Our Successes

 We have advised on some of the largest, most complex transactions of the last several decades, successfully closing, among other transactions:

• a reverse triangular merger between a Euronext and Nasdaq listed company and a US publicly listed software business; 
• global offerings for EADS, Telefonica, Portugal Telecom in amounts up to several billion dollars; 
• global bond financing for the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China; 
• and the massive Ras Lafan LNG project financing. 

At the same time we have helped entreprenneurs and small businesses:

• set up a joint venture in China; 
• structure a health care project in Bangladesh;
• close convertible note, seed, Series A and Regulation D offerings; and 
• complete cross-border acquisitions and dispositions in deals ranging in size from $5 to $50 million dollars. 

T 

 Litigation can be a tough fight that requires strength, agility, speed and endurance.  We have delivered 

for our clients in:

• prevailing over Amazon.com on seven counts in a motion to dismiss in a hundred million dollar plus computer fraud and trade secrets case; 
• reversing a trial court with respect to a "black box" multi-million dollar account at issue in an equitable distribution lawsuit;
• defeating the City of New York in a motion to bifurcate individual and Monell clams; 
• winning a $15 million arbitration award for an international copper trading firm at the ICC; 
• winning a $1 million settlement in a dispute over a rare violin;
• obtaining a multi-million dollar default judgment in a "me-too" sexual abuse lawsuit; 
• securing favorable settlements for a RICO plaintiff in federal court, a business woman in a dispute with a former co-founder, a migrant farm worker in a claim against an upstate New York dairy farm, and a misclassified worker in class action against a major national convenience store.

 Much of the practice of law involves neither closing deals or fighting in court, but counseling clients on ways to avoid or resolve issues that threaten the success of a business or place individuals and companies in jeopardy.  With over 30 years experience advising top management, entrepreneurs, and even governments, we pride ourselves on our ability to provide thoughtful, practical counsel that can keep deals on track or avoid costly, reputationally damaging litigation.  Among our most important achievements in this area involved: 

• advising the CEO of a recently listed company on appropriate disclosure and negotiating strategy with law enforcement tipped off to baseless claims by a competitor;
• advising the Ministry of Defense of a Central Asian country on an alleged illegal sale of jet fighters to an adversary of the United States;
• counseling a Fortune 50 company in an internal investigation into alleged accounting irregulatories in a foreign subsidiary; and 
• protecting the founders of a start-up in a dispute with a co-founder threatening to derail the company's business.