Represented corporations across industries in headline litigations, investigations, and arbitrations—against other corporations, the U.S. government, and foreign nation states; at trial and appellate levels; in state, federal, and international courts. The cases were complex and high-stakes; involved novel, often never-before-litigated questions; and spanned a wide variety of legal areas (civil and criminal), including contracts, torts, white collar crime, securities law, organizational law, constitutional law, international law, antitrust, bankruptcy, and legal procedure. Led associate teams in all aspects: litigation strategy and legal analysis; pleadings; motions (wide variety); oral argument; discovery (papers, negotiation, analytics, productions); witnesses and experts; settlement agreements; government presentations; factual development; alternative dispute resolution.
Selected CASES—
Multiple federal securities class actions; with parallel related state derivative cases; represented both underwriters (including leading wall street banks) and issuers; secured no-contribution settlements and full dismissals with prejudice.
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“Big Ag” Antitrust enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission and a swath of state Attorneys General; with parallel related actions across jurisdictions, including a private class action MDL.
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Criminal suit by the Department Of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency; represented an individual (leading global automaker engineer); faced 20 years, won a non-custodial sentence.
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International investor-state arbitration as claimant against the nation of Papua New Guinea; challenged the constitutionality of an unprecedented, lump-sum, targeted, retroactive tax with bet-the-company implications; secured a highly favorable settlement after briefing the merits.
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Purely legal dispute regarding the plain-meaning interpretation of a complex fuel-supply Contract under new york law; represented a household-name convenience store chain; won on the merits on all questions.
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Delaware Chancery action for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty; represented an individual (leading law firm partner); won full dismissal with prejudice.
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New York Commercial Division action for an array of contract and business tort claims; with parallel related actions across jurisdictions; represented a leading real estate brokerage.
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“big tech” federal privacy compliance for a major social media company.
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investigation By the Securities and Exchange Commission (initial stages); represented a railroad company.
Advice related to potential litigation— advised clients on various topics in the context of legal risks they faced, including:
☞ veil piercing in complex corporate structures and transactions
☞ Maintaining corporate separateness
☞ choice of law, and its implications on international business operations
☞ personal jurisdiction, and its implications on interstate business operations and related torts
☞ Complex contract interpretation
☞ Avenues for efficient breach or termination of a contract
☞ Different theories of contract damages pursued in courts across jurisdictions for a leading wall street bank
☞ the nuanced implications of corporate family structure on various types of legal privilege for one of the world’s largest media companies looking to restructure its u.s. and u.k. business operations
Business development— supported various business aspects of the firm, including publications and panel discussions PROVIDING insights on cutting-edge legal developments and in-depth analyses of complex legal areas.
Leadership at the firm— led multiple professional development presentations during orientations and trainings.
