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Robert Gianchetti

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Robert Gianchetti is special counsel in the firm’s New York office. Robert focuses on complex civil litigation and white collar defense and investigations. His experience also includes representing and advising professional sports leagues, member clubs, and esports entities on various matters, including with respect to television contracts, collective bargaining agreements, consumer product licensing agreements, and cybersecurity issues.

From 2016-2017, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Colleen McMahon on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Litigation and Investigations

Commercial Litigation

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Regulatory and Public Policy

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Sports
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Representative Matters
- Representation of a professional sports league and certain member clubs in litigation concerning the relocation of a franchise.
- Representation of certain professional sports teams in adversary proceedings brought in bankruptcy court.
- Advising professional sports entities on cybersecurity issues.
- Representation of a spirits company in litigation concerning a dispute with a spirits startup company.
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company in an SEC investigation and related internal investigation concerning accounting practices.
- Advised a video game trade association in connection with a cybersecurity incident.
Areas of Expertise

Litigation and Investigations

Commercial Litigation

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Regulatory and Public Policy

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Sports

Credentials

Education	New York University School of Law, J.D., 2016 magna cum laude Order of the Coif New York University Law Review, Executive Editor Florence Allen Scholar Larry Fleisher Memorial Foundation Prize University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2013 Philosophy, Politics & Economics summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Benjamin Franklin Scholar
Bar Admissions	New York U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Judicial Clerkship	Hon. Colleen McMahon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2016 - 2017
Pro Bono	Representation of Salvadoran refugees before the Board of Immigration Appeals in connection with removal proceedings initiated by the Department of Homeland Security. Advised non-profit organizations on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including with respect to event space contracts.

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