The New York-based securities litigation team at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is led by William Savitt and Jonathan Moses. Savitt is noted for his work involving mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests, class actions involving allegation of fiduciary duty and regulatory enforcement actions relating to corporate transactions. Anitha Reddy offers expertise in corporate governance matters, and in class and derivative actions alleging breaches of fiduciary duties. Media and technology companies and consumer goods and industrial clients often seek the advice of Cynthia Fernandez-Lumermann, and Ryan McLeod regularly resolves stockholder securities disputes.
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Key clients
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Bayer AG
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
- Coinbase
- Consensys Software Inc.
- CVS Health Corp.
- Danone
- Governor of the State of Delaware
- DICK’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
- Fox Corp.
- InterActiveCorp.
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Newmont Corporation
- PENN Entertainment, Inc.
- Raytheon Technologies Corp.
- Silver Lake
- Government of Switzerland
- Volta, Inc.
- Walmart
- Warner Bros Discovery
Work highlights
Representing Meta’s current and former directors and officers in obtaining a mid-trial settlement in a Caremark-related derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging the board's oversight of Meta's compliance with data privacy law.
Representing Coinbase against the SEC’s enforcement action attacking Coinbase as an unregistered exchange, broker-dealer, and clearing agency in violation of the securities laws.
Representing The Confederation of Switzerland in securities litigation filed in U.S. federal courts relating to the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse.
Practice head
William Savitt; Jonathan M. Moses
Other key lawyers
Graham W. Meli; Sarah K. Eddy; Ryan A. McLeod; Anitha Reddy; Cynthia Fernandez Lumermann; Nathanial D. Cullerton