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Claude Szyfer concentrates his work in antitrust, commodities and derivatives law, real estate litigation and counseling and general litigation. His diverse practice involves representing major financial institutions such as trading firms, utilities, and trade associations. Mr. Szyfer has participated in both jury and non-jury trials in both Federal and State Court, and has an active antitrust counseling practice. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Szyfer's practice often involves the representation of international financial institutions both in the United States and abroad, particularly with respect to international insolvency proceedings.
Representative Matters
Mr. Szyfer’s antitrust work has involved representing both plaintiff and defendants in actions involving many different antitrust issues, including: - Defending various real estate brokerage firms in connection with an investigation conducted by the Department of Justice concerning issues relating to Section 1 of the Sherman Act
- Counseling multiple listing services, trade associations and real estate brokerage firms in connection with general antitrust issues involving the purchase and sale of real property
- Defending the merger of two major hospitals from a challenge by the Department of Justice, which went to trial and resulted in a judgment in favor of the merging hospitals
- Defending a major financial institution accused of participating in a conspiracy to suppress electronic trading of corporate and municipal bonds
- Defending a real estate trade association and numerous of its constituent members in an antitrust action involving allegations regarding the suppression of competition in the listings technology marketplace
- Presently participating in the defense of two not-for-profit health insurance companies seeking to merge
- Representing the interests of a major financial institution with respect to the merger of the CBOT and the CME
- Representing a major clearing firm alleging antitrust violations by an electronic commodities trading platform
In addition to the antitrust work, Mr. Szyfer specializes in commodities and derivatives law. Mr. Szyfer has provided all types of representation to trading firms and financial institutions involved in the trading of commodities and the execution of derivative contracts and other types of futures and forward contracts. He has served as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in actions arising from contracts for the purchase and sale of power, natural gas, crude oil, petroleum products and coal, as well as a diverse array of swap, options, and bespoke derivative arrangements. In addition, Mr. Szyfer has represented numerous counterparties and trading firms as creditors in the Lehman Brothers, Inc, Enron, Mirant, Black Diamond Mining Company LLC and ASARCO Chapter 11 proceedings.
Mr. Szyfer is a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Program. Mr. Szyfer also serves as the firm’s Hiring Partner.
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- Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts, Federal Bar Council, 1999-2008
- Member, Community Relations Committee Board, MetroWest
- Board of Directors, Jamie Oliver Food Foundation
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- Co-author, "Supreme Court Relaxes View of Tying Patents," New York Law Journal, March 27, 2006
- Co-author, "The Importance Of Consent-to-Record Provisions in ISDA Master Agreements," Derivatives Week, February 7, 2005
- Co-author, "Recent Developments in Ancillary Proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Courts," International Bar Association Committee J News, September 2003
- Co-author, "Determining Debtors' Class Actions," New York Law Journal (Bankruptcy Section), November 19, 2001
- Co-author, "Private Taping of Conversations: What the Law Says," New York Law Journal, May 31, 2000
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court | |
- Clerk, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1998-1999
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| J.D., New York University School of Law, 1995; Notes and Articles Editor, Journal of International Law and Politics |
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| B.A., with honors, Wesleyan University, 1990 |
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