NOTABLE CASES
Results, not just billing hours
A sample of matters we've closed across corporate, IP, employment, and white-collar defense — the challenge, our approach, and how it ended.
$40M+
DEAL VALUE CLOSED
60+
TRIALS & HEARINGS
0
ADVERSE VERDICTS, 5 YRS
94%
PRE-TRIAL RESOLUTION RATE
Corporate · M&A
Closed in 6 weeksSeries B down-round restructuring for a SaaS company
- CHALLENGE
- A down round threatened to trigger a change-of-control clause that would have handed the board to a single investor class.
- APPROACH
- We renegotiated liquidation preferences across three investor classes in parallel, structuring the round to preserve founder control.
- RESULT
- The round closed in six weeks without triggering the clause, and the founding team retained board majority.
Intellectual Property
Full win, no appealTrademark infringement — mid-market apparel brand
- CHALLENGE
- A competitor launched a near-identical mark weeks before our client's national retail rollout.
- APPROACH
- We filed for a preliminary injunction within days and built a consumer-confusion record ahead of the hearing.
- RESULT
- A preliminary injunction was granted within 30 days, followed by full judgment before the case reached discovery.
Employment & Labor
Dismissed pre-trialMulti-plaintiff wrongful-termination defense
- CHALLENGE
- Four former employees filed coordinated wrongful-termination claims following a reduction in force.
- APPROACH
- We reconstructed the documentation trail behind each termination decision and cross-referenced it against company policy.
- RESULT
- All four claims were dismissed on summary judgment before any claim reached trial.
White Collar
No charges filedCorporate fraud investigation response
- CHALLENGE
- A regulator opened an inquiry into financial reporting irregularities flagged by an external auditor.
- APPROACH
- We ran the internal investigation in parallel with regulator outreach, controlling disclosure timing and scope.
- RESULT
- The matter closed with no charges filed and no consent order, before any indictment was sought.
Corporate · Litigation
Settled above floorPost-acquisition earnout dispute
- CHALLENGE
- An acquirer disputed an earnout payment, arguing the target had missed performance milestones by a technicality.
- APPROACH
- We audited the underlying performance data and built a damages model that reframed the technicality as immaterial.
- RESULT
- The dispute settled above the contractual floor without proceeding to arbitration.
Antitrust & Trade
Franchise retainedFranchise-agreement termination dispute
- CHALLENGE
- A franchisor attempted to terminate a multi-unit franchise agreement over a disputed compliance issue.
- APPROACH
- We challenged the termination notice on procedural grounds while negotiating a cure period in parallel.
- RESULT
- The franchise agreement was retained and the compliance issue resolved without loss of territory.
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