Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP boasts a distinguished practice in financial services litigation, representing investment banks, asset management and consumer finance companies in high-profile cases stretching across a diverse range of legal issues, with particular activity in antitrust and class action. The New York-based team are adept at tackling complex matters, notably representing Morgan Stanley in multiple individual and class action lawsuits alleging collusion and other anticompetitive behavior. The experienced group includes Daniel Slifkin, who has extensive experience representing financial institutions in antitrust, shareholder derivatives, or general contract dispute claims. Michael Paskin tackles class action litigation involving complex financial products whilst Lauren Moskowitz is also an accomplished litigator in federal and state courts. Lauren Rosenberg has a broad focus in her litigation practice that includes securities, commercial and antitrust issues.
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Key clients

  • American Express Company
  • BDT Capital Partners, LLC
  • Blackstone Inc.
  • Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  • Credit Suisse Asset Management
  • Dfinity Foundation
  • Goldman Sachs & Co.
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Nomura International plc
  • Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Argued and won a motion to dismiss for Morgan Stanley in putative class action antitrust litigation brought against several of the world’s largest banks relating to the trading of UK gilts.
  • Represented Robinhood as lead counsel in dozens of lawsuits, including numerous putative class actions, centralized in multidistrict litigation, involving various federal and state claims arising out of Robinhood’s decision to temporarily place certain limits on trading in certain securities in the face of unprecedented market volatility.
  • Represented Blackstone, a principal stockholder of Bumble, and certain of its directors in stockholder derivative litigation brought on behalf of Bumble alleging Blackstone misused confidential corporate information in connection with Bumble’s September 2021 Secondary Public Offering (SPO).

Lawyers

Leading partners

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Other key lawyers

Daniel Slifkin; Michael Paskin; Lauren Moskowitz; Lauren Rosenberg