaret Krawiec; Andrew Lawrence; David Leland; Jessie Liu; David Meister; Daniel Michael; William Ridgway; Chad Silverman; David Simon; Matthew Sloan; Lawrence Spiegel; Don Vieira; David Zornow