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Robert Haney is a partner in the New York office with 20 years of experience litigating complex commercial disputes including jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and mediations for major corporations (UBS Warburg, Bank of America, Verizon, USA Networks, and Pitney Bowes) as well as small and mid-sized financial and technology firms (Rockefeller & Co., Clinton Group, Broadstreet Group, Interworld, America First). While experienced in the full range of business and financial disputes, Mr. Haney has particular proficiency in litigating disputes involving the departure of senior executives and partners, as well as securities and consumer class actions.
Representative Matters
- The co-founder of a private equity firm in obtaining a settlement of his lawsuit and derivative action alleging breach of fiduciary duties and breach of contract in Delaware Chancery Court (Lamb, V.C.). The action was settled on the first day of trial after accelerated discovery.
- A fund in defending and successfully settling a Delaware (Lamb, V.C.) class action alleging false statements in an offering statement related to the sale of a bank owned by the Fund.
- A group of real estate investors in successfully defending against a "books and records" action in a trial in Delaware Chancery Court (Lamb, V.C.).
- A group of real estate investors in defending and successfully settling a Delaware class action alleging false statements in an offering statement for the merger of two real estate partnerships.
- A power company in trial and an appeal in Delaware, seeking fast-track declaratory judgment action against the indenture trustee of certain classes of its high-yield bonds, seeking to free over $400 million in asset sale proceeds for use in accordance with the company’s bond indentures.
Honors and Rankings
- New York Super Lawyers (2006-2007)
Memberships and Affiliations
- Assigned Counsel Corporation, New York County, Trustee
- John Whitehead School of Diplomacy, Seton Hall University, Board of Overseers
Publications and Speeches
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