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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a global law firm of more than 1,500 lawyers focused on helping clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges. With 11 offices across North America, Europe and Asia, the firm represents many of the world’s largest and most important public and private corporations, asset managers and financial institutions, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to pro bono service. We consistently earn high praise for our collaborative, commercial approach, providing novel and efficient solutions to otherwise intractable situations.

The firm is widely recognized as having internationally recognized core business areas in corporate, litigation and restructuring. Within these areas, we also offer numerous specialized practices. Our firm is committed to legal innovation and offers a full suite of legal services to clients across practices, industries and jurisdictions.

Litigation:

Paul, Weiss’s Litigation Department brings together experienced and accomplished trial lawyers who have handled some of the most significant, high-stakes and complex litigations and enforcement actions. The team regularly represents Fortune 50 corporations and other prominent companies across the financial services, investment, medical device, pharmaceutical, sports, technology, energy, media and insurance industries. Chief executives, board chairs, general counsel, investors and entrepreneurs rely on our litigators’ trial experience, sophisticated business judgment and strategic advice.

We are known first and foremost as trial lawyers, with the experience and confidence to take cases all the way—especially when the stakes are the greatest. Our litigators have tried and argued cases in virtually every forum, including state and federal trial and appellate courts, the U.S. bankruptcy courts and the Delaware Court of Chancery, U.S. and international arbitration panels and mediators, and administrative tribunals of all kinds. While we are always ready to go to trial, we leverage our readiness and reputation to strike favorable settlements and minimize regulatory risks.

Corporations, financial services and private equity firms, investors and leading executives also turn to the Litigation Department when threatened with serious government investigations and enforcement actions. We are deeply experienced in managing the behind-the-scenes interplay between competing regulators and law enforcement agencies, having navigated and resolved some of the largest regulatory matters in recent decades. Our litigators include former senior officials at the U.S. Department of Justice, the White House, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the New York State Attorney General’s office.

The Litigation Department is also widely recognized for its extensive experience and sensitive handling of internal investigations. We are often among the first called in highly charged situations where boards and corporations face intense regulatory and public scrutiny.

Broader Practice:

We are widely recognized for our knowledge and experience in many specialized areas, including Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence; Commercial Litigation; Congressional Investigations; Copyright & Trademark Litigation; Cybersecurity & Data Protection; E-Discovery; Economic Sanctions & Anti-Money Laundering; Employment, Workplace Investigations & Trade Secrets; ERISA, Pension & Benefits Litigation; False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation; Foreign Direct Investment Regulation; Internal Investigations; International Arbitration; Investigations; Investment Funds Litigation; Latin America; Mass Torts & Product Liability; Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation; National Security & CFIUS; Patent Litigation; Restructuring Litigation; Securities Litigation; Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation; and White Collar & Regulatory Defense.

Saul Ewing’s Litigation Department features approximately 200 attorneys across 18 offices, including our newest locations in Los Angeles and Irvine, California. We handle a wide range of matters including complex business and commercial disputes, bet-the-company legal proceedings, and high-profile cases in state and federal courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forums across the nation. We represent local, regional, national and international organizations as well as individuals across a diverse array of industries, including but not limited to higher education, energy and environmental, manufacturing, financial and other professional services, construction, insurance, health care, food/beverage/agribusiness, life sciences, cannabis, sports/entertainment and real estate.

Our deep bench of litigators work to protect the interests of our clients and mitigate the impact of litigation on business operations in all phases of litigation, including investigation, pleadings, motions, fact and expert discovery and depositions, hearings, trials, appeals, settlement negotiations, and enforcement of judgments. Among our ranks are seasoned trial lawyers and former government officials and prosecutors, whose insight and strategic judgment are a valuable resource to our entire team.

Our core areas of focus include:

Appellate

Class Actions

Consumer Financial Services Litigation

Cybersecurity and Privacy

Employee Benefits & ERISA Litigation

Labor & Employment

Environmental Civil Litigation

Insurance Litigation & Arbitration

Intellectual Property Litigation

Title Claims & Coverage Litigation

White Collar & Government Enforcement

Within these core areas of focus, we have extensive experience representing clients in pursuing and defending claims of breach of contract, tortious interference with contracts and business relationships, fraud and misrepresentation, lender liability, property liability, negligence, unfair competition, unfair trade practices, antitrust violations, conspiracy, RICO violations, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, trade disparagement, false advertising, malicious prosecution, theft of trade secrets, intellectual property infringement, trespass, conversion, trust and estate controversies, partnership and corporate dissolutions and claims arising in shareholder and partner derivative actions, among others.

