Practice Areas
— Corporate Ownership and Governance Litigation
Struggles over the ownership and control of a business entity are frequently urgent and hard-fought. These matters require agile, aggressive action to achieve client priorities, which may or may not involve litigating in court. We always pay careful attention to preserving the value and viability of the entity in question—and to the many forms of legal and practical leverage available to our clients.
Representative matters include:
Represent private equity and venture capital fund in litigation and arbitration against its departed founding partner concerning the valuation of his equity interest in the fund management entity and the status of his rights in numerous special purpose entities created to collect and distribute carried interest.
Represented co-founder of hedge fund in multi-faceted disputes and negotiations concerning the fund’s management and governance.
Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of StreetEasy in dispute involving cyber squatting, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and corporate governance claims against a co-founder; protected and enforced that settlement before, during, and after StreetEasy’s acquisition by Zillow, Inc.
Filed a dissolution action on behalf of a co-founder of market data technology vendor to major New York financial institutions; then, post-filing, successfully negotiated an advantageous sale of our client’s interest to a business partner.
Counseled a private equity investor and the audit committee of its portfolio company through the investigation, termination, and ultimate criminal prosecution of its co-founder and CEO for self-dealing and theft of corporate assets.
Represented founder of a food ingredient importer after she sold majority stake to new investors, sued those investors for breach of contract and fiduciary duties, leading to a hard-fought lawsuit and advantageous settlement.