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Rebecca Winters

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Represents companies and individuals in complex civil and regulatory matters, with particular experience in financial institution litigation and risk management. 

Becca represents corporations and individuals in a range of civil matters, including securities actions, M&A litigation and other transaction-related matters; antitrust and false claim cases; and a wide array of complex, high-value commercial disputes. She has a particular focus on advising financial institutions in pre-litigation commercial disputes, in regulatory matters and in high stakes, multi-defendant class actions.

Becca recently rejoined Davis Polk from Morgan Stanley, where she was Co-Head of the U.S. Litigation Department from 2020 to 2023. Becca was responsible for the oversight and management of all civil litigation arising out of the bank’s institutional businesses, including investment banking, capital markets, prime brokerage and stock lending, and debt and equity sales and trading. Previously, at Davis Polk, she focused primarily on the representation of clients in regulatory inquiries and internal investigations and in the defense of follow-on civil litigation. 

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School
  • magna cum laude
B.A., History, Dartmouth College
  • magna cum laude

Clerkships

Law Clerk, Hon. John M. Walker Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1996-1997
Law Clerk, Hon. Kimba M. Wood, U.S. District Court, S.D. New York, 1994-1995

Prior experience

  • Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, 2014-2023
    • Co-Head, U.S. Litigation Department, 2021-2023
    • Acting Head, Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement, Investment Management Division, 2022
    • Member, U.S. Litigation Department, 2014-2020

Qualifications and admissions

  • State of New York
  • U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
  • U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
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