Partner, Complex Commercial Litigation, NYC

Blinded Candidate Profile – Partner, Complex Commercial Litigation

Location: New York Metro Area; Bar Admissions: New York; New Jersey admission inactive, eligible for renewal; additional federal court admissions

Compensation: $500,000 to $600,000 Base Salary;

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen

Professional Summary

Highly experienced business-generating litigation partner with more than 20 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes, arbitrations, trials, appeals, regulatory investigations, and strategic counseling.
Maintains a $1.5 million-plus, two-location, relationship-driven portable book of business anchored by longstanding institutional, private equity, and corporate clients. Trusted adviser to companies, executives, investors, boards, and institutional clients on litigation, governance, compliance, employment, transaction-related risk, and other significant business matters.

Key Qualifications

● More than two decades of experience as a complex commercial litigator.
● Maintains a seven-figure portable book of business with recurring, relationship-driven revenue.
● Extensive experience in M&A litigation, including disputes involving representations and warranties, fraud, indemnification, earnouts, working-capital adjustments, and escrow releases.
● Significant experience handling financial services litigation involving commercial lending, equity and debt arrangements, joint ventures, indemnification obligations, and director and officer liability.
● Experienced in defending companies and executives in federal and state regulatory investigations, including securities-related matters.
● Strong arbitration, trial, appellate, and complex commercial litigation experience.
● Experienced representing hedge funds, investors, financial-services businesses, companies, executives, boards, and institutional clients.
● Strong business-development ability with a demonstrated history of developing new business and expanding existing client relationships.
● Able to independently manage sophisticated matters from initial case assessment and strategy through trial, arbitration, appeal, or negotiated resolution.
● Strong client-facing presence with a reputation for practical, persuasive, and business-minded judgment.

Relevant Experience

Currently serves as a Partner in the New York Metro Area, where he leads complex commercial disputes, arbitrations, trials, appeals, regulatory matters, and strategic counseling while maintaining a significant portable client practice.
His practice includes representing institutional and corporate clients in sophisticated disputes involving M&A transactions, financial services, commercial relationships, ownership conflicts, business separations, real estate development, construction, and other complex commercial matters.
He has led a complex cross-border commercial dispute involving international arbitration and enforcement issues through advanced litigation and resolution, as well as successfully argued a significant federal appeal involving a complex international arbitration-related dispute.
He has represented hedge funds, investors, and financial-services businesses in fund-formation, commercial, indemnification, and arbitration disputes.
He also represents companies and executives in government and regulatory investigations, including securities and white-collar matters, and advises boards and senior executives on governance, compliance, investigations, strategic transactions, employment issues, and litigation risk.

Notable Strengths

● Seven-figure portable book of business with recurring institutional and corporate clients.
● Deep experience in complex commercial litigation, M&A litigation, financial services litigation, and regulatory investigations.
● Able to take sophisticated matters and run them independently from initial strategy through resolution.
● Strong courtroom, arbitration, appellate, and regulatory experience.
● Proven business-development ability and ability to expand existing client relationships.
● Trusted by clients and decision-makers with high-stakes legal and business matters.
● Strong commercial judgment with an ability to understand litigation within the broader context of a client’s business objectives and risk.
● Efficient and decisive in moving matters forward and completing important work.
● Comfortable advising companies, executives, investors, boards, and institutional clients on consequential business decisions.

Education

Juris Doctor, cum laude Well-regarded Law School
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude Highly regarded Private University