Six Sullivan & Cromwell partners were named to Lawdragon’s “500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management” list for 2025: Frank Aquila, Sergio Galvis, Robert Giuffra Jr., Scott Miller, Sharon Nelles and Marc Treviño.
Sullivan & Cromwell has an extensive track record of helping clients navigate some of the biggest crises in recent history, including advising major banks in the 2008 financial crisis, Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler through their emissions crises, BP through its Deepwater Horizon settlement, and Wells Fargo through high-stakes investigations pertaining to its sales practices. We also advised FTX in its Chapter 11 proceedings and internal and governmental investigations, and represented the parent of Silicon Valley Bank in its Chapter 11 cases.
Potential crisis situations routinely implicate legal issues that require multidisciplinary expertise to resolve effectively and efficiently. S&C’s generalist tradition and cross-disciplinary approach help clients process and prioritize complicated legal, business, governmental, public relations and shareholder relations issues as quickly and effectively as possible.