Mr Tim Harkness > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Tim Harkness
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Tim is a partner in our litigation practice group and is based in New York. Tim represents clients in complex commercial litigation. He has played prominent roles in major cases involving international financial service and accounting firms in securities fraud cases, hedge fund-related litigation, commercial disputes and before bankruptcy courts. Professional services and private equity firms, manufacturers and media companies call upon Tim’s knowledge and experience in commercial arbitrations and civil litigation arising from claims of fraud, breach of contract, malpractice and veil piercing. Tim received his JD cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1995, where he was contributing editor of the Law Review, and his BA cum laude from Yale University in 1987. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York, and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Education
- JD, cum laude, University of Michigan, contributing editor to the Law Review
- BA, cum laude, Yale University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is capable of representing a broad range of high-end commercial and corporate clients in the full suite of complex litigation and arbitration matters. Linda Martin and Tim Harkness co-chair the team; Harkness focuses on fraud, breaches of contract and post-M&A disputes whilst Martin predominantly counsels multinational corporations on their US litigation exposure. The team’s third co-chair is Gayle Klein, who joined the firm in 2023 from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and is noted for her strengths in financial services litigation and trade secrets disputes. David Livshiz is a further key contact who stands out for his bankruptcy litigation expertise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- International trade > CFIUS
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism