Disputes are inevitable.
Losing is not.

Executives and prominent public figures rely on our counsel in severance negotiations, unpaid compensation disputes, equity clawbacks, and forced departures. We evaluate employment agreements, compensation structures, and the circumstances surrounding separation to protect earned compensation, preserve equity interests, and negotiate favorable exit terms

In severance matters, we outperform industry benchmarks. The industry average for C-suite executives across all industries is approximately 31 weeks of severance. We recently secured a mid-level private equity client 41 weeks—adding $93,000 of extra severance compensation on top of the original $43,000 presented. Where a client was terminated without severance or documentary proof for wages owed, we still secured a $45,000 severance payment, in under two weeks.

Institutional investors and financial services firms turn to us to assert contractual rights, challenge improper management conduct, and protect portfolio assets. Our work includes investment and fee disputes, governance conflicts, and claims arising from fund operations and commercial relationships.

• Lender liability and borrower disputes

• Enforcement of loan agreements, guarantees, and security interests

• Intercreditor and priority disputes

• Workout-related litigation and post-default enforcement actions

• Claims arising from structured finance transactions

Financial distress demands swift, strategic action. We provide efficient and practical counsel across:

• Claims arising from restructurings and workouts

• Fraudulent transfer and preference actions

• Asset recovery and judgment enforcement

• Creditor-debtor disputes outside of formal bankruptcy proceedings

Representative matters include successfully reducing $49,000 demand in ABC Assignee proceeding to a $5K settlement.

We serve as deal counsel for businesses navigating complex commercial agreements, from enterprise-level partnerships to multi-party software integrations, including:

• Intellectual Property Ownership – Securing client ownership of custom-developed technology and clearly defining IP boundaries between proprietary codebases and stand-alone deliverables.

• Revenue Structuring – Drafting and negotiating revenue share arrangements, including split API-powered transaction models and tiered purchase-based commission structures.

• Liability & Risk Management – Identifying unapproved liability exposure introduced during contract execution and negotiating favorable indemnity caps and technical support penalty structures to contain financial risk.

Representative experience includes serving as deal counsel for Easyship Inc. in its Enterprise Agreement with Squarespace, Inc., and in the negotiation of a Master Services Agreement and multiple Statements of Work governing various strategic commercial integrations.

We lead subpoena response strategy for companies and stakeholders facing government inquiries, including federal grand jury and administrative subpoenas. Our approach addresses potential exposure, document preservation and production, privilege and confidentiality, and with a particular focus on strategic framing in communications with investigators to guard against inadvertent disclosures

Experience includes matters involving and responding to inquiries from agencies and authorities including:

• U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

• United States Attorney’s Offices (USAO)

• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

• New York Attorney General (NYAG)

• New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS)

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• State and federal grand jury subpoenas

• Civil investigative demands and third-party document subpoenas