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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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

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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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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.

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

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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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  • Senior StatespeopleJohn F Savarese
    Senior StatespeopleJohn F Savarese

    John F Savarese

    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.
  • Band 1David B Anders
    Band 1David B Anders

    David B Anders

    David Anders is regularly called on by major corporations facing regulatory investigations and complex criminal allegations.
    • David is the real deal. He can do it all.

      Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite respondentUSA
    • David is very good at handling matters that have a lot of complex moving parts.

      Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite respondentUSA

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