Philippe Selendy > 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

Founding Partner

Career

Philippe Selendy is a founding partner of Selendy Gay.

Heralded as “The Man Who Took on Wall Street” by the Financial Times, Philippe has recovered more than $35 billion for clients in the last decade alone. These successes include an unprecedented $25 billion settlement for U.S. taxpayers stemming from residential mortgage-backed securities suits brought against the world’s largest banks, a representation which earned Philippe The American Lawyer’s “Litigator of the Year” award and first-ever Grand Prize in Litigation.

Named one of the nation’s top 100 trial lawyers by Benchmark Litigationan “exceptionally talented” securities litigator by Chambers & Partners and a “Trailblazer” (twice) by the National Law Journal, Philippe has over 25 years of experience in complex commercial litigation with particular expertise in securities, financial products, insurance, energy, and antitrust disputes. He is also routinely sought after to represent clients in domestic and international arbitrations and high-stakes public sector litigations.

Philippe serves on Vote Solar’s Leadership Council. He is a founding supporter of the independent Speyer Legacy School, and a board member of IQ Squared.

Languages

English

Memberships

Founding Supporter of Speyer Legacy School

Education

Harvard Law School
(J.D., cum laude, 1993)

Harvard College
(A.B., cum laude, 1990)

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

(Hall of Fame)

Philippe SelendySelendy 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.