Family Law

• Adoption
• Child Abuse
  London Managing Partner Jeffrey M Bronheim chaired the 2018 Annual Help For Children London Benefit Dinner. Jeff sits on the United Kingdom and Global Boards of Directors for the organization, which works to prevent and treat child abuse around the world. Photos from the event can be seen here and here.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Spear’s index. Kovalevsky is the head of the Criminal Defense Practice for Cohen Gresser’s London office, specializing in advising and representing HNW individuals in connection with international and domestic legal matters.
• Fraud
  Prior to joining Cohen & Gresser, Allon was a federal prosecutor for 14 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. As Deputy Chief, he oversaw more than 100 AUSAs across the Criminal Division’s nine sections. Previously, he served as Chief of the Organized Crime & Gangs Section. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Allon prosecuted cases involving a variety of crimes, including foreign bribery, health care fraud, racketeering, securities fraud, money laundering, wire fraud, national security offenses, and public corruption offenses.
• White Collar Crimes
  • Loïc Henriot: Dispute resolution – Litigation with regulators and for listed operations; Compliance – Compliance program; Compliance – International investigation and internal investigation; Dispute resolution – Banking & Finance Litigation; Dispute resolution – Commercial litigation; Labor & Employment – Criminal labor law; Dispute resolution – White collar crime
• Embezzlement
  Attorneys in Cohen & Gresser’s Employment Investigations group regularly advise public and private companies, not-for-profits, boards of directors, special committees, audit committees, and individuals in connection with allegations of workplace misconduct. Our attorneys have conducted internal investigations involving issues such as EEO, diversity and inclusion, sexual harassment, discrimination, pay equity, fraud, embezzlement, accounting irregularities, whistleblowing and retaliation claims, and other claims of misconduct.
• Money Laundering
  Spear’s states, “What’s noteworthy is the wide range of cases that come across Kovalevsky’s desk – from cases involving business, finance, stock market dealings, listings and announcements, to corruption, tax, fraud and money laundering.” The index similarly praises Kovalevsky for his wide-ranging client base, which includes global business leaders and high-profile politicians to HNW individuals and members of prominent families.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We represent private equity and venture capital firms and portfolio companies in financing and acquisition transactions.  Our services to funds and their managers include: fund formation; assistance with initial and follow-on investments; corporate governance issues for portfolio companies; and the negotiation and implementation of various exit strategies, such as the sale of the company, an IPO or other public offering, a private refinancing, or the secondary sale of the fund’s investment interest.  We counsel funds and their managers with respect to regulatory matters under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Financial Services and Markets Act (UK) and the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (EU), and other financial regulations.  We also advise funds and their managers in their various activities and obligations as investors in public and private companies.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Muriel Goldberg-Darmon is recognized for banking and finance law, financial institutions, mergers and acquisitions law, and regulatory practice. Her practice focuses on advising listed companies and their managers, investment funds, insurance companies, and financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, investigations, and corporate transactions.
• Business Disputes
  Who’s Who Legal is an organization that identifies the leading legal practitioners and consulting experts in business law based on comprehensive, independent research. The individuals featured in the guide obtained the largest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel, and other market sources.
• Business Transactions
  Our lawyers in Paris also regularly conduct employment-related due diligence and assist companies with all employment-related aspects of French acquisitions, mergers, restructurings, buyouts, and other commercial transactions (including consultation of French staff representatives on the project, employment aspects of business transfers, reductions in workforce, collective redundancies or voluntary dismissals, determination of the status/social coverage of the managers, drafting and negotiation of non-competition clauses and incentives for key managers, and compliance with various related regulations).
• Limited Liability Companies
  Advise a number of limited liability companies and their investors on rights under the relevant LLC agreements and LLC law.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust
  This high-profile case underscores the complex intersection of ESG goals and antitrust law, emphasizing the importance of careful ESG implementation to avoid antitrust risks.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Various French and international clients in litigation regarding wrongful termination, discrimination, moral harassment, working hours, bonuses, work-related-accidents, etc.
• Employment Discrimination
  Amici curiae in landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases confirming that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination in the workplace protects against discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation
• Employment Contract
  On the risk management side, we regularly provide advice on employment policies and practices, including drafting offer letters, employee handbooks, social media and privacy policies, and advising on reductions in force and restructuring, leave management and accommodations, and compliance with state and federal law. We also routinely provide strategic guidance in connection with talent acquisition and on-boarding, termination, executive compensation, compliance with the various state laws on background checks and drug testing, discipline and performance management, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. Our attorneys are highly skilled in the drafting and negotiation of separation and release agreements, employment contracts, confidentiality, consulting and work for hire agreements, and restrictive covenants.
• Employment Litigation
  Cohen & Gresser represents employers, from startups to multinational companies, and executives across the United States and abroad in nearly every aspect of employment law, from risk management and counseling on day-to-day personnel matters, to complex employment litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
• Non-compete Agreement
  The rule would prohibit employers from entering into, attempting to enter into, enforcing, or attempting to enforce a non-compete clause, which is defined broadly under the rule. Existing non-compete clauses for senior executives (workers who earn more than $151,164 annually and are in policy-making positions) would be allowed to remain in force, and a handful of other exceptions would apply (including, for example, non-competes entered into pursuant to the bona fide sale of a business entity, or those involving a franchise in the context of a franchisor-franchisee relationship). However, after the rule takes effect, all new non-compete clauses that do not fall under these exceptions would be prohibited, including for senior executives.
• Sexual Harassment
  Counseling a sexual harassment victim in a Taxi and Limousine Commission hearing process that resulted in the harasser losing his taxicab license

Health Law

• Personal Injury

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Cohen & Gresser advised Reliance Trust Company, a corporate fiduciary, in its $14.5 million sale of 571 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn to RedSky Capital. The complex deal spanned nine months and involved complicated lease issues as well as trust and estate and title issues originating in the 1930s. The sale of the property, which had been an asset in a trust for nearly 60 years, is a significant liquidity event for the beneficiaries. The property is also a key asset in RedSky Capital’s extensive redevelopment of Fulton Street.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Representing a not-for-profit corporation founded by and serving a West African community in two foreclosure proceedings and in connection with the sale of a building in the South Bronx
• Tax Law
  We work closely with our colleagues across the firm, including a number of former general counsels at companies and funds, who have extensive experience advising companies and executives in all aspects of compensation negotiations as well as with day-to-day compensation issues, terminations, employment-related disputes and investigations, and tax issues.