Experience

• • Former directors and officers of High Ridge Brands in post-bankruptcy litigation trustee litigation, asserting alleged claims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and avoidance actions arising out of a pre-bankruptcy Notes offering.
  • CCA Construction, a U.S. subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd., one of the world’s largest investment and construction groups, in its successful chapter 11 restructuring of more than $2 billion in asserted claims, including a $1.6 billion litigation judgment.
  • One Rock Capital Partners, as sponsor of Robertshaw US Holding in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
  • Coliseum Capital Management in its take private proposal, later terminated, and its contested proxy solicitation, later settled, to elect directors at Purple Innovation.
  • A prominent bank in a five-week civil trial involving allegations of participation in Ponzi scheme.
  • 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 parallel 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.