
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
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Provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
In today’s global economy, litigation, government investigations, and multidimensional corporate challenges often play out on the world stage. Clients turn to Morgan Lewis when their vital interests are at stake, looking to our team’s trial capabilities, legal and business sophistication, broad scope of litigation services, and ability to help find solutions to complex challenges. With experience in most jurisdictions worldwide and a rare combination of trial capacity and practical insight, we frequently serve as trial, strategic, permitting, and coordinating counsel in large, complex matters. Our deep skill set and breadth of experience across industries and jurisdictions give us a unique ability to address clients’ legal and business concerns, distinguishing Morgan Lewis from other law firms.
Collectively, our firm has close to 1,000 litigators in more than 30 offices*. The core team includes leading courtroom lawyers, as well as former general counsel and associate counsel to some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions and companies. We are fortunate to have a number of former high-ranking government prosecutors and lawyers whose experience, insight, and credibility are invaluable in helping clients navigate complicated investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.
Our deep bench of trial lawyers, combined with our technology-savvy discovery teams, works to protect clients’ short- and long-term interests inside and outside the courtroom.
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Work Highlights
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius represented Goldman Sachs and the other 14 members of the underwriting syndicate for the December 2020 IPO for ContextLogic d/b/a Wish, in a putative securities class action which alleged misstatements and omissions.
Strengths
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The Morgan Lewis team is thorough, responsive and great at thinking outside the box to come up with creative solutions.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAMorgan, Lewis & Bockius has a strong bench and has done a very good job training the younger members of the team.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAThey are always prompt with replies and I have never felt like I was bothering them with inane questions.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAMorgan, Lewis is highly efficient, provides a quick response, and it's a big firm with all kinds of expertise. It provides solutions for the best interest of the client.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAMLB is a good steward of complex securities litigation because it generally knows all of the players on the plaintiffs' side. Also, it has great familiarity with the courts and judges.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA
Notable Practitioners
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Charlene S Shimada
Charlene Shimada comes recommended for her expertise in securities litigation and offers notable experience representing underwriters. Charlene Shimada is a really skilled lawyer who is able to navigate complicated issues.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAChuck is the gold standard in securities litigation counsel. She is responsive, approachable and a savvy legal expert.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSAChuck has got many years of experience, and she clearly draws on that to give her advice.
Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA
Ranked Individuals at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (1)
Members
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Benjamin P. Smith

Joseph Duffy

Rollin B. Chippey, II

Molly Moriarty Lane

Charlene S Shimada
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