Lawyers in United States

Brian Burgess

Partner

Goodwin

Brian Burke

Brian Burke is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Washington, DC office. He draws on over 20 years of experience to counsel clients on all federal antitrust issues. He assists clients in successfully navigating the merger clearance process before the US as well as international antitrust authorities. Brian also has extensive experience advising clients on civil and criminal governmental antitrust investigations, commercial antitrust litigation, antitrust compliance programs, risk assessments, and pricing and distribution policies. Brian holds multiple leadership positions in the Firm. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Firm's North American Antitrust Practice Group, as well of the Global Antitrust and Competition Taskforces for Healthcare, Energy Mining and Infrastructure, and Consumer Goods Industries. He also serves as the co-head of the Firm's Merger-Control Task Force.

Baker McKenzie

Brian Burnovski

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Brian Byrne

Mr. Byrne’s practice focuses on the antitrust review of mergers and acquisitions by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the European Commission; criminal investigations, EU cartel proceedings, and other antitrust enforcement matters; and civil antitrust litigation. He has represented clients in a number of industries, including chemicals and plastics, metals and mining, oil and gas, consumer products, telecommunications and technology, defense, health care, finance and banking, pharmaceuticals, insurance, agricultural chemicals and biotechnology, grocery and other retail, building materials, airlines, and automotive and other manufacturing.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Brian C. McManus

Brian McManus, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Tax Controversy Practice and Chair of the firm’s Boston Tax Department, advises companies and high net-worth individuals in all phases of civil and criminal tax disputes. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading tax litigators, Brian helps clients confidentially resolve a range of controversies — from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits and appeals to litigation before federal and state courts throughout the United States. He delivers clear and technically astute counsel to a diverse mix of American and international clients, including multinational and Fortune 500 corporations across industries, such as technology, banking, insurance, energy, pharmaceuticals, airlines, entertainment, and retail, as well as global professional services firms, international charitable organizations, trust companies, and offshore corporate service providers. Drawing on more than two decades of “inside the Beltway” experience, Brian regularly handles controversy matters with broader tax policy implications. His Washington ties include serving since 2015 as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center where he currently teaches IRS Practice and Procedure in the graduate tax (LLM) program. Brian brings a winning track record in court handling some of the nation’s largest tax disputes. His work encompasses all areas of federal and state taxation, with an emphasis on disputes involving cross-border and international tax matters, sophisticated corporate transactions, enterprise and asset valuations, transfer pricing, partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, employment taxes, R&D credits, REITs, oil and gas taxation, renewable energy tax credits, tax shelters and promoter penalty defense, and cryptocurrency matters. He also frequently handles sensitive tax matters involving allegations of fraud and potential criminal tax charges, as well as voluntary disclosures of domestic and offshore filing errors. Brian is admitted to practice before the US Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit and First Circuit, the US Tax Court, the US Court of Federal Claims, and the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Brian currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section’s Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee and is a member of the ABA’s Appointments to the US Tax Court Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. Brian regularly speaks at national tax conferences and authors tax controversy-focused articles.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Calandra

Of Counsel

Pomerantz LLP

Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell is a Partner at Elsberg Baker & Maruri. Brian Campbell is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice encompasses a wide variety of complex commercial matters. Brian has a depth of experience in litigating cases involving structured finance, monoline insurance, corporate governance, shareholder rights, restructuring and creditor rights, mergers and acquisitions, tax, GAAP accounting, environmental law, construction and engineering, and patent law. Brian has represented corporate clients in various industries, including energy and natural resources, power, petrochemicals, finance, insurance, aerospace, and private equity. Brian is a resourceful litigator who puts his breadth of experience to work in achieving the best outcome for his clients. Brian has appeared numerous times in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court, and New York Commercial Division, in addition to state and federal courts around the country. Brian has tried cases in the Delaware Chancery Court, the New York Commercial Division, and before a panel of AAA arbitrators. Brian has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024, and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Patent Law, 2021-2024. Before entering the law, Brian earned his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and worked as an electronics design engineer. Representative Matters Represented David Dunn, as Trustee for Zohar Litigation Trust-A, prosecuting more than $1 billion in claims in the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court against financier Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Partners. Zohar Litigation Trust-A asserted more than 40 counts against Tilton and Patriarch concerning alleged misconduct in relation to the Zohar Funds, a series of Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) funds that raised $2.5 billion in capital before defaulting and entering bankruptcy in 2018. Brian and his team succeeded in securing a dismissal of more than $500 million in counterclaims asserted by Patriarch. Represented MBIA Inc. and MBIA Insurance Corp. in jury trial in the New York Commercial Division defending against $300 million fraud claim brought by Lynn Tilton. Claims related to alleged promises concerning restructuring of one of the Zohar Funds before its default at maturity. Case was settled on confidential terms after evidence closed at trial. Represented G-I Holdings, Inc., and several Heyman family trusts in defending a series of lawsuits brought by Ashland Inc. over allocation of environmental cleanup responsibilities following M&A transaction through which Ashland acquired International Specialty Products Inc. Represented Lion Copolymer Holdings LLC in defending a suit brought by minority shareholders in Delaware Chancery Court concerning a disputed multi-million dollar capital call. Represented board members Joel Peterson and Rowland Moriarty in expedited corporate governance dispute brought in Delaware Chancery Court under the Delaware LLC Act concerning Packsize International, LLC. Won trial victory for an Alvarez & Marsal subsidiary and the Zohar Funds in the Delaware Chancery Court on claims brought under the Delaware General Corporate Law over the disputed elections of directors to portfolio companies of the Zohar Funds. Represented American Electric Power in defending against investor claims in a power plant sale-leaseback transaction that sought to impose a $1.4 billion obligation on AEP. Case was settled on confidential terms while AEP’s motion for summary judgment was pending. Represented Babcock & Wilcox in defending against claims by P.H. Glatfelter Company seeking nearly $60 million in damages allegedly resulting from an industrial boiler installation contract. While the case remains ongoing, Brian and his team succeeded through motion practice in upholding a damages cap that slashed potential damages to a fraction of what Glatfelter sought. Represented Lenard Liberman in bankruptcy and restructuring dispute in New York Commercial Division and District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court concerning Liberman Broadcasting, Inc.

Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC

Brian Chisling

Brian Chisling is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate department and Energy & Infrastructure Group, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. He advises clients, including utilities, independent power producers, pipeline companies, transmission companies, fiber-optic and other telecommunications companies, private equity funds, and financing parties with respect to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and divestitures, securities issuances and financings, and related federal and state regulatory issues. In the power industry, he has regularly advised both strategic utility clients and private equity clients. Examples of high-profile mergers and other transactions include: recent joint ventures and acquisitions of large renewable energy portfolios and developers by private equity firms, ITC Holdings’ sale to Fortis, JPMorgan's sale of its physical commodities trading businesses, American Electric Power's acquisition of Central and South West Corp., and the acquisition of TXU by a group of private equity firms.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Brian Clifford

Senior Land Use Planner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Brian Cuneo

Brian J. Cuneo is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Cuneo practices general securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on the representation of public and private companies in the technology and life sciences industries, venture capital funds and investment banks.

Latham & Watkins

Brian D. Miller

Brian Miller advises public companies, private equity funds, and large stockholders on monetizing equity positions and complex securities reporting requirements. Brian draws on extensive experience and a sophisticated understanding of Securities and Exchange Commission regulations to guide clients on: Initial public offerings Mergers and acquisitions Registered and unregistered sales of securities by private equity sponsors, significant stockholders, and executives Strategies to effectively monetize large public equity positions SEC beneficial ownership reporting He serves as a trusted advisor to clients and devises effective transaction structures and strategies most critical to their commercial objectives. Brian also regularly leads on SEC disclosure and corporate governance matters. Brian maintains an active pro bono practice, including on asylum matters, and he prioritizes mentoring associates, especially within the Washington, D.C., office. Before joining Latham, Brian served as Legislative Director to US Representative Anthony Weiner of New York.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Daigle

Partner

Holland & Knight

Brian Daly

Brian Daly advises fund managers on regulatory, compliance and operational matters. He has extensive experience helping clients navigate their regulatory compliance obligations under the rules and regulations of the SEC, CFTC and NFA. Brian also regularly represents clients in regulatory examinations, enforcement actions, trading inquiries and in seeking no-action or similar relief. Having spent nearly a decade in-house as general counsel and chief compliance officer at several global investment management firms, Brian is well versed in the wide range of legal and business challenges facing investment advisers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. To learn more about Brian, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/brian-t-daly

