Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is widely recognized as one of the pre-eminent law firms in the world. Each of our practices is highly regarded, and our lawyers are recognized for their commitment to the representation of our clients’ interests in the US and throughout the world. Cravath was founded in 1819 and maintains offices in New York and London.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Cravath lawyers work on a diverse range of matters and regularly advise corporate and financial institution clients on a variety of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, commercial banking and SEC compliance matters. The firm’s lawyers often work closely with leading law firms in Europe and elsewhere, providing advice on complex transactions that require extensive knowledge of and experience in the laws of multiple jurisdictions. The firm also handles both U.S. litigation and international arbitrations for non-U.S. clients.
CORPORATE: Clients repeatedly choose Cravath in large and complex matters, particularly cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. In the firm’s corporate, tax and executive compensation and benefits practices, Cravath’s lawyers apply the complexities and nuances of corporate law, use their skills in strategic decision-making and negotiations and exercise the judgment necessary to complete sophisticated and complex deals. Cravath’s corporate lawyers advise global businesses in a diverse range of M&A transactions, including making hostile bids and defending against takeover attempts. Cravath provides corporate governance advice clients facing difficult choices and evaluating complex and often unprecedented transactions under tight timeframes. Cravath’s securities lawyers represent issuers and investment banks in all types of U.S. and global offerings and the firm’s commercial banking lawyers regularly represent major financial institutions and borrowers. Cravath’s restructuring practice addresses complex situations involving financial distress from the first signs of financial difficulty through the conclusion of a Chapter 11 case. Cravath’s environmental lawyers work on matters related to acquisition and disposition strategies, financings and regulatory compliance in a broad range of environmental issues. Cravath's trusts and estates lawyers serve as legal counsel, advisors and trustees to several generations of families who built many of the world’s most important businesses.
LITIGATION: The firm’s litigation practice includes representing clients in trials and appeals in federal and state courts, in domestic and international arbitrations, before administrative agencies and regulatory authorities, and in virtually every other type of proceeding, including internal investigations.
Cravath’s litigation department is staffed by trial lawyers with broad courtroom experience in complex corporate litigation. Further, Cravath’s litigation partners are trained to be hands-on team leaders with full responsibility for determining the direction of all aspects of a case, from initial proceedings through appeals. The firm’s lawyers have significant experience in critical litigation in such diverse areas of the law as the Alien Tort Claims Act, antitrust, bankruptcy, contracts and commercial disputes, corporate investigation and governance, discrimination law, employment, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, fraud, intellectual property (patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyright, trade secrets), mergers and acquisitions, real estate, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, securities and tax.