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Jonathan
L.
Greenblatt
Partner
Education
George Washington University, Law School, J.D., 1980,
Member, The George Washington Law Review
University of Connecticut, B.A., 1977
Practice
Mr. Greenblatt, a partner in the Litigation Group, has extensive experience in commercial and international litigation, including arbitrations and class action litigation, concentrating in the areas of antitrust, securities and bank litigation, bankruptcy, lender liability and major fraud investigations.
Recent Experience
Fraud Cases
- Representation of a major international financial institution in multiple representations involving civil and criminal fraud allegations
- Representation of a large insurance company in government investigation of finite reinsurance
- Representation of a large multinational investment bank in an internal investigation related to potential violations of the securities laws, including the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
- Representation of The Bank of China in a series of actions around the world to recover more than $43 million that had been diverted from China’s foreign exchange reserves in a massive bank fraud
- Representation of Sinochem in overseeing a referral to criminal authorities as part of an effort to recover fraudulently obtained funds
- Representation of The Bank of Montreal in connection with a sophisticated fraud perpetrated in the United States and Canada by one of its customers
- Representation of the U.S. subsidiary of five Danish companies in connection with a fraud investigation conducted by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and related civil litigation
- Representation of a large international bank in connection with the Hong Kong government’s investigation of a high volume check-kiting scheme
- Representation of the court-appointed liquidators of BCCI
- Representation of a large international bank in connections with a foreign government investigation into misappropriation of government funds by a customer of the bank
- Representation of Citibank in connection with a fraud perpetrated upon it by a Chicago businessman causing the loss of a number of banks of hundreds of millions of dollars
Antitrust
- In re Buspirone antitrust litigation – representation of Watson Pharmaceuticals in a Section 1 and Section 2 case involving a major pharmaceutical product in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- In re Ciprofloxacin antitrust litigation – representation of Watson Pharmaceuticals in the ciprofloxacin multi-district antitrust litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Eon Laboratories v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – representation of Watson Pharmaceuticals in a Section 1 and Section 2 case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (monopolization, price discrimination and conspiracy case)
- INO Therapeutics v. Sensormedics et al. – representation of INO Therapeutics in defense of an antitrust counterclaim involving nitric oxide gas in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Representation of aaiPharma Inc. in defense of several antitrust counterclaims involving omeprazol in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- W.B. David & Co. v. DeBeers, et al. – represent an employee of a subsidiary of De Beers in an antitrust litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. v. Waste Management – defense of Waste Management in a government merger challenge
- Representation of a large healthcare company as plaintiff in a merger injunction suit brought in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- Representation of a large healthcare company as defendant in a class action antitrust lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Arbitration
- Representation of a large multinational corporation in two international arbitrations concerning a dispute over the use of intellectual property
- Representation of a large power company in a AAA arbitration involving a dispute with its partner concerning the dilution of its equity interests in a California power project
- Representation of a Latin American company in connection with a AAA arbitration
- Representation of an EPC contractor in an LCIA mediation concerning a construction dispute relating to a middle eastern power plant project
- Multiple representations in litigation concerning the arbitrability of disputes
Other Complex Litigation
- Representation of Citibank in the Hunt Brothers lender liability suit against Citibank and 22 other banks
- Representation of the bank lending group in the Ames Department Stores bankruptcy litigation
- Representation of Citibank in a class action law suit brought by owners of parcels of land in a Florida real estate development
- Representation of Court-appointed liquidators of five insolvent London market insurance companies (the KWELM companies) in their U.S. Bankruptcy Code Section 304 cases
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Executive Committee of Board of Directors/Vice Chair for Chesapeake Region, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Board of Directors, DC Childcare Corporation
- Member of Class V, Leadership New York
- Member and former chair of Shearman & Sterling Diversity Committee
- Frequent lecturer on lender liability, international arbitration, international insolvency and general litigation practice
- Oversees participation of Shearman & Sterling’s Legal Defense Fund Scholarship Program
- Named as one of New York’s Super Lawyers
Publications
Co-author of “Lender Liability: A Practical Guide”
Co-author of Commercial Lawyer Article, “Impeachment,” with Stephen Gee, Q.C.
Co-author of “Toward the Harmonization of International Arbitration Rules: Comparative Analysis of the Rules of the ICC, AAA, LCIA and CIETAC” in The Journal of the London Court of International Arbitration, Vol. 17 No. 1
Co-author of appendix “Obtaining Mareva-Type Provisional Relief in New York State and Federal Courts” to treatise on commercial injunctions by Steven Gee, Q.C.
Co-author, “Adapting the ADR Process to Meet Client Expectations” in Best Practices in International ADR (forthcoming 2007)
Teaching
Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, International Commercial Arbitration, Spring 2008
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
District of Columbia
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Tax Court
United States Supreme Court
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