Based in Washington DC, Williams & Connolly LLP provides ‘experience-based advice and detailed analysis’. The firm draws heavily on its lawyers’ reputations as trial and appellate advocates to represent major US corporates in high-stakes securities cases. Steven Farina, Amanda MacDonald and Robert Van Kirk lead the practice. MacDonald and Farina are currently representing Medtronic in a notable securities litigation class action. Veteran partner Van Kirk is currently acting for The Carlyle Group in a high-profile matter. Emerging partner talent John Williams played a pivotal role in that case. He is highly regarded and clients praise his ‘exceptional communication skills and practice’. Michael Mestitz, who worked with MacDonald on a class action claim against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, is another name to note.
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‘Very strong combination of client hand-holding, experience-based advice and detailed analysis and prognostic forecasting, and exceptional communication skills and practice.’
‘John Williams - very strong combination of client hand-holding, experience-based advice and detailed analysis and prognostic forecasting, and exceptional communication skills and practice.’
Kernmandanten
- Medtronic
- The Carlyle Group, Inc.
- Silver Lake
- Roivant Sciences Ltd.
- Pfizer Inc.
- CVS Health
- The Carlyle Group, Inc., various affiliated entities, and the former directors of Authentix, Inc.
- Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of ZocDoc
- Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft
- Carrie Tolstedt
Highlight-Mandate
- Representing Medtronic and several current and former executives in a putative securities litigation class action filed in federal court in 2022 asserting purported violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, SEC Rule 10b-5, and Section 20A of the Exchange Act.
- Representing The Carlyle Group, its board of directors, and several executives in derivative and direct claims with respect to the company’s termination of a tax receivable agreement.
- Representing Silver Lake in a putative securities litigation class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asserting purported violations of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, SEC Rule 10b-5, and Section 20A of the Exchange Act, securing dismissal before the trial court. The case is now on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
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Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
John Williams
Praxisleitung
Steven Farina; Robert Van Kirk; Amanda MacDonald
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Michael Mestitz; John Williams