Marc S. Rosenberg is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and serves as Co‑Chair of its Corporate Governance and Board Advisory practice. His practice includes counseling boards of directors, board committees and senior management in connection with SEC investigations, governance issues and other special situations, as well as securities work and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Rosenberg has been repeatedly recognized by the National Association of Corporate Directors as “one of the 100 most influential people in the boardroom.” He was also cited as a leading practitioner in securities regulation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2010 through 2012. Mr. Rosenberg was named a leading lawyer in corporate governance by PLC Cross‑border: Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties 2008/09 and in securities law by The Best Lawyers in America from 2007 through 2013. He was cited as one of the country’s leading practitioners in capital markets by Chambers USA and Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2008, and recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in capital markets and corporate governance in 2008. Mr. Rosenberg is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
Mr. Rosenberg was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1980, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1983, where he was a recipient of the Sears Prize and an Editor of the Law Review. After a one‑year clerkship with Hon. Walter R. Mansfield of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, he joined Cravath in 1985 and became a partner in 1990.
Mr. Rosenberg may be reached by phone at 212‑474‑1676 or by email at mrosenberg@cravath.com.