Our Approach: We start by tailoring a strategy to meet our clients’ objectives and risk management priorities, whether those focus on litigation avoidance, early settlement, resolution through dispositive motions, or pursuing a case through adjudication at trial. Using early case assessment tools, we develop a detailed roadmap for each case. We recognize that litigation can be expensive, distracting and time-consuming, and that our clients need cost predictability. Depending on client needs, we are able to create customized litigation plans and budgets at the matter, phase and/or task levels. Our project management team carefully monitors work volume and billing metrics to help ensure that our services align with project scope and needs, and to maximize proactive communication with clients about changes in cost, scope and/or strategy.

eDiscovery: For cases requiring electronic discovery, we rely on our in-house Litigation Support Services (LSS) team, which is driven by members with sophisticated technical knowledge and credentialing by the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. With extensive experience managing complex eDiscovery collection, processing, review and production, our LSS team leverages advanced analytics and technology-assisted review to quickly identify and locate relevant information, process and analyze data efficiently, and help reduce overall litigation costs.  

Updated Sep 2025

With more than 60 years of experience, Labaton Keller Sucharow stands as a tenacious advocate for investors, having secured billions of dollars in landmark recoveries. Renowned as a global leader in complex litigation, the Firm specializes in representing clients in securities, corporate governance, shareholder rights, and consumer protection and data privacy litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution. Labaton Keller Sucharow’s successful reputation is built not only on its team of more than 90 attorneys, but also on its industry-leading in-house investigators, financial analysts, and forensic accountants.

Recognized for excellence by both the courts and peers, the Firm is consistently ranked in leading industry publications.

Labaton Keller Sucharow’s offices are strategically located in New York, Delaware, London, and Washington, D.C. More information about Labaton Keller Sucharow is available at www.labaton.com.

 

In today’s legal and regulatory environment, litigation can threaten a company’s very existence. Skadden’s lawyers have extensive experience with such complex, “bet-the-company” litigation matters, and we are widely recognized for our ability to handle our clients’ most critical litigation issues. The firm can rapidly assemble a focused, integrated and efficient team to address all important aspects of a client’s problem and to handle numerous cases in multiple jurisdictions and forums. We have handled some of the largest and most high-profile cases in recent years, earning a reputation as a go-to firm for litigation, and we are responsible for numerous decisions, from the trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, that have shaped various areas of law.

Our Litigation Group comprises approximately 600 attorneys throughout the firm’s offices worldwide, and Skadden attorneys are admitted to practice throughout the United States as well as in more than 30 other countries and territories. In particular, our New York- based attorneys have extensively litigated in New York state and federal courts. Moreover, Skadden was the first national law firm to establish a presence in Delaware more than 40 years ago, and our Delaware litigation attorneys have a wealth of experience in the renowned Court of Chancery. Our California-based offices, in Los Angeles and Palo Alto, as well as our Washington D.C., Chicago, Boston and Houston offices, round out our national presence, allowing us to effectively handle complex disputes that may arise in any U.S. jurisdiction, or several jurisdictions at once. Our international experience, through offices in Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America, and our numerous multilingual attorneys, further enable us to seamlessly represent clients globally and to successfully handle disputes of an international nature.

We represent clients in all stages of litigation, from applying cutting edge e-discovery capabilities to trials. Indeed, Skadden is recognized as having a leading national trial practice, and our attorneys score groundbreaking precedent-setting trial wins that are highly favorable to our clients’ bottom line. Our trial lawyers often inherit cases from other firms when trial is imminent, and we offer the capabilities to quickly pull together crisis teams to confront challenges wherever our clients face them. Moreover, our attorneys are no strangers to appellate state and federal courts throughout the country. We also frequently appear in arbitral forums, including the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, FINRA, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and other domestic and international dispute resolution tribunals.

Our team represents clients in proceedings involving numerous government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service. We also serve in an advisory capacity, striving to achieve results that best align with our clients’ business goals.

Our attorneys have significant experience litigating all types of complex commercial claims, including contract disputes; fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims; non-compete litigation; merger-related litigation and control disputes; joint venture and partnership disputes; bankruptcy and restructuring-related issues; and statutory claims. Our renowned securities litigation practice frequently handles some of the most challenging, high-stakes securities litigation matters, and we have served as lead counsel in several of the largest securities class actions in U.S. history. Our experience in these and other complex litigation claims spans numerous industries, including banking, energy, financial services, insurance, health care, manufacturing, mortgage, pharmaceutical, real estate, retail, technology and telecommunications.

In addition to handling some of the largest, most complex litigations, Skadden attorneys represent clients in a wide variety of pro bono matters, from trials to the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

 

Updated Sep 2024

Abrams & Bayliss LLP is a business litigation and advisory boutique that focuses on high stakes controversies and transactions carrying a high risk of litigation.

