Washington, D.C.

Investigations and Litigation

• BlockFi in resolving investigations by the SEC and 32 state securities regulators of the BlockFi Interest Account, an interest-bearing cryptocurrency product
• JPMorgan in achieving resolutions with the DOJ, the CFTC and the SEC involving  investigations into alleged “spoofing” by traders in the precious metals and U.S. treasuries markets
• Barclays in multi-district litigation brought by major pension funds and institutional investors alleging banks violated antitrust laws by colluding to rig the $13 trillion market for Treasury securities
• Wells Fargo in resolving investigations and litigation involving its sales practices
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in securing the dismissal of proposed class actions by auto workers alleging that the company colluded against them with the United Automobile Workers
• HSBC Holdings in a resolution with the DOJ related to OFAC sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance
• Barclays in the resolution of investigations by the DOJ, CFTC, the U.K. FCA, and other regulators of matters relating to trading in the global FX Spot Market
• The Clearing House, an association of 10 major large banking organizations, on numerous matters, including legislation, regulation and litigation

M&A, Capital Markets and Restructuring

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in its pending $8 billion sale of its U.S. core regional banking franchise to U.S. Bancorp.
• ConsenSys in its $450 Million Series D financing
• The Nation of Belize in its historic “Blue Bond” restructuring to support ocean conservation
• FTX in its acquisition of regulated crypto exchange LedgerX
• BHP Group as it transferred its oil and gas portfolio to Woodside Energy, taking a major step to weight its portfolio more towards commodities with a decarbonization upside

Antitrust

• Canadian Pacific Railways in its $31 billion deal to acquire Kansas City Southern, defeating a competing bid by Canadian National
• Amgen in its $13.4 billion acquisition of Otezla from Celgene
• Baxter International in its $10.5 billion acquisition of Hill-Rom
• Praxair in its $80 billion merger of equals with Linde AG

Tax

• Bank Hapoalim in tax investigations by the Department of Justice, Federal Reserve, and New York Department of Financial Services