Litigation, Arbitration and Enforcement

Sterlington’s litigation, arbitration, and enforcement teams advise on complex, strategic, and high stakes matters. We leverage our integrated deal teams and specialists and welcome alternative fee arrangements where possible.

Commercial and Securities Litigation

Sterlington represents plaintiffs and defendants in substantial complex commercial and securities litigation matters.  Representative matters include settling royalty claims against a multi-billion-dollar royalty stream, representing participants in $10b false claim act / qui tam case, and representing the main defendant in $2b lawsuit involving alleged sham transactions.

Intellectual Property Litigation

We represent individuals and corporations, small or large, in their most important IP matters, from providing strategic advice on how to protect their valuable inventions to bet-the-company litigation. Our IP trial lawyers have extensive experience representing innovator pharmaceutical companies in patent litigation against generic manufacturers under the Hatch-Waxman Act, as well as advising biologic manufacturers under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.

We also have significant experience in post-grant patent proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as coordinating parallel patent proceedings abroad.

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International Arbitration

Sterlington’s international arbitration team represents clients in high-stakes disputes across key jurisdictions throughout the world, with expertise spanning commercial, construction, M&A, and investment arbitration. Our lawyers act for multinational corporations, governments, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, global energy companies, and private equity firms in proceedings under major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, ICSID, AAA-ICDR, LCIA, LMAA, CAM-CCBC and HKIAC.  One of our team members founded the Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation and currently serves as its Chair and another team member advised the Abu Dhabi Global Market on developing its award-winning arbitration framework.

With extensive experience in energy, construction, telecommunications, aviation, and private equity, we are known for handling complex, multi-billion-dollar disputes. Representative matters include commercial arbitrations concerning large infrastructure projects in the Middle East and Europe, large securities-related arbitrations in Brazil, and enforcement proceedings in New York, Washington and London.

Award and Judgement Enforcement

Sterlington represents clients in national courts in connection with the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards and court judgments.  We have acted as counsel in precedent-setting cases often involving sovereign immunity issues at the highest levels in the U.S., U.K., BVI and Hong Kong.  We represent both creditors and debtors in award and judgment enforcement actions.

Offshore Litigation

At Sterlington (BVI) LP, we are experts in the contentious sector in the British Virgin Islands and advise clients on the broad range of issues that can arise in this premier offshore financial center.

We guide clients through commercial litigation and insolvency matters, including corporate shareholder disputes, contentious investment fund and trust disputes, and cross-border insolvency matters.

Our team is known for our swift and effective solutions in urgent interim relief matters, particularly in high-profile cases. Additionally, we offer strategic counsel on international asset tracing and recovery, ensuring comprehensive support throughout.

Representative matters include acting for the largest unsecured creditors in the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital, a $10b crypto bankruptcy, representing the main defendant in a $2b lawsuit involving alleged sham transactions, and representing a key party in the BVI case which set the first precedent globally for segregated portfolios contracting within themselves.

Employment Litigation

We are active in all aspects of employment law, including matters relating to compensation, incentive plans, terminations, reductions in force, layoffs, severance, restrictive covenants, and policies and procedures.  

Complex Litigation

Our Complex Litigation practice attorneys focus on leading cases in state, federal, and specialized courts, as well as in arbitration. Our team has extensive experience from firms such as Milberg, Lynch Carpenter, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, as well as at The Federal Trade Commission, and has successfully litigated cases spanning a wide range of matters across numerous industries. These industries/practice areas include: lending, data privacy and cyber security, ERISA, antitrust, RESPA, FLSA, consumer products and services, breach of contract, and false advertising.