The firm’s Litigation Practice primarily involves actions in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the nation’s preeminent corporate and commercial law court, and the Delaware Supreme Court. The firm’s litigators have extensive experience representing public and private companies, stockholders, directors and executives in a wide range of business, corporate and alternative entity litigation matters at the trial and appellate level. The firm regularly litigates actions involving corporate control disputes, rights of equity holders, large public and private company controversies, complex transactions, and significant valuation and appraisal proceedings. Unlike many other firms, Abrams & Bayliss represents plaintiffs and defendants, giving their attorneys an added measure of insight on strategic and tactical issues in transactions and litigation. The firm has a proven track record of offensive and defensive litigation, including successfully pursuing and defeating injunction applications, conducting expedited trials and prosecuting and defending claims for significant monetary, declaratory or equitable relief.

The firm’s Transactional Practice primarily involves matters where there is a high risk of litigation or which raise complex or novel issues of Delaware law, such as contests for corporate control, private equity and portfolio company matters, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, refinancings and stockholder or board level disputes. Abrams & Bayliss also advises business entities and their constituents on Delaware issues relating to all phases of their life cycle, ranging from formation questions to continuing issues involving the payment of dividends and asset sales to end-of-life matters such as dissolution and receiverships. The firm regularly provides advice on the interpretation of certificates of incorporation and bylaws, whether for newly formed entities, initial public offerings, operating companies with internal disputes, reincorporations, restructurings or corporations seeking to amend their existing governance documents.

Abrams & Bayliss similarly advises business entities, directors, officers and stockholders on contracts relating to their governance structure and commercial relationships, including stockholder rights plans, stockholder agreements, and indemnification or advancement rights.

As a result of the firm’s expertise on fiduciary duty matters, Abrams & Bayliss regularly represents trust beneficiaries in claims against corporate and individual trustees for significant damages, the replacement of trustees and the amendment of trust instruments.

Abrams & Bayliss represents a broad array of clients including national and international corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, stockholders, directors, equity investors and executives.

All of the firm’s lawyers have distinguished academic records and the firm’s attorneys are regular authors and speakers at national programs regarding Delaware business law matters.

 

Updated July 2024

Representing companies in high-stakes, complex commercial disputes in and out of court, Benesch’s award-winning Litigation Practice Group has secured multibillion-dollar wins for plaintiffs and defendants in precedent-setting cases.

Benesch litigators have represented clients in nine-figure defamation and trade secret cases, one of the most significant auditor liability cases ever tried, multibillion-dollar securities fraud cases, large-scale product liability cases, and every type of commercial litigation matter in between. Spanning a diverse spectrum of industries, our clients include some of the largest companies in the world. We have successfully represented public and private companies, industry-leading family-owned businesses, nonprofits, boards of directors, government entities, lenders, insurers and individuals.  

What Sets Us Apart

We run litigation like you run your business: with discipline, strategy and an unwavering focus on outcomes. Composed of seasoned litigators from Am Law 50 firms, our team of nearly 160 lawyers delivers exceptional results without unnecessary layers. We are efficient by design, staffing matters leanly while ensuring every attorney on your case is a powerhouse in the courtroom.

Opponents respect our trial-readiness. We are prepared to go the distance, and that credibility gives our clients a critical edge in negotiations. Whether the strategy calls for an aggressive courtroom battle or a strategic settlement, we execute with precision.

We are committed to:

Knowing the intricacies of our clients’ businesses so we can devise tailored strategies to meet their specific needs.

Building partnerships with our clients, going beyond the case at hand, creating lasting relationships focused on our client’s overall success.

Remaining agile, ready to swiftly change course as our clients’ needs change.

Going beyond a knowledge of the law to help clients solve their business challenges with customized solutions and a multidisciplinary team approach.

Remaining mindful of our clients’ bottom line with optimized efficiencies and quality counsel.

Our Approach

Our client relationships are centered on exceptional service, understanding each client’s business and objectives, transparency, integrity, responsiveness and collaboration. Partnering with clients at every stage, we immerse ourselves in their industries and the intricacies of their businesses. We think like businesspeople in assessing situations and devising winning strategies and are not just committed to the cases at hand but rather focus on our clients’ long-term success.

From pre-litigation preservation and advocacy through trial, settlement or alternative dispute resolution, we respond to reputational and business threats quickly and efficiently. Matters are staffed as leanly as possible, and because we take the time to know our clients, their industries and pain points, ramp-up time is limited. We listen, learn, develop the right approach, adjust as needed and execute a strategy best suited to each client. We deftly solve both legal and broader business challenges with customized solutions and a multidisciplinary team approach.

