Rachel G. Skaistis

Rachel G. Skaistis is a member of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP’s Litigation Department and the Firm’s Office of the General Counsel.  She advises boards of directors and management in connection with government and internal investigations, shareholder demands, derivative actions and accounting restatements.  Rachel also represents clients in matters involving accounting and securities fraud, governance issues, workplace misconduct, insider trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the False Claims Act, as well as with respect to antitrust, employment, bankruptcy and general commercial disputes.  Rachel’s clients have included the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Crown Castle, INEOS, Novartis, Qualcomm, the Special Litigation Committees of the Alphabet Board of Directors and the Hertz Board of Directors, and special committees of the boards of directors of Cognizant Technology Solutions, General Electric, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Prudential Financial and Twitter (n/k/a X).  Rachel is consistently recognized for her work by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US, and she has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” and Crain’s New York Business’s “Notable Women in Law” lists.  Lawdragon has featured her as a nationwide “Legend.”