Overview

Greg is a “go to” trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs and defendants in courts and arbitrations across the country.  Greg has recovered billions of dollars in damages for plaintiffs—often without the need for litigation—and secured the dismissal of claims seeking billions of dollars in damages for defendants.

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Like all attorneys at NWA, Greg is a litigation generalist.  He has experience in matters involving securities, digital assets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, RICO, trade secrets, defamation, employment, legal malpractice, patents, and cross border disputes.  His clients include private equity firms, hedge funds, real estate firms, broker-dealers, energy companies, pharmaceutical companies, insurers, stockholders, executives, and crypto-stakeholders.

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Greg also serves as a consigliere to many of his clients, including by managing international disputes and advising on business, personnel, and strategic decisions to mitigate the risk of litigation.

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Greg is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and of Cornell University, cum laude.  He is a member of the Federal Bar Council’s Securities Litigation Committee.  He previously clerked for the Honorable John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York.  

Representative Matters

• Recently named a Litigator of the Week finalist for securing the dismissal of a putative multibillion dollar theft of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty suit against ConsenSys Software Inc., ConsenSys AG, ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin, and developers Aaron Davis and Dan Finlay brought by an alleged founder of ConsenSys’s popular crypto wallet MetaMask in California Superior Court following a three-hour hearing on motions to dismiss that he argued.

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• Named a Litigator of the Week finalist for securing on behalf of ConsenSys AG and Ethereal Ventures the complete dismissal of a $500 million RICO class action in Delaware federal court on a motion to dismiss that he argued.

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• Successfully defended hedge fund in seven-day arbitration hearing against former partner’s breach of contract claims seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages, with the panel awarding client attorney’s fees as the prevailing party.

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• Secured nine-figure settlement for executive in contract dispute with his hedge fund without the need for litigation.

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• Secured eight-figure settlement for real estate firm in legal malpractice action without the need for litigation.

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• Recovered over $900 million for individual client in breach of contract and tortious interference dispute.

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• Steered publicly traded crypto-mining company through three existential crises:  (1) in the Southern District of New York, secured dismissal of claims that purported to seek hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and ultimately settled remaining breach of contract claim seeking $45 million on a no-fault walk-away; (2) successfully fought proxy fight seeking to replace incumbent Board, with all incumbent directors retaining their seats; and (3) secured eight-figure settlement in breach of contract adversary proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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• In breach of contract and fraud action seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages, secured settlement in which client, the former CEO of unicorn startup, paid nothing and admitted no fault.

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• Resolved series of defense-side breach of contract and related matters for major blockchain foundation in which client paid no or de minimis consideration.

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• In theft of trade secrets case, sought emergency injunctive relief on behalf of inventor of software code, prompting pre-hearing settlement that included defendant purchasing license to the code.

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• On behalf of biotechnology company, secured dismissal following claim construction of $500 million patent infringement suit brought by multinational pharmaceutical company.  

Admissions

New York State

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Southern District of New York

Prior Associations

Partner, Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP

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Associate, Selendy Gay PLLC

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Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Clerkships

Law Clerk for the Hon. John G. Koeltl, Southern District of New York

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D.

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Cornell University, B.A., cum laude