North America - United States • Dispute resolution
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
In addition to its strong reputation for handling public corruption cases, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is also skilled at advising on matters relating to money laundering, commodities fraud, and antitrust violations. Leading the team, Matthew Schwartz has extensive capabilities acting for high-profile individuals facing various investigations; he is also highly skilled at representing corporations in lengthy trials concerning securities fraud. Located in Los Angeles, John Kucera frequently handles complex litigation matters with his experience including major foreign corruption cases as well as seizure of assets. John Zach and Craig Wenner are also essential members of the team. Zach is recommended for cases concerning financial fraud, while Wenner has experience advising local and foreign clients on the recovery of stolen assets. Bringing his expertise of cross-border investigations to the firm, Martin De Luca joined the team in September 2023 from Kobre & Kim. Unless otherwise stated, the lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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Testimonials
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‘Boies Schiller Flexner is certainly a cut above the rest. In my experience, they exercise great diligence, compassion, creative critical thinking, and strategy. The firm's reputation and strive for excellence certainly trickles down into the culture.’
- 'Matt Schwartz is an incredibly gifted lawyer. I would recommend him to anyone who wants to be represented by the best and most ethical lawyer in the business.'
Key clients
- BTA Bank JSC
- Jefferies Financial Group
- Ocean Five Office 400, LLC
- Erik Prince
- Bridgeporth Ltd.
- Pacific Spotters
- Najib Razak
- Red Granite Pictures, Inc.
- Cabot Square LLC
- Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Work highlights
- Represented BTA Bank JSC at trial in the Southern District of New York, resulting in a nine-figure judgment against a company used to launder some of the billions of dollars stolen from BTA by a former Chairman.
- Representing Hollywood production company Red Granite Pictures and its principle in government investigations, civil forfeiture litigation, and arbitrations concerning allegations that the company received hundreds of millions of dollars that was misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign fund.
- Represented an individual in criminal and congressional investigations of President Biden and Hunter Biden.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Schwartz