Richard Davis

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

Sotheby’s Inc. Abrams v. Sotheby’s Represented Sotheby’s in a highly publicized litigation involving the sale of certain rare Hebrew books and manuscripts. Worked with experts in foreign restitution law, German law, and Talmudic law. The case was settled on terms considered favorable to Sotheby’s.

Current

Sotheby's In re Auction Houses Litigation Defended Sotheby's in 60 consolidated antitrust class actions charging price-fixing with Christie's, brought on behalf of all buyers and sellers in U.S. auctions conducted by Sotheby's and Christie's from 1993-2000. Engineered settlement in which the cash component for which Sotheby's was responsible was less than 10% of the entire settlement.

Current

Olympia & York Realty Corp. Bankruptcy Claims Represented Olympia & York in more than the 1200 claims arising from its massive bankruptcy in the mid 1990’s. After almost two years, all the claims were resolved favorably for the debtor, either by way of hearing and trial or settlement.

Columbia University

J.D.

1969

University of Rochester

B.A.

1966

Publication

Publication

Institute on Crisis Management and Crisis Avoidance. Sponsored by Glasser LegalWorks. (New York, October 12, 2001)

Arbitrators on Arbitration (New York, June 13, 2001) International Arbitration Symposium, sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Rajah & Tann, and Derains & Associates