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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
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Professional Experience
- Counsel
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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- Busted Deal Successful representation of a Fortune 500 client in connection with issues arising from a governmental authority’s decision to block a potential acquisition.
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- Compliance ProgramsAt request of the company’s audit committee, undertook a review of the company’s compliance program to ensure the program satisfied Sarbanes-Oxley and NYSE requirements as well as international benchmarks.
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- Compliance with Sarbanes-OxleyRecently completed representation of a major international company with worldwide operations in enhancing their whistleblower process and assisting in the establishment of a more formal compliance program.
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- EnronSuccessful representation of Enron (as a shareholder of a private company) and two of its senior executives in expedited Delaware Court of Chancery litigations: (i) prevailing on its suit to enforce stockholder consents, to void the creation - and actions - of an executive committee of the board, and to void the creation of a staggered board, and (ii) defeating claims of aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty even though co-defendants were found to have breached their fiduciary duties.
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- Securities class actionsCounsel to AK Steel, Nomura Securities and Steven Madden, Ltd. and other companies in defense of securities fraud class actions in federal district courts across the country.
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- Internal InvestigationsRecently completed: (i) significant investigation into actions of certain members of Board of Directors of a US public company and (ii) a review into the circumstances surrounding a public company’s restatement of previously announced financial results.
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- Princeton NotesRepresentation of 24 Japanese companies involving claims filed in federal court seeking recovery of losses on “Princeton Notes” issued by affiliates of Princeton Economics International Limited. Successfully resolved with agreement by Republic Securities and HSBC USA Inc. to pay approximately $600 million in restitution to over 50 investors, including over $247 million to our clients.
Education
- Georgetown University
- J.D.
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- University at Buffalo
- B.A.
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Professional Associations
- District of Columbia Bar
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