Ms Jelena McWilliams > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > Washington, United States > Lawyer Profile
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Offices
1601 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
United States
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Ms Jelena McWilliams
Position
Jelena McWilliams is Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office and Head of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Practice. She is a former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ms. McWilliams focuses her practice on advising public and private companies, financial institutions, fintechs, and early stage and venture companies on regulatory and corporate matters, as well as on mergers and acquisitions, IPO and other capital markets transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Financial services regulation
In addition to advising banks and fintechs on federal and state banking regulations and requirements under Dodd-Frank and Basel III and the regulatory requirements of transactions and bank alliances, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP‘s Washington DC-based financial regulatory team also supports clients with their crypto-asset dealings. Under the leadership of Jelena McWilliams, who took up the role following David Portilla‘s departure in April 2023, the team is frequently called upon to handle disputes arising out of regulatory issues. The arrival of Jeffrey Dinwoodie, also in April, from JPMorgan Chase’s team, saw the firm augment its finance and crypto-asset regulatory practices, and he is also noted for his experience in supporting industry bodies in relation to policy initiatives.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism