Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP ‘has the ability to dive into complex legal issues,’ handling both derivative and class action suits brought against clients arising out of, inter alia, aborted mergers, allegations of misconduct and breaches of fiduciary duties by directors and officers during the conduct of corporate transactions. Gary Bornstein frequently represents corporations and associated special committees in the wake of hostile takeovers, and is currently representing Deutsche Telekom and certain officers in a suit brought by T-Mobile shareholders alleging breach of fiduciary duties in relation to its 2020 acquisition of Sprint. Bornstein co-heads the firm’s litigation department with Kevin Orsini, an experienced litigator before the Delaware Court of Chancery, where he defended Disney against a stockholder suit seeking an inspection of its records following its information-sharing agreement with ValueAct Capital. Justin Clarke is also representing Deutsche Telekom in its dispute with T-Mobile stockholders, and is noted for his expertise in securities trials. Robert Baron is another highly experienced name in the team. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.

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Distinctions

La satisfaction du client: Qualité de l’avocat et de l’équipe

La satisfaction du client: Facturation et efficacité

La satisfaction du client: Connaissance du secteur

Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

'Such an excellent and dedicated team that has the ability to dive into complex legal issues in an impressive way.'

Clients clés

BDT Capital Partners, LLC
Biogen Inc.
Blackstone Inc.
Bombardier Inc.
Convey Health Solutions Holdings, Inc.
Deutsche Telekom AG
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.
Forward Air Corporation
Goosehead Insurance, Inc.
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
Illumina, Inc.
Paramount Global

Points forts

Represented Forward Air in connection with an action filed by Omni Logistics which sought to compel Forward Air to close its proposed acquisition of Omni.

Represented Deutsche Telekom and certain officers, in putative class action and derivative litigation alleging defendants breached their fiduciary duties in connection with T-Mobile’s $26bn merger with Sprint.

Represented Illumina in purported class action securities and derivative litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with Illumina’s $8bn acquisition of GRAIL Inc.