Akin

Partner; Disputes & Investigations

Complex commercial litigation, investment funds litigation, real estate litigation, securities litigation

Uri is a partner in Akin’s investment funds litigation practice. He has extensive experience handling matters involving structured finance, complex financial products, distressed corporate debt and real estate transactions.

Uri is a trial lawyer and adviser.  He represents plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, arbitrations, bankruptcies and trust instruction proceedings across the country. His clients include leading hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate developers and investors, investment banks, corporations and family offices.

The National Law Journal named Uri among its Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers in 2022. He is included in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America 2020.  Law360 named Uri a 2018 Rising Star in Asset Management, the only litigator recognized nationwide.  He has been recognized as a Next Generation Lawyer by The Legal 500 and a Rising Star by both Super Lawyers and Legal Media Group Expert Guides, and included on Benchmark Litigation’s 40 and Under Hot List.  Uri was a member of Law360's Banking Editorial Advisory Board in 2021.  He is fluent in Russian.

To learn more about Uri, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/uri-a-itkin.html.

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