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A&O Shearman has a proficient litigation practice that handles a range of matters and investigations. The team operates with a broad focus encompassing securities, sanctions and antitrust matters as well as regulatory actions before global enforcement authorities. Adam Hakki and Richard Schwed are co-heads of the New York-based team. Hakki has an enviable success rate representing major financial institution clients in complex securities and antitrust matters and litigating for major banks in enforcement investigations. Grace Lee is also a team asset, handling a range of class actions related to bond financing and securities. Katherine Stoller is a white-collar lawyer tackling criminal and regulatory investigations, focusing on money laundering, sanction violations and fraud.
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Key clients
- Citigroup
- Danske Bank
Work highlights
- Represented Citigroup in a multi-billion dollar RICO and fraud action filed by Quinn Emanuel in the U.S. District Court in Miami on behalf of dozens of creditors of a now-defunct Mexican oil-services company called Oceanografía, S.A. de C.V.
- Represented Danske Bank in a high-profile $2 billion global resolution with DOJ, the SEC, and Danish authorities, concerning financial crime allegations at the Bank’s former Estonian Branch.