Washington, D.C.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Washington D.C. 20006-5215, United States
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Established in 1977, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Washington, D.C. office offers clients our hallmark multi-disciplinary approach enhanced by an insider’s knowledge of the federal government.

Our litigators are experienced in government investigations, appellate practice, antitrust, labor law and complex commercial litigation. On the corporate side, we regularly advise on matters involving financial services, corporate finance, cybersecurity and international investment, trade and sanctions.

Many of our attorneys have held high-ranking government positions, including at the Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the White House and the Internal Revenue Service.

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