Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

In honor of the 33rd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Jessica Rafuse, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Policy for Accessibility at Microsoft joined Debevoise associate Michael Roberts to discuss· the impact of the ADA over the past three decades.

Debevoise partner Andrew Ceresney has been recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by @AmericanLawyer for leading the Debevoise team in a landmark cryptocurrency win on behalf of Ripple Labs. bit.ly/3QaHLsh

Debevoise partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group, Mark P. Goodman, has received The Legal Aid Society’s 2023 Servant of Justice Award at the 46th Annual Servant of Justice Awards. Learn more: bit.ly/4532inJ

Debevoise is advising Bregal Sagemount in its strategic growth investment in Neptune Flood Incorporated, a leading digital insurtech platform and private flood insurance provider. Learn more: bit.ly/42wAMxm

We’re looking forward to @LIDW_ next week, where the team will be out in force attending a packed high quality programme. Our own session on 17 May explores arbitration proposals from the Law Commission, and other global arbitration developments bit.ly/3nNUdlZ

Congratulations to partner Patricia Volhard! Private Equity News has named her in its inaugural list of the 20 most influential private equity lawyers in Europe. bit.ly/3nFbKwY

Debevoise partners Luke Dembosky, Erez Liebermann and Jim Pastore have been named to Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 50 list for 2023. The list recognizes the “50 best incident response legal and compliance professionals in the industry.” bit.ly/3LVFiQ9

The firm's amicus brief that it filed in SCOTUS on behalf of 16 leading medical & public health organizations in an effort to preserve access to mifepristone was mentioned in a @NYTimes op-ed piece written by @AmerMedicalAssn's Jack Resneck Jr.: bit.ly/3ox0z9k

Debevoise restructuring partner Jasmine Ball and M&A partners Marilyn Lion and Sue Meng have been named to the “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal. Learn more: bit.ly/40xddTZ

Debevoise M&A partner Sue Meng has been named to @Variety's New York Women’s Impact Report 2023. This year’s Women’s Impact Report highlights the women who made an impact on the media landscape in the past year. Learn more: bit.ly/3JZGekj

In a new piece for The Drawdown (@the_drawdown) magazine, Robert D. Maddox and Tristan Lockwood explore how the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”) is likely to be a game changer for fund managers in Europe. bit.ly/3JEJWj7

#DORA #datasecurity

In celebration of #InternationalWomensDay, Baroness Chakrabarti joined Debevoise international consultant Clare Swirski and associate Sophia Burton to discuss her path to leadership, why it is critical to empower women and what #IWD2023's theme, "embracing equity," means to her.

Congratulations to Jim Pastore, Charu Chandrasekhar, HJ Brehmer and Flori Pressman who received the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve
(@ESGR)’s Supportive Supervisor Patriot Award, which is awarded to civilian supervisors for supporting active military.

A team led by Clare Swirski has advised Compre in a reinsurance Loss Portfolio Transfer covering approximately $1.3 billion of reserves. bit.ly/3L5ndzb
#insurance #reinsurance

Congratulations to Debevoise partner Erica Weisgerber, who has been named to @NAWLWomeninLaw's
2023 #NAWLRisingList, which recognizes individuals advancing in their careers, helping others to advance in their careers and fighting to advance women under the law. #NAWLWomeninLaw

A team led by Raman Bet-Mansour has advised pan-European real estate investment manager Tristan in the latest of a series of transactions which sees Candriam take an 80% stake in Tristan. bit.ly/3KDjyYO
#PrivateEquity

Debeovoise has filed an amicus brief in the Northern District Court of Texas on behalf of 12 leading medical organizations to protect the use of mifepristone, a drug commonly used for medication abortions, as well as miscarriage care and other treatments: bit.ly/3K3e9dk

Debevoise’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice and lawyers David Bernstein, Megan Bannigan and Jared Kagan have received top rankings from World Trademark Review in its annual ranking, WTR 1000. Learn more: bit.ly/3YmJKv2

To mark its centenary, the American Branch of the International Law Association hosted an event on what to expect in the next 100 years of international law. Floriane Lavaud and Rhianna Hoover contributed an article outlining the key takeaways. bit.ly/3liDtBT

Dr. Friedrich Popp in the firm’s Frankfurt office has authored the Germany chapter in the latest edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide - Corporate Investigations Laws and Regulations. bit.ly/3Y16VdA
#whitecollar #investigations