With a rich history dating back more than 200 years, Cravath is a premier U.S. law firm that has handled some of the country’s most groundbreaking and impactful legal matters.
We are not, and do not strive to be, the largest law firm measured by number of offices or lawyers. Our goal is to be the firm of choice for clients facing their most challenging legal issues, most significant business transactions and most critical disputes. To that end, we recruit the most talented law students and focus on training and developing them into world-class lawyers through our hallmark Rotation System.
Our Work
Imagine playing a role in a high-stakes M&A transaction making headlines around the world. Consider what it’s like to work on a multi-jurisdictional, bet-the-company litigation for a Fortune 500 company. Experiences like these, combined with exposure to some of the world’s best legal training, define what it means to be an associate at Cravath.
Corporate: Cravath’s broad-based corporate practice encompasses U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and all types of public and private financing transactions in the global capital and banking markets, as well as corporate governance and board advisory, financial restructuring and reorganization, environmental and intellectual property matters.
Litigation: Our Litigation Department is staffed by trial lawyers with broad courtroom experience in complex corporate litigation—including antitrust, intellectual property and securities matters—across all industries. We also handle investigations and regulatory enforcement work such as corporate governance and white-collar criminal defense matters.
Tax: Our Tax Department brings extensive legal knowledge and sound business judgment to our clients’ most complex tax challenges. We design tax‑efficient structures for an array of complex U.S. and non‑U.S. matters involving mergers, spin-offs and corporate separations, fintech and financial services, early stage companies and venture capital funds, and more.
Firm Recognition
The caliber and high-profile nature of our work have earned us consistent recognition as a preeminent law firm by a wide range of publications, including The American Lawyer, Chambers, Financial Times, Law360, The Legal 500, Global Investigations Review and U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers, among others.
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