Experience

• • One Rock Capital Partners in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding and related state court action arising out of a debt-restructuring transaction involving One Rock’s portfolio company.
  • BMO Harris Bank in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding arising out of a multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme operated by Thomas J. Petters.
  • Tether, Bitfinex and related entities in a putative class action asserting Commodities Exchange Act, antitrust and fraud claims based on alleged manipulation of the price of cryptocommodities.
  • Resolution Life, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies, in a seven day bench trial resulting in an award of $75 million in damages and pre-judgment interest. The case stemmed from an attempted 2017 transaction in which Resolution Life sought to sell its Nebraska-based life insurance company, Lincoln Benefit Life, to Global Bankers Insurance Group.
  • A personal care consumer products company in a contract dispute arising from an earnout provision.
  • Capital One in a resolution with FinCEN regarding its AML program, without criminal charges being filed.
  • A global financial services firm in an internal investigation and government investigations into the practices of its foreign currency traders.
  • A global insurance company in SEC and DFS investigations related to financial reporting and internal controls issues.