Akin

Brian Davidoff

Brian Davidoff tackles his clients’ problems with experience, drive, and focus. He helps middle-market companies and their principals navigate difficult financial waters. Brian also guides lenders, creditors, and vendors seeking to maximize their recoveries, and represents buyers and sellers of distressed assets. His early experience as a corporate attorney allows him to address both insolvency and business needs of his clients. Frequently, he acts as general counsel to both distressed and thriving businesses, advising them on their business growth, financings, and M&A activity. Accomplishing your objective. “If you’re having difficulty figuring out how to deal with your company’s financial distress, seeking to recover funds from a financially troubled company, or looking to buy assets of a financially distressed seller, I work with you to devise the right strategy to accomplish your objective,” he says. “I often get involved in high-stress situations. Clients’ livelihoods and their companies are at stake and they put a lot of trust in you. The process can be complex and uncertain. Helping my clients understand the component pieces of the process along the way is very important. It is also difficult at the outset to predict the final outcome of a restructuring, however, by working closely with my clients I build a partnership that dramatically increases the chances of a successful result.” For example, Brian knew what was at stake for a downtown Los Angeles furniture manufacturer and retailer that ran into financial distress. The company founder and owner knew that the livelihoods of over 200 workers depended on the ongoing success of the business. “We were able in the course of a chapter 11 reorganization to restructure the balance sheet and re-negotiate the senior credit facility with the lender. The company survived, the owner again has a successful business, and the jobs of the hundreds of workers were saved.” Restoring a level of confidence. Brian has succeeded for his varied clients—cutting across industries and objectives—by bringing a high level of skill, integrity, and commitment to the process. “When representing a company going through a restructuring, you quickly learn that the client is often taking fire from different quarters because creditors have lost money and typically no one is happy. A critical aspect of a restructuring is to restore a level of confidence and integrity in the business operations,” he says. “This usually goes far in gaining the confidence of judges and other key stakeholders, including creditors, lenders, vendors and employees.” With over thirty years’ experience in counseling his clients on their varied business issues, specifically in restructuring and bankruptcy, Brian has built a wealth of collegial relationships. “In Southern California we repeatedly appear before the same bankruptcy judges and having credibility with the court is important, as is having credibility with other professionals in the restructuring and bankruptcy community with whom you may be adverse from time to time in client matters. In such a high-stress situation credible relationships can be vitally important and often enables you to work through difficult issues.” Collaborating with other professionals. Also important in reaching the best results for his clients is the breadth and depth of Brian’s Greenberg Glusker colleagues in other practice groups. “It is common in a bankruptcy or restructuring case that I collaborate with my corporate, real estate, employment, litigation, or entertainment partners. In this way I can bring the various legal skills needed to properly guide the client. Outside of my law firm, I often work with financial and operational restructuring professionals to bring a complete approach to addressing the client’s issues.” Brian’s passion outside of the practice of law is competing in triathlons. He says, “This takes a significant level of dedication and commitment. I bring this same commitment to resolution of my client’s issues.” Brian has been married over 30 years and has two adult daughters, who enjoy competing with Brian in his athletic endeavors.

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Brian Dillavou

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Brian Doerner

Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group

Ballard Spahr LLP

Brian Donnelly

Partner

King & Spalding

Brian E. Kowalski

Brian Kowalski, former Global Vice Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department, represents clients in government and regulatory investigations, conducts internal investigations, and advises clients on complex compliance issues, including in connection with strategic transactions. He focuses on litigating and defending securities enforcement and white collar criminal investigations and proceedings, conducting internal corporate investigations, and related civil litigation. Brian has extensive experience representing clients in investigations and litigation involving accounting and securities regulation, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other complex regulatory matters. His practice has a global focus including handling major mandates in the United States and across South America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Brian regularly represents clients facing investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and other federal and state entities concerning accounting, disclosure, internal control, and related issues. He also has deep experience conducting investigations on behalf of Audit Committees in the context of financial restatements and helping navigate related disclosure and regulatory issues. In addition to enforcement matters, Brian maintains an active complex litigation practice, often involving parallel litigation and enforcement matters. Brian also has substantial experience advising public companies on compliance, disclosure, and related issues. He regularly advises investment banks, private equity firms, and other companies on compliance matters in the context of cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions.

Latham & Watkins

Brian Feezel

Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Brian Fielden

Partner; Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Construction

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Brian Finch

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Brian Ford

Brian Ford represents private equity firms, commercial lending institutions and other private and public companies in connection with the negotiation, structuring and documentation of secured and unsecured financing transactions for both borrowers and lenders, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions, acquisition financings, dividend recapitalizations and loan workouts and restructurings, including debtor-in-possession and exit financings. Brian has led more than $20 billion of the most complicated and highest-profile financings over the last year.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Brian Foster

Brian Foster is co-head of Cadwalader’s Fund Finance Group. Brian focuses on financing, derivatives and structured products transactions involving financial institutions and investment funds. His experience covers a broad range of derivatives (including OTC trades, structured notes, options, forwards and swaps, with particular focus on equity- and fund-linked derivatives) and financing arrangements (including secondaries financing, fund of hedge fund and single manager hedge fund leverage, management company loans, dividend recapitalizations, NAV facilities, subscription lines, hybrid transactions, preferred share issuances, collateralized fund obligations, margin loans, securities lending and repo facilities and prime brokerage arrangements). Prior to joining Cadwalader, Brian worked at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in connection with the unwinding of its derivatives book in bankruptcy. He also worked as a structurer in Global Fund Derivatives at Deutsche Bank, where he arranged fund finance transactions and fund-linked structured product transactions.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Brian Friederich

Partner

ArentFox Schiff