New York City, New York 10019
United States
Richard Spehr is the Managing Partner of Mayer Brown's New York office. Named one of New York's Super Lawyers, Rich is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including federal and state securities laws, internal investigations, SEC investigations, DOJ investigations (including FIRREA), international arbitration (ICC, CEDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL), derivatives, banking, and financial services.
Rich’s recent clients have included AIG (including D&O panel), Ally Financial, Axa, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Prudential, HSBC, GSK, Merck, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Recent notable representations include: RMBS litigation (Ally / HSBC), international arbitration (Schering-Plough, BMS); lender liability (HSBC); commodities trading (Lehman Brothers); foreign exchange trading (Bank of America, CMC Group); securities litigation (TV Azteca, Procom, Inc., Collins & Aikman, ING Securities, Inc., Twinlab Corporation, and numerous issuers in the IPO laddering/allocation cases); federal and state consumer protection (BMW); derivatives (BMO); CBO-securitization (Bank of America); fraudulent conveyence (Bank of America); litigation diligence (CS First Boston); real estate work out (Morgan Stanley); unfair trade practices (Hampshire Equity Partners); mergers and acquisitions (CIBC); securities arbitration (CIBC); and numerous SEC and New York AG investigations on behalf of issuers, directors, and officers.
Areas of Practice | 1) Banking & Finance, 2) Emerging Markets, 3) Insurance, 4) Intellectual Property, 5) Trademark Litigation, 6) Latin America, 7) Life Sciences, 8) Litigation & Dispute Resolution and 9) Banking & Finance Litigation |
Law School | St. John's University School of Law, JD 1986 |
Education | State University of New York at Binghamton, BA 1983 |
Most recent firm | Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP |
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