New York Expertise,
Global Dispute Solutions

Significant portion of our practice is dedicated to representing clients in disputes involving various types of commercial contracts, including service and purchase agreements, secured transactions and e-commerce contracts, loans and investment agreements. This encompasses cases where a party has been damaged by breach and or accused of not performing its contractual obligations, as well as cases where parties dispute existence of a contract, whether it governed by the foreign law or statutory law of New York State.

We represent clients in disputes involving disagreements among management or between shareholders, partners, and members regarding the formation of a legal entity, its governance, or participation in it.

Based in New York, we assist with arbitration proceedings conducted overseas by staying or compelling arbitration locally, affirming or disaffirming arbitration awards, seeking injunctive relief, and providing representation for recognition and enforcement proceedings to collect on an arbitration award.

Our priority is to ensure justice for our clients, which sometimes involves extending our efforts to an appeal. This could mean protecting a favorable outcome of a lower court or striving to revise a less favorable decision through appeal process. Our representation at the appellate level is not limited to appeals for clients we represent from the initial filing.

We are specializing in representing foreign businesses facing litigation in the U.S. With deep understanding of issues arising in such cases, including proof of jurisdiction and application of forum non conveniens doctrine, service of process and use of international treaties, choice of law concerns, obtaining discovery, and using mechanisms available for enforcing judgments, we provide strategic guidance and representation tailored to the specific needs and expectations of each client.

We have experience in managing disputes that require a coordinated strategy across multiple jurisdictions, including the courts withing the United States, Europe, Russia and other international forums.

Our network of international practitioners provides us with invaluable insights and resources to effectively handle cross-border disputes, ensuring efficient and value-driven representation.

Our court experience gives us a unique edge in handling international commercial arbitration matters. We bring the same advocacy skills to these matters that we bring to matters in the state courts, together with specialized knowledge of international arbitration rules and practice.

Whether reclaiming assets domestically or navigating the complexities of international recovery, American federal and state courts provide a broad range of tools for tracing hidden funds. We have experience in representing judgment creditors in post-judgment proceedings where the winners in underlying cases can demand information from individuals and financial institutions, freeze assets, set aside transfers of property or the incurrence of obligations by the debtor in fraud of creditors, and ultimately collect their judgments.

Foreign businesses and individuals often seek our advice on federal and New York state law or a second opinion on ongoing or prospective litigation. Our honest assessments of viability of their case provides clients with valuable insight to strategize even before legal proceedings commence. We have experience in collaborating with existing legal teams or providing private consultations.

We have experience representing clients in art-related disputes involving issues such as copyright, provenance and authenticity, art forgery, art contracts and transactions.