Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement

Wachtell Lipton has a leading white collar criminal and regulatory practice. We have represented major financial institutions and multinational corporations, as well as their boards of directors and senior executives, in a broad range of the most complex and typically high-profile white collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters, both nationally and internationally. In the past few years alone, our litigators have handled both U.S. and foreign governmental investigations focusing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, criminal tax evasion, criminal transfer pricing, the False Claims Act, insider trading, securities fraud, accounting fraud, criminal antitrust, and export control violations. In addition, we regularly represent boards, audit committees, and special committees charged with conducting special investigations in response to whistleblowers or governmental inquiries.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite - New York

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has a strong presence in business-critical civil and criminal litigation, highly regarded for its deep bench and expert representation of financial institutions and global corporations. Offers an expert cross-border regulatory investigations and enforcement practice, with strength in antitrust, FCPA, securities fraud and criminal tax issues. Frequently sought out by boards and executives of market-leading clients to conduct sensitive internal investigations.

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Work Highlights

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz successfully represented Coinbase against the SEC, which alleged that its crypto trading platform operated as an unregulated securities exchange.

Notable Practitioners

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Randall Jackson

Band 1

Randall Jackson offers valuable trial and cross-border experience, regularly representing companies in white-collar criminal proceedings and government investigations.

Randall is incredible. His oral advocacy is off the charts.

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David B Anders

Band 2

David Anders is regularly called on by major corporations facing regulatory investigations and complex criminal allegations.

David is a terrific lawyer.

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John F Savarese

Band 2

John Savarese is widely admired for his impressive track record in high-stakes criminal litigation. His broad practice includes a range of criminal regulatory matters and sensitive internal investigations, among other complex mandates.

John is a phenomenal lawyer.

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Sarah Eddy

Band 3

Former Chief of Appeals at the US Attorney's Office, Sarah Eddy's private practice regularly sees her conduct internal investigations on behalf of special committees and defending corporations against the DOJ.

Sarah is the full package.

Sarah Eddy is a really brilliant oral advocate and writer.

Sarah is a wonderful lawyer.

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