Levine Lee

Levine Lee is making an increasing mark on the litigation community as a first-call for complicated and sensitive matters in the commercial, white-collar, securities enforcement and intellectual property capacities. A peer confirms, “They are former Cravath guys. We tend to hire them to represent individuals, and we are always confident in doing so.” A client insists, “Levine Lee is my go-to midsize firm for litigation and investigation expertise, especially in the context of large insolvency matters with many moving parts. They are top of the market practitioners, expert negotiators, and an incredible value. Their platform is perfect in terms of having adequate bench strength for complex matters without overstaffing.” Among his several other thorny appointments, Seth Levine represents Gavin Campbell Black, a former Deutsche Bank trader, in connection with global investigations into the alleged manipulation of the London Interbank Offer Rate, which, in 2016, met with a federal grand jury indictment charging the client with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Black was convicted on one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy after a trail in October 2018 and the matter is currently on post-trial briefing.
 Levine also represents Daniel Small in connection with the DoJ investigation into the hedge fund Platinum Partners. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging certain defendants affiliated with Platinum, including Small, with defrauding independent bondholders of a Platinum-owned company called Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations through a fraudulent offering document and subsequently diverting proceeds of Black Elk asset sales from those bondholders to Platinum. Kenneth Lee represented a Demand Review Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of Xerox to assist it in connection with its evaluation and investigation into claims made in a 2013 demand letter sent on behalf of a shareholder. The investigation concerned allegedly false and misleading statements regarding the financial impact of Xerox’s February 2010 acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services and alleged breaches of fiduciary duty on the part of Xerox management. At the conclusion of its investigation, the committee concluded that there was no basis to bring any claims on behalf of Xerox in connection with the matters investigated, and rejected the shareholder’s demand.