Brett M. McCartney

Experience

• Represented the special litigation committee of a publicly-traded company investigating derivative claims stemming from a merger.
• Represented the special committee of a publicly-traded company in a debt to equity conversion.
• Represented members of a special committee in shareholder class action litigation arising from a merger of chemical companies.
• Represented financial advisor sued for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty in litigation arising out of a proposed stock repurchase plan.
• Representing seller of business unit in action to recover funds inadvertently transferred to buyer.
• Represented lender sued for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty and secured dismissal in litigation arising from a transaction all or substantially all of a corporation’s assets.
• Represented limited partnerships in expedited litigation brought by creditor seeking to enforce contracts entered into by a limited partner.
• Represented founder of LLC in breach of fiduciary duty action challenging his removal from the LLC by majority member.
• Represented investors in developmental drug company in action seeking dissolution of entity.
• Represented director in successfully obtaining, post-trial, books and records wrongfully withheld from him by the company he founded.
• Represented founder of company in business divorce with business partner.
• Represented owners of large city newspaper in dissolution dispute with other owners.*
• Obtained judgment in excess of $10 million favor of former executive in Fortune 100 company in breach of fiduciary duty and breach of LLC agreement case in AAA arbitration under the procedures for large, complex commercial disputes.*

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