- Representing major financial institution in multiple litigations involving residential-mortgage-backed securities arising out of the 2008 financial crisis
- Representing a major financial institution in a putative class action concerning non-sufficient funds fees
- Representing a financial investor in litigation and restructuring action relating to the restoration of one of the country’s oldest amusement parks
- Representing one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency hardware manufacturers in securities litigation arising from the company’s IPO
- Secured two directed verdicts in securities arbitrations for a leading broker-dealer that faced suitability claims and allegations of offering poor investment advice
- Won summary judgment in favor of a major financial institution’s asset management affiliate in an action concerning the proper pricing of corporate bonds sold in privately negotiated transactions between the institution’s investors
- Secured dismissal of an industry-wide class action challenging the cash sweep programs of major broker-dealers
- Secured dismissal of successor-liability claims, alleging de facto merger and implied assumption of liability, and seeking to hold financial institution liable for billions of dollars in potential liability
- Representing a global financial services company in a renegotiation and restructuring of a private United States oil and gas company
- Representing a leading securities firm and its employees (including a retail broker and an equity research analyst) in two litigations and an arbitration asserting federal and state securities law claims arising out of the sale of FCC wireless licenses
- Defending a major bank in multiple litigations seeking more than US$1 billion in damages for alleged breaches of financing agreements relating to the failed Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino project
- Representing a leading international financial institution in two separate actions seeking treble damages under the Antiterrorism Act for engaging in transactions alleged to be tied to international terrorism
- Representing a major bank in the Tribune Company bankruptcy case in Delaware in connection with allegations that a multi-billion dollar leveraged buyout constituted a fraudulent conveyance
- Representing a broker-dealer and its employees in litigations brought by public employee retirement/pension funds
- Representing an investment bank in litigation brought by an investment management firm, claiming that our client misappropriated confidential and proprietary information and otherwise tortiously interfered with a potential US$800 million “life settlement” transaction
- Representing an investment bank in multiple disputes involving fees for investment banking and advisory services
- Representing a top broker-dealer in federal and state litigations arising out of a former employee’s alleged participation in a Ponzi scheme created by a hedge fund
- Representing two founders/managers of private equity and CLO funds in a corporate governance dispute with other founders/managers
- Representing former senior executive of a leading mutual fund complex in several nationwide class actions involving trading and sales practices in the mutual fund industry
- Representing several major national broker-dealers and their employees in various litigations and arbitrations brought by customers alleging securities fraud and/or sales practice violations
- Representing a leading national broker-dealer in several securities arbitrations brought by competitors alleging “raiding” and other improper hiring practices
- Representing financial investors named as co-defendants with an issuer in a securities fraud litigation
- Advising private equity firms and their employees in corporate governance matters, including advice as to duties of directors and controlling shareholders
- Representing an equity research analyst from a leading financial institution in a regulatory investigation over the content of certain research reports
- Representing the asset management affiliate of a leading financial institution in a contract dispute with another asset manager
- Representing the manager of a hedge fund in a dispute with his former employer arising out of his move to a competing firm
- Representing a private equity firm in a series of litigations involving a portfolio company arising out of the unwinding of an investment
- Representing a nationally known sports and entertainment company in a contract dispute with a former licensor
- Representing a major reinsurance pool and several of its member companies in a dispute over reinsurance coverage for a billion dollar insurance settlement between a leading insurance company and an asbestos manufacturer
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- US District Court, Northern District of Florida, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- US Court of Appeals, Second and Eleventh Circuits
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1989: cum laude
- Cornell University, B.A., 1986
Professional Activities
Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- American Bar Association, Litigation and Business Law sections
Articles
- “The Pandemic’s Impact on Interim Operating Covenants: Part II: An Update,” The M&A Journal (February 2021) (co-author)
- “The Pandemic’s Impact on Interim Operating Covenants: Lessons From The Now-Resolved Sycamore - L Brands Dispute,” The M&A Journal (August 1, 2020) (co-author)