Business Litigation

Contracts are the centerpiece of commercial activity, and often the most complex and high-stakes business disputes turn on the interpretation of contracts. We represent a broad range of institutional clients in enforcing contractual rights, defending against allegations of breach, and in many cases, both.

Whether enforcing a contract on behalf of a multinational corporate client or extricating a client from a contract that threatens its success, we effectively protect our clients’ contractual interests. At the outset, we evaluate each dispute and advise our clients on the risks and cost of litigation, as well as on available alternatives. We always make sure our approach matches our clients’ goals and concerns.

We advise public and private corporations, boards of directors and board committees, and individuals in litigation and investigations concerning corporate governance. We assist corporate clients in responding to shareholder demands—including establishing and interacting with special litigation and other board committees investigating them—and officers and directors whose conduct is the subject of shareholder demands and internal investigations.

We also advise organizational and individual clients concerning their own fiduciary obligations and the fiduciary obligations of others, both prospectively—in order to avoid costly litigation—and retrospectively—in responding to allegations of wrongdoing.

We work closely with real estate developers, investors, financiers, and other clients to address disputes that arise from their real estate assets. Our clients range in size and financial strength from start-up and entrepreneurial ventures to more established players in the real estate industry.

We represent clients in disputes concerning a broad range of real estate activities, including the purchase, financing, leasing, and management of real estate, among others. We are accomplished and comfortable in litigation and in arbitration, but we understand the benefit of achieving our clients’ goals through settlement and identify opportunities to do so as early as possible in our work for real estate clients.

When creditors’ claims are not satisfied during the course of bankruptcy proceedings, we have successfully pursued litigation to vindicate creditors’ rights. We have acted as special litigation counsel to creditors’ committee and litigation trusts and have represented creditors, bankruptcy trustees, and equity holders in adversary suits and other proceedings before the bankruptcy court.

Our attorneys take a solution-oriented approach designed to maximize returns and recoveries for our clients, while minimizing the disruption caused by litigation so that clients can focus on their businesses and their lives.

Our attorneys regularly defend private securities claims, including class actions, derivative suits, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) actions. Our experience makes us adept at quickly identifying the specific issues at the heart of claims against our clients, then developing and pursuing a litigation strategy that focuses intensely on those matters. Through this approach, we target our discovery efforts at locating documents and eliciting testimony that bolsters our clients’ defense. We also are skilled at working well with companies’ outside counsel and attorneys representing other defendants, and know how to work within joint defense agreements to best serve our clients’ interests.