Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

About

Provided by John F Savarese

USA

Practice Areas

John F. Savarese is currently Of Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, after having been a partner in the Litigation Department for more than 30 years. He has represented a wide array of Fortune 500 corporations, major financial institutions and senior executives in SEC and other regulatory enforcement proceedings, as well as white-collar criminal investigations, complex securities litigation, and internal investigations. His extensive experience includes major investigations concerning securities disclosure, accounting fraud, insider trading, environmental regulation, government contracts, criminal tax and criminal antitrust.

Career

Mr. Savarese joined Wachtell Lipton in 1988, after working in the United States Attorneys’ Office for the Southern District of New York, where he tried numerous jury trials, received the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement, and also served as Chief Appellate Attorney. Prior to his work with the United States Attorneys’ Office, Mr. Savarese served as a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan of the United States Supreme Court, and to the Honorable Louis H. Pollak of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Personal

Mr. Savarese graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1977 and received his JD cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1981, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the USA

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

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
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.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Discover other Lawyers at
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

New York

Antitrust

1
Ilene Knable Gotts
1
Band 1
2
Damian Didden
2
Band 2
2
Nelson O Fitts
2
Band 2
U
Christina Ma
U
Up and Coming
Banking & Finance

4
Emily Johnson
4
Band 4
Bankruptcy Litigation

3
Emil A. Kleinhaus
3
Band 3
Bankruptcy/Restructuring

2
Richard G Mason
2
Band 2
2
Scott K Charles
2
Band 2
3
Joshua A Feltman
Head of Bankruptcy/Restructuring
3
Band 3
5
Emil A. Kleinhaus
5
Band 5
Corporate/M&A

S
Andrew R Brownstein
S
Senior Statespeople
S
Martin Lipton
S
Senior Statespeople
1
Adam O Emmerich
Head of Corporate/M&A
1
Band 1
1
Daniel A Neff
1
Band 1
1
David A Katz
1
Band 1
1
Edward D Herlihy
1
Band 1
2
Andrew J Nussbaum
2
Band 2
3
Igor Kirman
3
Band 3
3
Steven A Rosenblum
Head of Corporate/M&A
3
Band 3
5
David Lam
5
Band 5
20 of 51 results