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Recognized by Chambers USA as one of New York’s leading general commercial litigators, Stephen Neuwirth has a broad practice with particular emphasis on corporate governance, antitrust and class actions.  Mr. Neuwirth brings to bear over two decades of experience in private practice and government, including serving as Associate White House Counsel to President Clinton from 1993-1996.  He has been successful on both sides of the “v,” representing corporate plaintiffs and defendants in individual and class actions.  Chambers USA (2008) states that Mr. Neuwirth "is renowned for his deep understanding of corporate transactions and antitrust matters."

From 1997-2005, Mr. Neuwirth was one of the original partners at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and in 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice retained him to assist in the Antitrust Division’s litigation against Microsoft Corporation.  He was associated with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz from 1988-1993.

Barnes & Noble, Inc.
FEMSA/ Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma
Grupo Televisa
Harley Davidson, Inc.
Honeywell International, Inc.
The Home Depot  
IBM Corporation
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

As lead counsel for Mexico's Grupo Televisa, the world's largest Spanish-language media company, won federal preliminary injunction blocking JPMorgan from transferring to a Televisa competitor a $200 million interest in a loan JPMorgan had made to Televisa's cable television business.

Co-lead counsel for Barnes & Noble, Inc., in defense of state and federal derivative actions concerning the company’s stock option practices, and related matters.

Lead counsel for Mexico’s Grupo Televisa in its successful Eleventh Circuit appeal of a district court ruling that had dismissed Televisa’s tortious interference with contract claims against rival Telemundo Communications, Inc.; a unanimous panel of the Eleventh Circuit ruled that Televisa could pursue both damages and punitive damages under Florida law.

Lead counsel for IBM in its successful defense of class action antitrust claims.

Lead trial and appellate counsel for FEMSA, which obtained a preliminary injunction, upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, blocking a proposed $300 million transaction by the U.S. joint venture partner of FEMSA’s U.S. subsidiary.

Court-appointed co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in an alleged federal antitrust class action against the major U.S.-based railroads, claiming that the defendants conspired to fix the prices of fuel surcharges applied to rate-unregulated freight transport.