Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 3
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Provided by Selendy Gay PLLC
Selendy Gay’s complex commercial litigation practice, which includes significant contractual disputes, is the backbone of the firm. The practice blends business savvy with its attorneys' formidable courtroom skills to represent parties on all sides in litigations and arbitrations across the country.
The firm's partners have defended bet-the-company matters threatening the existence of its clients’ businesses and pursued massive plaintiff-side judgments to protect its clients’ interests. The practice achieves superior results by first obtaining a strong grounding in its clients’ businesses, then using its legal and technical prowess to operate steps ahead of its opponents, seeing strategic opportunities that others do not. The firm's goal is always to achieve its clients’ ideal resolution, while considering the potential exposure, possible publicity, and the significance of the dispute.
Selendy Gay has achieved favorable verdicts in an array of cases, including contract, fraud, unfair competition, antitrust, RICO, class actions, manufacturing, securities and structured financial instruments, corporate governance, trade secrets, energy, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and insolvency related disputes, extracting multiple billions of dollars in value for its clients.
Chambers Review
Selendy Gay is an impressive boutique making significant tracks in securities and commercial litigation. It regularly acts for institutional investors and banks on the plaintiff side, securing a series of huge settlements. The firm also has a strong offering in commercial disputes, achieving strong results in M&A litigation as well as in class actions and contract claims.
Work Highlights
- Selendy Gay secured an $855 million judgment in the New York Supreme Court for Cerberus Capital in a breach of contract case against Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce regarding loans Cerberus provided to CIBC during the 2008 financial crash, which CIBC did not repay.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have a really good bench with really smart and motivated attorneys."
"Strategically, Selendy put us in the best position possible to argue our case and position ourselves for settlement."
"They have a really good bench with really smart and motivated attorneys."
"Strategically, Selendy put us in the best position possible to argue our case and position ourselves for settlement."
Notable Practitioners
Faith Elizabeth Gay garners significant praise from sources for her work in high-stakes litigation covering commercial claims, white-collar issues and matters of constitutional law.
"Not only is Faith extremely knowledgeable, she is a great strategic and practical thinker."
Philippe Selendy is recognized for his work representing institutional investors and financial institutions as plaintiffs. He also retains an active practice defending companies in M&A-related and shareholder disputes.
"Philippe is innovative, thorough, detailed and strategic."
Jennifer Selendy is highly prized for her coutroom experience, having acted for a number of investment firms and corporates in significant plaintiff and defense-side bankruptcy, securities and wider financial disputes.
"She's smart, hardworking, clear-eyed and not afraid to speak the truth."
"I've been impressed with her ability to analyze complicated contractual provisions, synthesize them and communicate with other people and judges without such a sophisticated appreciation of the facts. She's driven tremendous results for us."
Ranked Lawyers at
Selendy Gay PLLC
New York