Sean Baldwin > Selendy Gay PLLC > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Selendy Gay PLLC
1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10104
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Securities & Structured Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Sean Baldwin is an accomplished trial lawyer with particular expertise trying cases in New York courts, the Delaware Court of Chancery, and commercial arbitrations.

Sean has litigated and arbitrated matters involving complex financial products, securities, insurance, antitrust, and trademark licensing disputes. His clients include Fortune 500 life insurance companies, monoline insurers, hedge funds, investment companies, and casino developers and operators.

Sean has been recognized for his groundbreaking success in securities litigation and recoveries. He was recognized by The American Lawyer as a “Litigator of The Week” in 2018. In 2019, he was named a “Trailblazer in Plaintiff Litigation” by The National Law Journal, and a “Leading Lawyer in Plaintiff Securities Litigation” by The Legal 500.

Sean earned law degrees, with honors, from the University of Canterbury and Oxford University. He is the co-editor of a securities law handbook for Law Business Research.

Languages

English

Education

Oxford University, Lincoln College
(B.C.L., Honors, 1991)

University of Canterbury
(L.L.B., Honors, 1989)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)

New York-based litigation and investigations boutique Selendy Gay PLLC fields a seasoned appellate practice, which has clocked up numerous appearances before the US Supreme Court, as well as federal circuit courts of appeal and state appellate courts, including extensive experience in New York’s federal and state appellate courts. Philippe Selendy and Sean Baldwin are active in appellate matters.

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff

(Leading lawyers)

Sean BaldwinSelendy Gay PLLC

Selendy Gay PLLC in New York is a highly regarded litigation boutique that formed five years ago around a core group of pioneering litigators experienced in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-profile matters. The firm’s partners built their track record on cases involving mortgage-backed securities, and they continue to be involved in such cases. Practice head Philippe Selendy, who is ‘a phenomenal lawyer’, Sean Baldwin, who was involved in two of the largest RMBS recoveries for trustees in history, Andrew Dunlap and Lena Konanova are all acting for US Bank in seeking recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars from DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Ameriquest Mortgage Company for alleged misconduct in originating and securitizing mortgage-backed securities that played a substantial role in causing the global financial crisis of 2008. The firm is now playing a prominent role in emerging areas of securities litigation and is currently co-counsel to multiple classes of crypto-asset investors in blockbuster litigations alleging violations of state and federal securities laws. Selendy is leading a team pursuing a putative class action on behalf of investors who purchased stablecoin USDT on Tether and Bitfinex alleging that USDT was not backed 1:1 with fiat currency reserves as had been claimed. Jordan Goldstein is also heavily involved in cryptocurrency cases.