Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is adept at handling work for a well-established cohort of clients, encompassing the full spectrum of e-discovery practices including document reviews, data preservation and privileged document identification, in some cases using internally-developed AI technologies on investigations by the DoJ, FTC and SEC. The team is spearheaded by Christian Mahoney, who operates from Washington DC alongside valued colleagues Delante Stevens and Andrew M. Juettner. Mahoney focuses his practice on AI, data analytics and info governance with strong expertise in representing clients and handling negotiations in litigation proceedings. Stevens has strengths in handling investigations and regulatory reviews, streamlining document review processes with various e-discovery methodologies to accommodate client resources and budgets. Juettner is also well-versed in advising on document preservation, collection and privilege logging for antitrust matters, securities enforcement and civil litigation.
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Key clients

  • Synopsys
  • Sixth Street Partners
  • GTCR
  • Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Korean Airlines
  • Lighthouse Global
  • Tempur Sealy International
  • IQVIA

Work highlights

Aiding Synopsys in its acquisition of Ansys which involved implementing an image clustering AI tool that resulted in a 71% reduction in manual responsive review as well as leveraging large language models to help identify privileged documents and low privilege scoring documents in order to reduce the volume of documents in the privilege review by 11%.
Supporting Legends Hospitality in the antitrust aspects of its $2.4 billion acquisition of ASM Global, joining during the government’s review of the transaction, after a Second Request had been issued by the DOJ.

Lawyers

Next generation partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Christian Mahoney

Practice head

Christian Mahoney

Other key lawyers

Delante Stevens; Andrew M. Juettner