Crisis Management - Global-wide
What the Team is Known For
Covington & Burling has a broad international crisis response practice spanning the USA, Europe, Asia and Latin America. The firm also has a market-leading white-collar crime practice including former US government officials. Other areas of complex cross-jurisdictional work include climate change litigation, cybercrime and pharmaceutical crises.
Strengths
"Particularly for tech and life sciences, in the US, Covington & Burling are the Rolls-Royce of crisis management practices."
Work Highlights
Covington & Burling represented Amazon in a US Consumer Product Safety Commission mandatory recall adjudication, in which the CPSC alleged that Amazon is a "distributor" of consumer products manufactured and sold by third parties on Amazon's website.
Notable practitioners
Eric Holder, Lanny Breuer and Nancy Kestenbaum are key contacts.
