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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Offices
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
NEW YORK
United States
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Michael Schachter
Work Department
Litigation
Position
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
(Leading lawyers: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals)The white-collar defense and investigations team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is co-chaired by William Stellmach , Michael Schachter, and San Francisco-based Michael Li-Ming Wong. Stellmach is located in Washington DC and has a broad range of experience advising on matters related to economic sanctions, corruption, bribery, and false claims. Based in New York, Schachter has a strong track record defending high-profile individuals facing allegations of fraud. Marina Torres and Koren Bell joined the office in Los Angeles in January 2023 and May 2023 respectively. Torres joined from Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg LLP; bringing experience of internal corporate investigations to the firm. Having previously worked at Larson LLP, Bell frequently represents major companies and high-profile individuals embroiled in complex litigation cases. Jeffrey Clark and Martin Weinstein departed the Washington DC office in February 2023, while Randall Jackson left the New York office in September 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense: advice to individuals United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism