• We represent companies and executives in high-stakes business disputes, including:

    • credit facility disputes and acceleration claims

    • commercial lease litigation

    • vendor and supply chain disputes

    • contract breach and tortious interference claims


    Notable Matters

    • Represented Portfolio Brands LLC and Perry Ellis International in a lender-liability dispute against Fortress Credit over manufactured covenant defaults asserted to trigger acceleration and loan-to-own rights under a $235 million credit facility.

    • Represented Applebee's in successfully opposing commercial landlord's motions for summary judgment and for pendente lite rent while preserving counterclaims through discovery.

    • Represent Easyship Inc. in shipping fraud litigation to recover $800,000 from defendants who fraudulently under-declared weight for nearly 250 shipments, defeating their motion to dismiss and striking their affirmative defenses.

  • We represent employers and executives in complex employment disputes, including:

    • wage-and-hour claims

    • employment mobility and pretext termination matters

    • bonus and compensation disputes

    • agency claims (EEOC/NYS DHR)

    • discrimination claims (EEOC/NYS DHR),

    • commission disputes

    • internal HR investigations

    • cross-border mobility compliance

    Notable Matters

    • Defended Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in wage-and-hour litigation, achieving favorable resolution in JAMS arbitration.

    • Represented Brandy Melville in employment discrimination proceedings before NYS Division of Human Rights and EEOC.

    • Represented a senior hospitality executive in severance negotiations with Brooklyn Mirage, converting a no-severance termination into a $50,000 payment within two weeks.

    • Represented a private equity executive terminated without cause, negotiating a 190% increase to the initial severance offer (from $43,000 to $125,000) and preserving non-waivable statutory benefits under Italian law.

    • Represented six hospitality workers against La Victoria nightclub in parallel state and federal wage/hour actions alleging unpaid wages, tip misappropriation, wage theft, among other claims. Secured a structured settlement recovering wages and statutory damages, plus liquidated damages and attorneys' fees, enforced by confession of judgment.

  • We represent companies and executives facing

    • equity and founder disputes

    • dissenters rights

    • repurchase rights

    • stock option litigation

    • valuation contests

    Notable Matters

    • Represented an engineer at an AI startup against employer's attempted equity clawback in advance of a high-profile merger, negotiating a 411% increase to the client's equity position (initially valued at $233,000) and securing $1.14 million in cash consideration at closing.

  • We represent creditors, debtors, and trustees in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including:

    • Chapter 7 trustee representation in Ponzi scheme recoveries

    • assignee-for-the-benefit-of-creditors (ABC) proceedings

    • fraudulent conveyance actions

    • preference claims

    • creditor negotiations and demand reduction

    Notable Matters

    • Defended Easyship Inc. in an assignee-for-the-benefit-of-creditors proceeding, negotiating a $49,000 demand down to a $5,000 payment and securing voluntary dismissal.

    • Represented a Chapter 7 Trustee in recovering funds for investor-victims of a $12 million auto-financing Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Diamond Finance Co.

  • We guide companies through government inquiries, subpoenas, and agency investigations involving:

    • the DEA, FDA, and DOJ

    • Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

    • Department of Commerce – Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

    • state attorneys general

    • federal and state regulatory bodies

    • consumer-protection regulators

    Our work combines proactive risk assessment with responsive advocacy — implementing compliance frameworks that detect emerging threats while managing active investigations to minimize legal exposure.

    Notable Matters

    • Overseeing Easyship Inc.’s subpoena intake and response protocols to federal regulators (DEA, FDA-OCI, DOJ, HSI, Department of Commerce).