Experienced Across the Litigation Spectrum

Benesch litigators have garnered top-tier recognition across a wide array of litigation categories, earning the respect of judges, juries and rivals along the way. Our litigators have successfully resolved single-plaintiff, multiparty and class action cases for clients on diverse issues, including ones involving:

• Accounting & Financial Reporting Litigation
• Antitrust & Competition
• Appellate
• Commercial Litigation & Disputes
• Consumer Protection & Class Actions
• Copyright & Trademark Litigation
• Corporate Governance Litigation
• Crisis Management & Strategic Response
• Data Privacy & Security
• Defamation Litigation
• Domestic & International Arbitration
• Environmental Litigation
• False Advertising & Unfair Competition
• False Claims Act & Government Contracts
• Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
• Partnership & Founders Dispute Litigation
• Products Liability & Mass Tort Litigation
• Securities & Commodities Litigation
• State AG Defense & Investigations
• Trade Secret Litigation
• Vendor Disputes
• White Collar Defense & Investigations
  

Updated Oct 2025

BLB&G is the preeminent securities litigation and investor rights law firm in the United States. Since its founding in 1983, the firm has been dedicated to representing and advising the world's most sophisticated institutional investors in portfolio monitoring, securities litigation (including class action, opt-out, and direct litigation), corporate governance disputes, and complex litigation. BLB&G's clients include public pension funds, Taft-Hartley funds, state attorneys general, state treasurers, and private asset managers.

With offices in New York, Delaware, California, Illinois, and Louisiana, the firm is strategically located in the nation’s epicenters of securities class action and other forms of shareholder litigation, enabling the firm to serve clients effectively throughout the country. The firm has approximately 120 specialized attorneys and 80 professional staff members—including investigators, financial analysts, paralegals, e-discovery specialists, IT professionals, data engineers, and administrative staff—all focused on maximizing financial recoveries for clients and the investor classes they represent.

BLB&G has successfully identified, investigated, and prosecuted many of the most significant securities and corporate governance actions in history, helping clients recover over $40 billion on behalf of defrauded investors. The firm has secured some of the largest class action recoveries in history, including eight recoveries of $1 billion or more—outpacing all other investor-side securities litigation firms. Within BLB&G’s complex litigation practice area, the firm litigates disputes involving consumer protection and digital advertising fraud, complex financial fraud, healthcare abuses, social media, privacy rights, and bankruptcy-related claims and represents and advises government and private clients on cases involving environmental harm and human trafficking. BLB&G has also helped to secure critical corporate governance reforms through litigation, holding companies and directors accountable for corporate misconduct.

BLB&G is consistently listed as a top-ranked firm by ISS Securities Class Action Services (“ISS SCAS”), a leading industry research publication that provides independent and objective third-party analysis and statistics on securities litigation law firms. ISS SCAS has ranked the firm #1 for 16 consecutive years in its Top 100 U.S. Class Action Settlements of All-Time report. According to the latest report, issued in January 2026, BLB&G dominates the field, having served as lead or co-lead counsel in 37 of the top 100 U.S. securities fraud recoveries and having recovered almost 40% (over $27 billion) of all funds in the top 100 recoveries—$7 billion more than any other plaintiffs’ securities firm.

The firm has used the litigation process to achieve record-setting recoveries for injured investors, as well as precedent-setting corporate governance reforms that have increased market transparency, held wrongdoers accountable, and improved corporate business practices in groundbreaking ways.

Highlights of the firm's recent success on behalf of clients and shareholders include:

• Securing a historic corporate governance trial victory in the Delaware Court of Chancery rescinding Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation package.
  
• Securing more than $2 billion in recoveries for over 30 public pension funds and other institutional investors that suffered substantial losses in Allianz Global Investors’ Structured Alpha Funds—an options-based strategy Allianz marketed as “market-neutral” and “downside-protected.” Through rigorous reconstruction of the Funds’ derivatives positions and presentation of compelling fiduciary and contract-based claims, BLB&G delivered an unparalleled result that remains one of the most significant recoveries ever obtained in a complex options-strategy dispute.
  
• Obtaining a landmark $1 billion recovery in a securities class action against Wells Fargo—the top U.S. securities class action settlement of 2023, one of the top six in the past decade, and among the top 17 of all time.
  
• Achieving a historic $812 million judgment for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders in a unanimous trial verdict and award of prejudgment interest against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”). BLB&G convinced the jury that the value of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s stock was significantly decreased by the FHFA’s improper transfer of the companies’ net worth to the U.S. Treasury Department (a “net worth sweep”). Defendants appealed the judgment and, on July 24, 2026, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the jury’s decision.
  
• Securing a $450 million recovery in a class action suit against Kraft Heinz Company, 3G Capital Partners, and former Kraft executives. The claims arose from misstatements regarding Kraft’s financial position, including the carrying value of its assets, the sustainability of its margins, and the success of recent cost-cutting strategies by the company.
  

Updated Sept 2026