Practice Areas

Commercial Disputes

HG represents clients in high-stakes commercial disputes, including in trials, appeals, arbitrations, and mediations.

Recent representations include:

  • European crypto investment firm in dispute with founder of NFT company
  • New York fintech company in litigation against marketing firm
  • New York medical services network in business divorce litigation

Finance and Technology

HG represents financial institutions, early-stage tech companies, and crypto ventures in every stage of civil dispute resolution and insolvency proceedings.

Recent representations include:

  • Tech start-up co-founders in complex compensation disputes
  • Crypto start-up in arbitration and mediation regarding disputed award of token interests
  • Blockchain technology fund-of-funds in receivership proceeding

Class Actions

HG represents plaintiffs injured by fraud, securities law violations, and other corporate or governmental abuses of power.

Recent representations include:

  • Co-lead counsel in securities class action on behalf of U.S. investors alleging fraud and other violations against decentralized crypto exchange and its co-founders

Public Interest

HG represents plaintiffs in discrimination and harassment matters and criminal defendants in post-conviction proceedings. We also work with advocacy organizations, academics, and non-profits seeking to change city, state, or federal policies for the public good.

Recent representations include:

  • Foreign journalist in defamation and discrimination dispute with media conglomerate
  • Criminal defendant in post-conviction appeals and habeas proceedings
  • Board of LGBTQ+ non-profit in litigation risk assessment and strategy
  • European scholars as amici in U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the extraterritorial application of the federal RICO statute