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US Financial Crisis and the downturn 2009

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Award levelCommended
InnovationBiggest litigation cases of the crisis, including Ezra Merkin in connection with the Madoff fraud and former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain
Originality5
Rationale7
Impact4
Total16
DescriptionDefending some of the most significant clients in post-crisis litigation the firm has to constantly devise tactics to neutralise the highly charged emotional backdrop to the cases