Avocats – United States

Eric Schroeder

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Office Managing Partner - Atlanta

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Eric Schwitzer

Eric Schwitzer is the chair of the Fund Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice primarily focuses on fund finance and real estate finance. Eric represents major financial institutions, together with private credit and private equity funds in connection with complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including subscription line credit facilities, NAV financings, hybrid facilities, mortgage and mezzanine loans, and preferred equity financings.

Paul Hastings LLP

Eric Seiler

Eric Seiler, a founder of Friedman Kaplan, is well known for his work in high-stakes complex commercial litigation, including in matters of first impression. He has a broad-based practice in federal and state courts which includes substantial, ongoing experience acting as lead counsel in significant jury and non-jury trials and arbitrations. His areas of focus include securities, complex contractual disputes, business torts, insurance, accountants' liability, antitrust, and employment litigation and arbitration. He also advises clients in connection with internal investigations. Representative Matters Representation of a group of lenders holding over $600 million of first-lien debt in Serta Simmons Bedding in closely watched lawsuits in New York state and federal courts and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the validity and legality of the company's uptier transaction with another group of lenders. Representation of WeWork co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Adam Neumann and affiliated company We Holdings LLC in a Delaware Chancery Court action, which was consolidated with an action commenced by a Special Committee of WeWork’s Board of Directors, challenging the decision of WeWork’s majority institutional shareholder to terminate a multibillion-dollar tender offer. Representation of the largest creditor of PG&E in successfully prosecuting multibillion-dollar insurance subrogation claims, for injuries arising out of the 2017 and 2018 North Bay wildfires, in one of most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history. Representation of Caesars Entertainment Corporation in defense of federal and chancery court lawsuits brought by various creditor groups alleging that certain transactions violated the terms of bond issuances and the Trust Indenture Act. Representation of GSO Capital Partners in litigation challenging its refinancing of debt issued by New Jersey-based home builder Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Representation of Wells Fargo & Co. and Wachovia in connection with a multibillion-dollar dispute with Citigroup arising out of the acquisition of Wachovia by Wells Fargo during the financial crisis.

Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP

Eric Shimanoff

Partner. Eric Shimanoff advises on and litigates complex intellectual property matters concerning trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, counterfeiting, domain names, false advertising, trade secrets, publicity rights, patents, the Internet, websites, social media platforms, mobile apps, content clearance, licensing and other agreements. Eric prides himself on his ability to provide pragmatic and cost‐effective solutions to clients across broad range of industries, including fashion, entertainment, financial services, food, cosmetics and real estate.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Eric Sibbitt

Eric Sibbitt serves as both Co-Chair of the Global Fintech & Payments and Vice Chair of the Securities & Capital Markets practice groups. As one of the most trusted legal advisors in the Fintech industry, Eric represents major trading platforms and other market intermediaries, leading innovators, and prominent investors in navigating the regulatory complexity presented by blockchain and new financial technologies and legacy regulation. Eric has broad experience advising issuers and underwriters on IPOs and other complex equity and debt capital-raising and liability management transactions, as well as M&A and other strategic transactions, and provides clients with boardroom counsel on SEC and corporate governance matters.

Paul Hastings LLP

Eric Siegel

Partner

Dechert

Eric Sitarchuk

Eric represents clients in government investigations and white-collar litigation. With 30 years of experience in this area, he represents clients in a wide variety of white-collar criminal matters, False Claims Act (FCA) and qui tam litigation, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other complex federal and state investigations. Working with boards of directors, audit committees, and corporate management, Eric has conducted numerous internal investigations, and advised on the creation and implementation of corporate compliance and ethics programs. He serves as chair of the firm’s white collar and corporate investigations practice. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Eric defends clients in federal criminal and civil cases that allege healthcare fraud; defense contract fraud; FCPA violations and other official corruption; securities fraud; antitrust violations; import/export offenses; theft of trade secrets; money laundering; drug diversion; tax fraud; pyramid schemes; commercial bribery; and environmental violations. In defending organizations and individuals during US government investigations, Eric has persuaded prosecutors to take no action and close investigations of Fortune 500 companies, large healthcare institutions, and prominent lawyers, executives, and public officials. He has tried numerous cases. Eric has been listed in International Who’s Who of Business Crime Lawyers (2003–2015) and International Who's Who of Investigations (2014–2016).

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Eric Sloan

Eric Sloan is a partner in the New York and Washington D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a Co-Chair of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group. With more than 30 years of broad transactional and structuring experience, Mr. Sloan is a nationally recognized expert on the use of partnerships and limited liability companies in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and restructurings and has a significant corporate M&A practice representing both financial and strategic investors. He also has developed substantial experience in spin-offs and initial public offerings, including advising on many “UP-C” IPOs in a range of industries.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Eric Spose

Associate - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Eric Stock

Eric Stock is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Stock’s practice focuses on antitrust litigation and investigations, especially for clients in the pharmaceutical, financial services, high tech, and health care industries. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Antitrust and Competition and Litigation Practice Groups.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Eric Swedenburg

