
Prominent in cross-border commercial litigation, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s international clientele encompasses multinational financial institutions, trade associations, foreign states, and state-owned investments. The New York-based team’s broad practice sees it regularly handle disputes related to a range of commercial contracts and instruments, as well as fraud, unfair competition and other business liability disputes. Carmine Boccuzzi co-leads the general commercial litigation team, and his international disputes practice sees him represent clients in matters often involving foreign states and state-owned entities. An expert in complex financial products and markets, Rishi Zutshi is active in shareholder derivative actions, bankruptcy cases and antitrust disputes. Lina Bensman focuses on breach of contract, fraud and consumer claims, while Abena Mainoo is a go to for advice on investigations, including related to financial crimes and environmental law matters.
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Key clients
- The Republic of Argentina
- Assured Guaranty
- BHP Group
- Tetra Laval International SA
- BNP Paribas
- Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch LLC
- Citibank
- Commerzbank AG
- Citibanamex
- Credit Agricole
Work highlights
- Advising Robert Bosch GmbH and Robert Bosch LLC (Bosch in litigation around the country following Volkswagen’s admission that it employed Bosch engine control units to cheat on government emissions tests in diesel vehicles.
- Advising LATAM Airlines Group S.A. and its affiliates in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and the United States in the voluntary reorganization and restructuring of their debt under Chapter 11 protection in the United States.
- Advising Assured Guaranty on an action brought by Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in New York state court, in which Lehman originally sought $1.4bn based on allegations that Assured improperly calculated the settlement amount upon termination of numerous credit default swaps subject to an ISDA Master Agreement, and Assured asserted counterclaims for breach of contract.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Carmine Boccuzzi
Other key lawyers
Rishi Zutshi; Lina Bensman; Abena Mainoo