Levine Lee LLP

Number of partners: 6

Number of lawyers: 12

Levine Lee LLP is one of the premier litigation boutiques in the United States, focused on helping clients through major, enterprise-threatening problems – whether complex business litigation, securities litigation, white collar and securities enforcement defense, or corporate governance matters. Levine Lee’s record of success is based on having assembled a team of highly skilled attorneys unified by a desire to achieve exceptional results for their clients. The firm’s extensive experience in both complex civil litigation and white collar criminal matters means that it is frequently called upon to handle sensitive matters of substantial potential exposure involving government investigations, business disputes, and shareholder and corporate governance issues on behalf of corporations, hedge funds, Boards of Directors, Special Committees, Trustees, and individual officers and directors. The firm is ranked by Chambers for both its Securities and White Collar practices, is ranked by Benchmark Litigation in its highest category for Dispute Resolution, and has been similarly recognized by numerous other publications, including The Legal 500, Law360, SuperLawyers, Lawdragon, and the National Law Journal.

Complex Commercial Litigation

White Collar & Securities Enforcement

Securities Litigation

Investigations & Special Assignments

Levine Lee has been recognized for its experience in high-stakes cases across a wide range of industries, and we have represented Fortune 500 companies, hedge funds, stock exchanges, startups, financial institutions, trusts, media companies, healthcare companies, and high-net worth individuals in significant complex civil litigation.Our partners havebeen recognized as among the top litigators in the country, and take pride in being generalist practitioners who resolve unique legal problems that often require novel strategies and approaches, frequently involving multiple jurisdictions, choices of law, and complex factual records.In all of our litigations, we endeavor to act as strategic advisor, looking beyond the case at hand to craft a comprehensive strategy—including litigation, corporate, regulatory, public relations, and other considerations—designed to meet the client’s overall goals.

Levine Lee has one of the nation’s premier white collar practices.Several of our partners are former federal prosecutors, and we have represented clients in significant matters brought by the DOJ, the SEC, FINRA, the CFTC, Congressional Committees, the OCC, States Attorneys General, and local prosecuting authorities.

Our trial and appellate victories have significantly shaped white collar practice.In recent years alone, we achieved a widely covered, hard-fought Second Circuit acquittal of a former Deutsche Bank executive that upended the Government’s long-running prosecutions of alleged LIBOR manipulation;a trial acquittal in EDNY of the central charge against a former Platinum Partners hedge fund executive, along with a non-incarceratory sentence as to the remaining charge; and a non-incarceratory sentence, and a finding of zero loss, in SDNY with respect to a former Allianz executive whom the Government contended caused billions of dollars in loss and for whom the Government sought a lengthy term of imprisonment.

Levine Lee has defended and advised the Boards of some of the nation’s leading institutions with respect to their most sensitive shareholder matters. In recent years, for example, we have represented the Board of Alphabet, Inc. (Google’s parent), several committees of the Board of Apollo Global Management, Inc., several committees of the Board of Xerox Holding Corporation, and a Director of Bumble, Inc., with respect to shareholder derivative litigations and demands.

We have also defended numerous public companies and individuals in federal securities class actions brought under the Exchange Act and Securities Act across a range of industries including media, finance, and consumer products, and have received significant acclaim for our results in these matters.

Our practice has additionally been at the forefront of securities litigation relating to new and developing technologies, including in successfully defending Dogecoin (the cryptocurrency) against federal securities claims, and in currently defending Stability AI, Inc. in various founders suits across multiple jurisdictions.

Levine Lee is often retained to handle sensitive and complex investigations, crisis situations, and special assignments for companies, executives, and Boards of Directors. Our practice in this respect is unique; although our size enables us to take on matters where independence and focus is essential, we have also been nationally recognized for both our Securities and White Collar practices.We thus offer clients truly independent representation in corporate investigations paired with deep, acclaimed expertise in shareholder and enforcement matters, and our structure of highly experienced private practitioners and former federal prosecutors allows us to address critical situations rapidly and in a comprehensive and efficient matter.