Established in Precedent
Vanguard & Voss commands the field of corporate litigation and strategic advisory. We protect legacy, neutralize threat, and establish precedent.
Our counsel is retained by those who cannot afford to lose. We do not settle for adequate — we dictate the terms of engagement.
Our Disciplines
Six practice areas. One singular standard of excellence. Retained exclusively by those who require an absolute outcome.
We litigate at the highest commercial courts with a singular objective: total victory. Our teams have argued before appellate benches on four continents, setting the terms that govern entire industries.
Acquisitions, mergers, and hostile takeovers executed with absolute precision. We serve as both sword and shield in transformative transactions.
When regulatory bodies arrive, we are already prepared. Our regulatory team has resolved over $40B in government enforcement actions without a single consent decree.
ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and ICSID proceedings across 30+ jurisdictions. We enforce awards and shield assets with equal force.
Patent portfolios, trade secrets, and trademark enforcement. We protect what took decades to build.
Generational wealth demands generational strategy. We structure multi-jurisdictional trusts and succession architectures that withstand every challenge.
The Firm
Founded 1987 · New York
Founding Principle
Vanguard & Voss was not built to win cases. It was built to establish the precedents by which all subsequent cases are judged. Founded in 1987 by Harrison Voss and Eleanor Vanguard, the firm entered the legal arena with a single conviction: that the most powerful legal instrument is one that never needed to be used, because its reputation precedes it.
Our Architecture
We operate as a closed partnership of 47 senior counsel and 12 elite associates. This is not scarcity — it is selection. Every matter receives the full force of our collective intelligence. There are no junior associates handling your legacy. There are no second-chair performances.
New York · Principal Office
The Standard
We do not measure success in billable hours or settlement speed. We measure it in leverage preserved, reputations protected, and precedents set that competitors cannot overcome. When you retain Vanguard & Voss, you are not hiring advocates. You are deploying a strategic instrument.
38
Years in Practice
$2.4B
in Recoveries
94%
Favorable Outcomes
Track Record
Selected matters from the past three years. All outcomes represent achieved client objectives.
A Fortune 100 technology group faced coordinated regulatory action across three jurisdictions seeking forced divestiture. Our intervention — simultaneous injunctions filed in New York, London, and Singapore within 72 hours — neutralized each claim. Total assets preserved: $3.8 billion.
Acting for a private energy consortium against a sovereign government following unlawful nationalization, we secured an ICSID award of $890 million — the largest in the sector that year. The decision is now cited in international investment law textbooks across seventeen countries.
A global financial institution under concurrent DOJ, SEC, and FCA investigation retained us eighteen months before charges were filed. Through preemptive document strategy and strategic cooperation architecture, we closed the investigation entirely. No charges. No consent decree. No concession.
Intelligence
