Cohen & Gresser LLP

Litigation & Arbitration

Global Managing Partner

Lawrence T. Gresser is the co-founder and Managing Partner of the firm, and practices in New York and London. Larry advises clients on complex commercial matters, including international litigation and arbitration, securities law, real estate litigation, partnership and LLC law, executive compensation, and private equity transactions. He serves as outside general counsel to a number of private companies and private equity funds.

Larry is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he received the Order of the Coif and was an Executive Note Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Following graduation, Larry served as a Law Clerk to Honorable William C. Canby, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and practiced with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.

Larry has been recognized by Chambers USA in the general commercial litigation category and by The Legal 500 U.S. in general commercial disputes category. Chambers USA has described him as “substantively strong and commercially savvy” and as “a very sophisticated lawyer who speaks the language. He gets clients comfortable, he’s really able to connect with them and get to a resolution.” Super Lawyers has recognized Larry on its annual New York Metro Super Lawyers list for business litigation each year since 2007, and has named him one of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. He has been recognized as a Local Litigation Star for New York by Benchmark Litigation, named among Lawdragon‘s 500 Leading Litigators in America and 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and honored by The Best Lawyers in America for his excellence in commercial litigation.

Larry is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, a Trustee of the Citizens Budget Commission, and a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

New York State

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986; Executive Note Editor, Michigan Law Review)

Columbia University (B.A., 1982)