About
Pallas is an elite litigation and disputes boutique of court-sharp trial lawyers and advocates based in London and New York, focused on delivering outstanding solutions, challenging traditional notions, and placing your interests at the forefront of everything that we do. We leverage bold, effective strategies that drive value and mitigate risk. Defining a new blueprint of client experience, our highly-tailored and meticulous approach is driven by results and grounded by integrity – led by an accomplished team of lawyers with a laser-like focus on litigation, arbitration and investigations. Embedded in our firm is an ambitious responsibility and sustainability strategy to drive positive change throughout the industry. In everything we do, we challenge the status quo; when it comes to environmental and societal impacts, we believe our strategic approach is a blueprint for the firm of the future. Driven by our purpose, vision and values, we focus on delivering positive change across the environment, community and people agenda. ### Staffing Figures - 13 Partners - 5 Counsel - 16 Associates
Office locations
New York
New York
Pallas Partners LLP 75 Rockerfeller Plaza New York Ny 10019 New York United States
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Anastasia Cembrovska
Anastasia’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, in state and federal courts. Anastasia has worked on high-profile matters including creditor rights and adversary bankruptcy matters, antitrust class actions, white collar matters, and contract disputes. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/anastasia-cembrovska · Complex Commercial Litigation
Duane Loft
Duane leads Pallas’s New York practice. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on restructuring disputes, contested issues in bankruptcy, and cross-border litigation. In the area of restructuring litigation, Duane has represented ad hoc groups of creditors in a number of significant corporate bankruptcies, including the Chapter 11 cases of Intelsat S.A. and LBI Media, in each case serving as trial counsel in multi-week hearings on contested plans of reorganisation. In cross-border disputes, Duane has helped recover billions of dollars for institutional investors, including through Section 1782 discovery proceedings that have led to precedent-setting decisions in district and appellate courts throughout the United States. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/duane-l-loft · Commercial Litigation
Jill Forster
Jill represents investment funds, commercial real estate owners, and other clients in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on disputes concerning ABS investments, complex financial products, financing, and real estate. She regularly advises bondholders in disputes related to CMBS and other structured credit investments, and has experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court on a wide variety of contract, commercial tort, and restructuring-related disputes. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/jill-l-forster · Commercial Litigation
Joshua Naftalis
An accomplished trial lawyer and distinguished former federal prosecutor, Josh focuses on white-collar criminal defense, regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, high-stakes commercial disputes, and crisis management. Prior to joining Pallas, Josh was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) for eleven years, leading many of the government’s most significant white-collar prosecutions and trials during his tenure. As a senior member of the SDNY’s Securities & Commodities Fraud Task Force, he handled high-profile matters involving insider trading, corporate and accounting fraud, market manipulation, money laundering, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, cryptocurrency, sanctions evasion and export control violations, and racketeering. His headline prosecutions included United States v. Blaszczak, individuals at Visium, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Herbalife, KIT digital, and various SPACs, as well as KleptoCapture matters. His work involved extensive coordination of cross-border and multi-agency investigations, including with the SEC, CFTC, FBI, and IRS, and was featured in the movie Molly’s Game. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/joshua-a-naftalis · White Collar Criminal Defense
Michael Hanin
An accomplished litigator, trial lawyer and appellate lawyer, Mike represents investment funds, companies, and high-net worth individuals in high-stakes litigation, with a focus on litigation involving complex financial products, financing, securities, real estate, and cryptocurrency. Mike maintains one of the premier practices in the United States representing bondholders in disputes relating to their credit investments. Find out more: https://pallasllp.com/team/michael-a-hanin · Commercial Disputes