Pallas Partners LLP

Commercial Disputes / International Litigation / Restructuring (including bankruptcy)

Duane leads Pallas’s New York practice. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on restructuring disputes, contested issues in bankruptcy, and cross-border litigation.

In the area of restructuring litigation, Duane has represented ad hoc groups of creditors in a number of significant corporate bankruptcies, including the Chapter 11 cases of Intelsat S.A. and LBI Media, in each case serving as trial counsel in multi-week hearings on contested plans of reorganisation.

In cross-border disputes, Duane has helped recover billions of dollars for institutional investors, including through Section 1782 discovery proceedings that have led to precedent-setting decisions in district and appellate courts throughout the United States.

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Fordham Law School, J.D., magna cum laude; Notes & Articles Editor, Fordham Law Review; Order of the Coif (top 10% of class); Fordham Prize

Fordham University, B.A., summa cum laude, Comparative Literature