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Rachel G. Skaistis

Partner, Cravath

+1 (212) 474-1934rskaistis@cravath.com

Two Manhattan West
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001

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Rachel G. Skaistis focuses her practice on advising boards of directors and management in connection with government and internal investigations, shareholder demands, derivative actions and accounting restatements. Ms. Skaistis represents clients in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the False Claims Act, insider trading, accounting and securities fraud and governance issues. She also handles a wide variety of general litigation, arbitration and appellate matters, including in the areas of employment, securities, bankruptcy and general commercial disputes.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2026 Government & Internal Investigations & Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2025 International Investigations and Disputes
The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management 2025 Investigations, Governance, Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2025 Litigation, esp. Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2025 Government & Internal Investigations & Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2024 International Investigations and Disputes
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2024 Litigation, esp. Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024 Government & Internal Investigations & Litigation
The Lawdragon Legends of 2023 2023
The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2023 Litigation, esp. Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement
The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2022 Litigation, esp. Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement
The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2021 Litigation, esp. Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement
The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2020
The 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2019
The 2018 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2018
The 2017 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2017
The 2016 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2016
The 2014-15 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2015
The 2013 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2014

Ms. Skaistis represented a Special Committee of the Board of Twitter, Inc. (n/k/a X) in connection with a shareholder litigation demand letter and advised a special litigation committee of the Board of Directors of Alphabet Inc. (the parent of Google) in shareholder legal proceedings related to past workplace conduct and data privacy issues. She has represented a special committee of the Board of Directors of Prudential Financial; the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Campbell Soup; a special committee of the Board of Directors of Cognizant Technology Solutions; special committees of the Board of Directors of MetLife; special committees of the Board of Directors of The Hartford Financial Services Group; a special committee of the Board of Directors of Bank of New York Mellon; and the Board of Directors of General Electric Company and its various committees in numerous matters for over a decade.

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