Commercial Disputes
We represent clients in high-stakes commercial disputes, including trials and appeals in state and federal courts. We have successfully represented major corporations, financial institutions, hedge funds, insurers, start-up ventures, corporate officers and executives, and private individuals in all stages of business litigation, arbitration, and mediation. We offer this expertise at a fraction of the cost of the white-shoe firms in which we trained.
Representative Matters
Start-ups, Fintech, and Crypto
- Represented fintech start-up in multi-million dollar litigation with marketing firm.
- Represented investor group in dispute with NFT start-up founder.
- Represented crypto start-up in arbitration and mediation proceedings regarding disputed token awards.
- Represented crypto-focused fund-of-funds in receivership proceeding.
- Represented healthcare payment start-up in regulatory proceeding related to money transmitter licensing requirements.
- Represented start-up financial services company in dispute with sponsoring hedge fund.
New York City Business Disputes
- Represented Japanese beef wholesaler in litigation against Queens restaurant holding company.
- Represented New York medical services network in business divorce litigation.
- Represented Queens business owner in commercial mortgage dispute.
- Represented New York City start up in contract dispute with client.
- Represented New York City lawyer in law firm partnership dispute litigation.
Financial Services and Competition
- Represented major corporation as plaintiff in multi-billion dollar litigation with lenders challenging sophisticated liability management transaction.
- Represented advertising company as plaintiff in antitrust jury trial.
- Represented plaintiff trustees in $13 billion bench trial in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
- Represented excess insurer in dispute with debtor and other insurers regarding asbestos-related personal injury claims.
- Represented investors and trustees in multiple multi-billion dollar residential mortgage-backed securities repurchase litigations.
- Represented corporation as defendant in shareholder derivative class action.
- Represented media technology company as defendant in preliminary injunction suit by telecommunications firm.
Insurance and Reinsurance
- Represented major insurer in state and federal lawsuits and other coverage disputes with opioid manufacturers and distributors.
- Represented international pension fund in breach of contract disputes with insurers over hundreds of millions in rate increases.
- Represented defendant excess insurers in appellate proceedings regarding scope of excess insurance.
- Represented out-of-network emergency medical providers as plaintiff-appellants in insurance reimbursement rate dispute.
- Represented reinsurer in dispute regarding legacy insurance coverage.
