Our law firm has a wide range of experience representing companies and shareholders in corporate governance litigation. The firm has handled investigations relating to audit and regulatory compliance, provided counsel to corporate officers and directors, and represented investors in legal actions relating to claims of corporate corruption.
Additionally, the firm has extensive experience with providing counsel on board and committee composition, executive compensation, internal corporate control measures, and specific regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
As an example of its experience, the firm has represented a public company in its claims of fraud and corruption against several of its former officers, and represented a group of investors seeking the return of allegedly ill-gotten financial gains from former corporate officers of one of the world’s largest computer software companies.
Mathan Duran LLP Law Firm has been involved in corporate governance matters involving many leading companies and financial institutions, including Adelphia Communications, Global Crossing, New Century Financial Corporation, and National Century Financial, just to name a few
Our firm has represented both major and independent exploration and production companies, oil and gas operators, and pipeline companies in a wide variety of cases involving technical, cross-border, contract, and partnership issues.
The Firm’s advocacy spans the globe. Mathan Duran LLP Law Firm has advocated for clients in ad hoc arbitration in such places as New York , London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and represented clients before a variety of international arbitral institutions, including the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); UNCITRAL Rules; the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); and the American Arbitral Association (AAA)/International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR).
The firm’s international track record includes achieving a favorable arbitration award for a client following an eight-week hearing before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. The case against a Chinese manufacturing company involved breach of contract, antitrust, and other claims relating to a worldwide product distribution agreement. The firm also appeared before the International Trade Commission in a patent litigation case, successfully settling the matter and procuring a license to the Complainant’s patent portfolio.
In 2021, the firm helped a Fortune 500 corporation achieve a decisive victory in a US trial concerning its decision to cease its support for a high-profile product acquisition. Claimants sought approximately $40 million in damages. The Appeals court of the United States rejected Claimants’ demands and awarded only $1.3 million.
Other highlights of the firm’s international docket include:
Represented a client before the International Trade Commission in a patent litigation case initiated by Complainant American GNC Corp. The Complainant alleged infringement of a patent and sought to block the importation of Respondents’ products related to marine navigation and GPS systems into the United States. The firm successfully settled the matter and procured a license to the Complainant’s patent portfolio comprising dozens of patents.
Successfully represented Claimant Flandana Holdings Limited, a Cyprus company, against Respondent Access Capital Advisors, a Guernsey company, before the London Court of International Arbitration. The case alleged breach of partnership agreements and other contracts. This matter was governed in part by English law and in part by Guernsey law.
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