Cravath Announces New Partners and Of Counsels

Cravath has elected the following new partners, who will become members of the Firm on January 1, 2027:

• Virginia M. Anderson (J.D., Fordham University School of Law; B.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln), a member of Cravath’s Corporate Department, resident in the New York office, where she focuses on general corporate and venture capital and growth equity matters.
• Lucas Edward Beirne (J.D., University of Virginia School of Law; B.S.N., University of Virginia), a member of Cravath’s Corporate Department, resident in the Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on financial institutions matters.
• Kathryn Kennedy Bleday (J.D., Columbia Law School; A.B., Dartmouth College), a member of Cravath’s Corporate Department, resident in the New York office, where she focuses on credit and banking matters.
• Katherine A. DuBois (J.D., New York University School of Law; A.B., Georgetown University), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where she focuses on antitrust and general commercial and securities matters. 
• Lisa M. Kohl (J.D., American University Washington College of Law; B.A., University of Michigan), a member of Cravath’s Corporate Department, resident in the Washington, D.C. office, where she focuses on corporate governance matters.
• Jonathan D. Mooney (LL.B., McGill University, Faculty of Law; Ph.D., McGill University; B.S., McGill University), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where he focuses on intellectual property matters. 
• Daniel L. Ottaunick (J.D., Harvard Law School; B.S., Boston College), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where he focuses on antitrust and general commercial matters. 
• Scott B. Reents (J.D., Stanford Law School; B.A., Swarthmore College), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where he focuses on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies to legal practice. 
• Madalyn Vaughn (J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School; B.S., University of Alabama), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where she focuses on antitrust and general commercial and securities matters.
• Lawrence J. Verhelst (LL.M., Harvard Law School; LL.M., University of Leuven; LL.B., University of Namur), a member of Cravath’s Corporate Department, resident in the London office, where he focuses on finance and capital markets matters.
• Kathleen E. Young (J.D., Cornell Law School; B.A., University of Chicago), a member of Cravath’s Litigation Department, resident in the New York office, where she focuses on antitrust and general commercial matters. 

Additionally, Scott B. Cohen, Kelly N. King, Ori Oren, Evan D. Siegel, Courtney Seager Walsh and Nicole A. Walsh were named of counsels of the Firm, effective January 1, 2027.