Counting a broad range of regulated and capital-intensive industries, from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, energy and infrastructure, within its client base, Linklaters LLP litigation practice focuses on high-stakes commercial litigation in federal and state courts, with particular strength in complex contractual disputes and commercial torts. The team was strengthened by the arrival of New York-based co-head Adeel Mangi in January 2025, who excels in high-stakes commercial trial litigation, with particular strength in trade secrets, complex contractual disputes, IP-driven business conflicts and bet-the-company jury trials. Also in New York, Douglas Tween has strengths in antitrust and cartel investigations and James Warnot excels across a range of complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on financial services issues. In Washington DC, co-head Adam Lurie is reputable across high-stakes commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense and government investigations, regularly acting for multinational corporates, financial institutions and foreign governments. In the same office, Richard Smith is a white-collar and investigations specialist handling criminal, regulatory and complex commercial disputes.
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Key clients
- Allstate
- Anomatic Corporation
- Appian Corporation
- The Associated Press
- Avnet
- Banque Havilland
- Corebridge Financial
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Exactech
- GLAS Trust Company LLC
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management B.V.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Mike Perfetto
- National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts
- National General
- NatWest Bank
- Nespresso
- PetroRio
- Strides Pharma, Inc.
Work highlights
Representing the NatWest entities in connection with a putative class action brought in the District of New Mexico (the “New Mexico Action”) alleging a 15-year conspiracy among NatWest and nine other major bank group liquidity providers (collectively, the “Bank Defendants”), as well as non-dealer defendants including ISDA, Creditex, and Markit, to manipulate the credit default swap (“CDS”) auction price used to value all CDS contracts market-wide at settlement.
Representing four funds, Banque Havilland, Bipielle Bank, Hansard Europe Limited and Goldman Sachs Asset Management B.V., in a proceeding before the Second Circuit in which Liquidators are appealing the Southern District of New York’s decision dismissing the claims against most of the Defendants.
Representing Alto Maipo SpA, a Chilean special purpose entity and subsidiary of the American company AES Corporation, in an ICC arbitration, an ICC emergency arbitration, and related preliminary injunction proceedings in the New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, and related appeals.
Practice head
Adam Lurie; Adeel Mangi
Other key lawyers
Douglas Tween; James Warnot; Richard Smith