Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Presiding Partner: Faiza J. Saeed

Number of Partners Worldwide: 103

Number of other Lawyers Worldwide: 444

THE FIRM

Founded in 1819, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is widely recognised as one of the preeminent law firms in the world. Each of its practices is highly regarded, and its lawyers are recognised for their commitment to the representation of their clients’ interests in the UK and throughout the world.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK

Corporate:

Cravath’s work with many of the world’s most significant companies has enabled it to develop a broad-based corporate practice. Clients repeatedly choose Cravath for their most significant and complex matters. The firm’s corporate lawyers represent companies and boards in their most critical needs across the full spectrum of corporate transactions, including cross-border and US-inbound mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and strategic investments, as well as in hostile takeovers, proxy fights and shareholder activist campaigns. Cravath also advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies in all aspects of private equity investing. The firm has one of the most respected capital markets practices in the world. The practice is balanced between representing issuers and underwriters in US and non-US offerings of debt, including high-yield bonds, equity and convertible notes. Cravath offers clients an integrated global banking platform. The firm’s global banking and finance team melds expertise in European structuring perspectives and US investor expectations to successfully execute cross-border financings, particularly in situations involving UK‐based companies with New York-law loan instruments. The financial institutions group practice counsels financial institutions, fintechs and other non-bank firms in transactional, regulatory, supervisory, enforcement and governance matters. Cravath provides corporate governance advice to clients facing difficult choices and evaluates complex and often unprecedented transactions under the most demanding circumstances. The financial restructuring and reorganization practice addresses a wide range of financial distress situations involving both chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts. Cravath’s corporate IP lawyers advise clients in connection with issues relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, data, trade secrets, privacy and information security. The firm’s highly regarded environmental lawyers focus on environmental issues across a broad range of business transactions, and on matters associated with ESG, sustainability concerns and climate change.

Litigation:

Clients turn to Cravath to handle their most significant and sensitive disputes and investigations across a broad range of practice areas and industries. The firm’s litigators are routinely called upon to represent clients in trials and appeals in federal and state courts, in domestic and international arbitrations, before administrative agencies and regulatory authorities, and in many other types of proceedings, including internal and government investigations and enforcement actions. The firm has extensive experience in such diverse areas of the law as antitrust, bankruptcy, general commercial, IP, investigations and regulatory enforcement, M&A and securities. Companies, boards and board committees regularly rely on the firm to handle contested transactions and guide them through the intricacies of shareholder litigation and investigations, as well as complying with applicable laws and regulations. In addition to handling antitrust litigation, the firm advises on business conduct or potential investments and represents clients in securing regulatory approvals. With respect to IP, the firm handles critical litigation involving patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright matters and frequently advises clients on national and worldwide IP strategy. In the area of securities litigation, the firm is widely recognised for handling complex and often precedent-setting cases.

International:

Cravath is committed to an international practice of the highest quality. Its lawyers regularly advise clients based outside the US on a wide range of international transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international capital markets and bank financings, and general corporate and SEC compliance matters. The firm’s investigations team has expertise conducting cross-border internal and government investigations involving companies subject to multiple government authorities operating under differing regulatory regimes. Cravath represents clients in litigation in US courts and in arbitrations and investigations conducted throughout the world.