Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Client SatisfactionDebevoise & Plimpton LLP’s commercial litigation team is adept at handling cross-border and domestic disputes of all kinds, including asset management, bankruptcy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, mass torts, product liability, among others. In terms of personnel, Mark Goodman is a highly experienced trial lawyer whose practice emphasizes complex civil litigation, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. Goodman co-chairs the group alongside seasoned litigator Maura Monaghan, who has extensive experience in product liability cases, mass tort litigation, and environmental and healthcare-related criminal investigations and arbitrations. Elliot Greenfield and Susan Reagan Gittes are further important points of contact within the practice group.
Key clients
- Albertsons
- BMO Financial
- Capital One
- Carlyle
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC
- Columbia University
- EmblemHealth / Group Health Incorporated, Inc.
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation
- Hospital Corporation of America
- JAB Holdings
- McKinsey & Co.
- Paysafe Processing Solutions
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Riot Holdings
- Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- Tether Holdings Limited
- iFinex Inc.
- Warrior Holdings
- Yardi
- YPF, S.A.
Work highlights
- Represented YPF S.A. in successfully defeating claims for roughly $15bn in damages and pre-judgment interest that were brought by Petersen Energía and Eton Park in the S.D.N.Y. arising from the Republic of Argentina’s 2012 intervention in YPF and subsequent expropriation of 51% of YPF’s capital stock.
- Represented certain former directors and shareholders of Purdue Pharma, Inc. in defending litigation regarding prescription opioids in numerous fora across the country, including a federal multi-district litigation and actions brought by states attorneys general, and in efforts to negotiate a global settlement in bankruptcy court.
- Represented Proskauer Rose in a trade secrets lawsuit against its former COO in federal court in New York.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Goodman, Maura Monaghan