Sadis & Goldberg LLP Expands Financial Services Litigation Practice
NEW YORK, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sadis & Goldberg has expanded its private equity, investment funds and corporate practices with the addition of Counsel James Ancone. Mr. Ancone's practice focuses on financial services litigation. In particular, he has extensive experience advising clients, including liquidators, officers, and directors, involved in cross-border disputes. He represented the officers and directors of a Cayman Islands reinsurance company in the Davis v. Scottish Re Grp. Ltd. shareholder action in the New York State Commercial Division. He secured dismissal and affirmance on appeal of a majority of the claims, successfully arguing that Cayman Island law applied. After the reinsurance company entered into liquidation proceedings in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, Mr. Ancone advised the company's Joint Official Liquidators. The case has created important New York precedent regarding the application of Cayman Islands law on issues that impact investors, officers, and directors of Cayman Islands entities, such as shareholder standing and the existence of fiduciary duties.
Separately, he secured a complete victory on summary judgment in the Southern District of New York for an international bank in a customer dispute regarding the purchase of notes for a non-discretionary account. After obtaining a judgment of non-liability, he further convinced the court to issue an anti-suit injunction that required the customers to dismiss with prejudice a parallel lawsuit that they had commenced in Uruguay based on the same bond purchases. He also regularly counsels investment advisers.
"I am thrilled to join the team at Sadis & Goldberg," said Mr. Ancone. "I look forward to adding to the firm's deep expertise in advising clients in the financial services sector."
Douglas Hirsch, Partner and Head of Litigation, said, "We are excited and privileged to have Jim join our firm. His experience and breadth of knowledge cross-border disputes will help us continue to expand and adapt our litigation practice to better serve our clients."
About Sadis & Goldberg LLP
Sadis & Goldberg LLP is a leading New York based law firm focused on delivering sophisticated and creative legal solutions in a highly professional manner. The Firm is recognized for its financial services practice that consists of representing several hundred investment advisers and related investment entities (including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds). Similarly, the Firm provides regulatory and compliance advice and representation in connection with SEC enforcement proceedings. Notwithstanding the emphasis on the financial services industry, the firm also provides a full range of tax, litigation, regulatory, real estate, intellectual property and corporate services to its clients.
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