Experience

    • Jacobs Solutions Inc. in defense of a lawsuit alleging violations of the TVPRA in the District of Colorado in connection with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
    • Tether, Bitfinex and related entities in a putative class action asserting Commodities Exchange Act, antitrust and fraud claims based on alleged manipulation of the price of cryptocommodities.
    • Five public company directors in a derivative litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging a stock for stock merger and seeking over $100 million in potential damages, resulting in an early settlement on favorable terms.
    • Perenco Ecuador in the successful enforcement of an ICSID award against Ecuador in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
    • AIG Financial Products Corporation defending claims in Connecticut state court by former executives seeking payment of bonuses allegedly payable under the terms of a deferred compensation scheme.
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, its Fund VIII, and certain CD&R partners as defendants in shareholder litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging the multibillion dollar stock-for-stock merger of Ply Gem with NCI Building Systems.
    • An engineering and commissioning contractor in a multibillion dollar ICC arbitration seated in Singapore concerning the disputed termination of an EPC subcontract to build and commission a combined-cycle power plant at an Australian LNG facility.
    • NexBank as agent for lenders, Oaktree Capital Management, Centerbridge and Five Mile, in litigation to enforce guarantees with a Las Vegas real estate investment.
    • A Qatari entity against a U.S. entity in an ICDR arbitration concerning the termination of a franchise agreement, resulting in a settlement on favorable terms.

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 2014, J.D.
  • Stanford University, 2010, B.A.

Languages

  • German