Partner

Pamela Chepiga

Location:  United States

Practice(s):  Class Actions , Corporate and Commercial Litigation , Finance and Securities Litigation , Regulatory Investigations and White Collar Defense

Date Joined:  2003. Partner since 2004.

Education:  J.D., cum laude, Fordham University School of Law; B.A., cum laude, Fordham College

Spoken Languages:  English

Experience: 

Pamela is a partner in the New York office of Allen & Overy LLP. She specializes in criminal, civil and regulatory securities litigation. Prior to joining Allen & Overy, Pamela was the founding Director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic at Fordham University School of Law. Previous to that position, she was a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. From 1982 to 1984, she served as the Chief of Securities and Commodities Frauds Unit in the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York. While there, she specialized in white collar criminal prosecutions, headed the unit in charge of prosecuting all securities and commodities cases, and coordinated criminal prosecutions with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.


Pamela has taught in trial advocacy programs at Harvard Law School, Hofstra Law School, Cardozo Law School and the New York City Corporation Counsel's Office. She has also lectured extensively on insider trading, white collar crime, and the RICO statute. Pamela is distinguished as a leading practitioner in the International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers 2010.

Pamela has also been ranked in Chambers USA 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010: "Pamela Rogers Chepiga, is an experienced trial lawyer...particularly recommended for her white-collar capabilities. In 2009 she defended Deutsche Bank in a high-profile SEC investigation that resulted in the first ever case alleging insider trading involving credit default swaps." Clients describe Pamela as "an attorney 'of great consequence'...[her] reputation for ‘excellent judgment’ is in part rooted in origins that include serving as chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force for the Southern District...'She knows the legal environment and the bench well'...'She’s a highly informed lawyer with solid judgment, whom everyone trusts.'"

Published work

  • "Trends in Global Securities Litigation: Developments in F-Cubed Litigation," Revew of Securities & Commodities Regulation Vol. 42 No. 11, June 3, 2009, with Lanier Saperstein.
  • "Receivers and the In Pari Delicto Doctrine," New York Law Journal, July 9, 2007, with Lanier Saperstein.
  • "Available in America: Punitive Damages in Arbitration," International Arbitration Law Review, Vol. 7 Issue 4, August 2004, with Andrew Matheson.
  • "Getting to Know the UK's Revamped Regulatory System," New York Law Journal, November 17, 2003, with Andrew Rhys Davies and Jason Mansell.
  • "Identity Crisis: The SEC and the FSA have contrasting roles to play in reducing financial crime. Jason Mansell examines the FSA's difficulties as both regulator and prosecutor," The Lawyer, October 6, 2003, with Jason Mansell.

Allen & Overy represents a major investment bank in connection with an internal investigation of potential corrupt payments in China.
My contact details

New York
Allen & Overy LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States of America

Tel: +1 212 756 1125