Global Head of Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice and a member of the Executive Committee, Eric Swedenburg represents companies in a wide range of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and other significant corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients on shareholder activism, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. In addition to his significant amount of work with public companies, Eric has extensive experience in advising special committees of boards of directors, private equity firms and financial advisors in both U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions across a number of industry verticals. Some of his recent transactions have included representing Paramount, SiriusXM, Beacon Roofing, Keysight, TransUnion, Mars, Ingersoll Rand, Wendy’s, Change Healthcare, Karuna Therapeutics, AGCO, The Mosaic Company, Snap One, Radius Recycling and BellRing Brands. Eric has published various articles on M&A subjects and frequently speaks on M&A, shareholder activism and corporate matters.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Eric Tashman

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Eric Wang

Partner; Co-Chair, Northern California Corporate and Finance Practice

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Eric Winston

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Eric Zimmerman

Partner Eric Zimmerman is a recognized Medicare law and policy authority and registered lobbyist who represents clients before Congress and administrative agencies, and helps clients navigate federal legislative and regulatory processes related to Medicare coverage, coding, reimbursement and compliance. He primarily counsels and represents hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device manufacturers and suppliers, medical trade associations and professional societies. Eric is the global head of McDermott’s Health Practice. He also serves as a principal of McDermott+Consulting LLC, McDermott’s integrated health-focused policy, lobbying and data analytics consultancy. To view more details, please visit our website: https://www.mwe.com/people/zimmerman-eric/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Erica Aho

Erica Aho advises clients on executive compensation and benefits in the context of high-profile corporate transactions and across the full public company life cycle. Erica draws on deep transactional experience to guide companies, boards of directors, and senior executives on: Public and private transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures Executive arrangements and retention frameworks Compensation governance, disclosure, and securities law Incentive arrangements and shareholder alignment Executive employment agreements and compensation structures She thoughtfully integrates compensation structures into broader deal strategy and responds quickly to evolving stakeholder expectations. A recognized thought leader, Erica regularly speaks on executive compensation topics at industry events. Before joining Latham, Erica was a partner at another global law firm.

Latham & Watkins

Erica Bakies

Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Erica Berthou

Erica Berthou is a partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and serves on the Firm’s global Executive Committee. She has counseled U.S. and international investment fund sponsors on hundreds of billions of dollars of private fund formations across a wide variety of strategies. In addition to U.S.- and European-focused funds, Erica has significant experience with emerging markets fund formation, covering all major emerging markets, and the establishment of offices and other firm infrastructure in such markets. Erica has advised both sponsors and institutional buyers in connection with strategic investments in private investment firms and on structuring aspects in preparation of liquidity events for a firm’s owners. Erica regularly gives strategic advice to senior management of private equity firms.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Erica Iverson

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Erica Jaffe

Erica Jaffe is a corporate partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, resident in Fried Frank's New York office. Ms. Jaffe focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, having represented public and private companies, financial sponsors, and investment banking firms across a range of sectors in stock and asset acquisitions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, divestitures, and investments in hedge fund and private equity fund managers. She also advises clients on corporate governance issues and general corporate matters.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Erica Kassman

Erica Kassman advises technology companies on corporate and securities laws, with a focus on leading initial public offerings and other capital-raising transactions, corporate governance, and SEC compliance. Erica has extensive experience representing companies and underwriters in a wide range of capital markets transactions, including: Initial public offerings, direct listings, and follow-on equity offerings Convertible debt offerings Liability management transactions and debt offerings She has also represented private companies and venture capital funds in transactions from seed through growth stage. Before joining Latham, Erica was a partner at another global law firm, with a focus on tech capital markets, public and private company corporate governance, SEC reporting, and venture capital financings. Before that, she advised issuers and underwriters in primarily Latin American debt offerings and liability management transactions.

Latham & Watkins

Erica Kraus

Erica Kraus is special counsel in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Erica represents healthcare entities in regulatory compliance matters. She advises clients on reaching their goals in compliance with federal and state fraud and abuse laws, assists clients in responding to government investigations, and represents clients in False Claims Act litigation. Erica also assists clients with regulatory due diligence in transactional matters, and through advocacy with federal and state regulators, and leverages her background in health policy to help clients maximize opportunities in the changing healthcare landscape. Representative matters include: Assisting in internal investigations of reported potential regulatory non-compliance Responding to government Civil Investigative Demands Representing defendants in False Claims Act litigation Advising clients in preparation for and during transactions in evaluating regulatory compliance and making related strategic decisions Advising clients on compliance with the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute Drafting and submitting self-disclosures through CMS' Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Assisting clients with CMS Innovation Center model participation and compliance with applicable waivers Assisting clients in developing value-based compensation and support strategies and care coordination initiatives in compliance with applicable laws Advising clients on HCC strategy and compliance Preparing CMS Hearing Officer appeals of Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan application denials Appealing Medicare Administrative Contractor claim denials Advising clients on the implications of drug pricing reform Preparing filings with the Provider Reimbursement Review Board Advising clients on regulatory waivers and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic Advising clients on the evolving MACRA implementation landscape and transition toward value-based care Prior to joining the firm, Erica acted as a Perspective Reports intern for the New England Journal of Medicine, where she reviewed and summarized health law and policy news, and worked as an intern for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, focusing particularly on employment law projects, including preparing for EEOC, MSPB and federal district court litigation. Erica currently serves as an Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University's Washington College of Law, teaching on the False Claims Act in the Healthcare Industry.

Sheppard

Erica Opitz

Partner

Buchalter Law Firm

Erica Schohn

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP