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Neil MacBride

Neil MacBride

USA 2026

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Neil is chair of both Davis Polk’s White Collar Defense & Investigations and Foreign Investment & National Security practices. He is one of the nation’s leading litigators and has successfully defended dozens of companies, boards and individuals in high-stakes crisis management matters. He focuses on government enforcement actions, complex civil litigation and regulatory matters, trials, and congressional and internal investigations.

Neil returned to Davis Polk in January 2025, after serving as General Counsel of the Treasury Department under Secretary Janet Yellen. He was previously a Davis Polk partner from 2014 to 2022, after earlier serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - District of Columbia

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Band 2

Individual Editorial

Neil MacBride is a deeply experienced criminal defense and national security expert with an excellent pedigree in handling internal and regulatory investigations and defending executives and corporates facing enforcement actions.

Strengths

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  • Neil possesses both vast experience and impeccable judgment. He is always creative and he can be as aggressive as he needs to be. He defines the decision with exactitude, allowing for careful harmonization of business and legal strategy.

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