Verant.
International law firm · US & EU

The final word
in cross-border counsel.

Verant advises businesses, founders and private clients across US and EU jurisdictions — in corporate transactions, complex disputes, and the defense of reputation.

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United States — European Union

Practices01

Practices

Three disciplines. One aim: to end matters on our clients' terms.

01

Corporate & M&A

Deal counsel between US and EU markets — from term sheet to closing.

02

Litigation & Disputes

Cross-border disputes, arbitration and asset recovery — ended decisively.

03

Reputation & Media Defense

Defamation claims, retractions and erasure — when the press gets it wrong.

Signature practice

When the press gets it wrong, a correction is not a request. It is a claim — and we file it.

Reputation & Media Defense →Retraction secured in 6 days — representative matter

12

jurisdictions covered

$2.4B

aggregate deal value

75+

cross-border matters

6

working languages

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People

Partners admitted across US and EU jurisdictions. Six working languages.

New York · England & Wales

Alexander Ostrov

Managing Partner · Corporate & M&A

Sweden · Brussels Bar

Marie Lindqvist

Partner · Litigation & Arbitration

Germany · Austria

Daniel Weiss

Partner · Reputation & Media

Netherlands

Ekaterina Janssen

Counsel · Corporate & Private Clients

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Insights

Client alerts and analysis — written by the lawyers who run the matters.

Reputation & Media

Defamation across borders: where to sue when the story runs everywhere

A false story published online is published everywhere at once. Choosing the forum is half the case — and the EU and US answer the question very differently.

Litigation & Disputes

Arbitration clauses that actually hold

Most pathological arbitration clauses fail at the same five points. A checklist from the disputes we inherited from other people's contracts.

Corporate & M&A

The 2026 playbook for EU companies entering the US

Entity choice, the Delaware flip, IP migration and the three regulatory filings founders forget — a condensed map of the route we walk with clients every quarter.

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