Christopher Duffy

As co-lead trial counsel for a major international banking firm, delivered the summation to the jury and cross-examined the plaintiff’s CEO, COO, and expert witness on damages. After a nine-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in less than three hours, eliminating all of the plaintiff’s claims for more than $100 million in alleged damages and interest

As lead counsel for a major U.S. investment bank, prevailed at trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and in a subsequent appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court, in a dispute over the meaning of indemnification provisions in corporate by-laws

Defended civil litigation brought by the New York Attorney General relating to the operation of a major investment bank’s private trading platform

Defended a major investment bank and several of its former employees in litigation and arbitration centering on whether particular transactions qualified as swaps, security-based swaps or security-based agreements, for purposes of determining the application of the Commodities Exchange Act

As co-lead counsel for a large investment firm, prevailed at trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery, resulting in a judgment that a hedge fund breached its fiduciary and contractual duties by raising “gates” to block the redemption of a seed investment

Secured a full defense verdict in a jury trial of claims brought by a public company seeking control of the client’s board of directors and billions of dollars of its assets

Won a rare appellate reversal of a jury verdict in a multibillion dollar fraud trial arising from a public-to-private M&A deal

Represented a creditor in pursuing and successfully settling claims arising from an ISDA-governed interest rate swap agreement in the Title III PROMESA restructuring of Puerto Rico’s Sales Tax Financing Corporation

Regularly served as lead counsel for clients involved in external investigations by FINRA, the SEC, the New York Attorney General, and other government agencies

Won a full dismissal of claims brought by a former top cable television executive asserting an ownership interest in a major cable network

Won the dismissal of all damages claims in a fiduciary duty lawsuit brought by a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee against a private equity firm and several of its principals, arising from the bankruptcy of one of the firm’s portfolio companies

Served as lead counsel in multiple confidential FINRA arbitrations for financial industry clients