Practice Area
Complex Commercial Litigation
Our team brings deep experience in all aspects of commercial litigation to your case, having successfully prosecuted and defended fraud, breach of contract, merger, indemnification, trade secret, insurance and financial cases in a broad range of industries.
As a dedicated litigation boutique untethered to a transactional practice, we are able to pursue cases that other high-quality firms cannot or will not due to conflicts.
Recent Representative Cases
Fraud – Jury Trial Win
Trial counsel for a private equity firm, winning $82.1 million jury verdict in Delaware state court on behalf of a client alleging that an acquired company’s most senior financial officer fraudulently manipulated revenue and EBITDA, inflating the purchase price by tens of millions of dollars.
Fraud – Pre-Suit Mediation
Represented a private equity firm in confidential pre-suit mediation of alleged fraud about a recently purchased company’s ability to acquire new customers. Achieved $35 million recovery following mediation as well as a separate recovery from the company’s representation and warranty insurer.
Breach of Contract
Represented a refinery in business interruption suit against insurers following an explosion in a critical unit; overcame valuation defenses, including adjuster’s position that business shutdown during Covid-19 saved the company money, and obtained a favorable pre-trial settlement.
Commercial Statutory and Tort Claims
Representing a company alleging that a national bank’s inadequate security allowed cybercriminals to consolidate company accounts and then send multiple fraudulent wires to their own accounts at different banks, stealing substantially all of the company’s accumulated cash.
