North America - United States • Dispute resolution
Selendy Gay PLLC
Jennifer Selendy , who regularly represents clients in governmental investigations related to antitrust and financial misconduct matters, heads up the complex commercial litigation team at boutique firm Selendy Gay PLLC, which splits its time between plaintiff and defense work and routinely undertakes high-value bet-the-company business disputes. Financial services disputes, particularly lender-on-lender, are becoming an increasing focus of the team of ‘terrific strategists’. Former practice co-head David Elsberg left the firm in January 2024.
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‘We've been really impressed with the entire Selendy Gay team. They're terrific strategists, and they have routinely cleaned the clocks of the larger law firms. ’
‘Jennifer Selendy is a rock star. She's our first call for best the company matters. We've been pleased with quite of a few of their partners, though. David Elsberg is really good, and you want him on your side.’
Key clients
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Matterport, Inc.
- Fortis Advisors
- Drivetrain LLC
- Save On SP, LLC
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Celsius Network LLC, et al.
- American Federation of Teachers
- Bausch Health
- Kingate Funds
- Archer Aviation
- Allianz Structured Alpha Mutual Funds Class Action
Work highlights
- Represented Cerberus Capital Management in a breach of contract action against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
- Represented Drivetrain LLC in a suit against 13 major banks for their role in deepening Puerto Rico’s debt crisis in September 2022 and filed a complaint asserting that the defendant banks facilitated a “scoop and toss” scheme, through which Puerto Rico repeatedly issued unlawful debt and deepened its insolvency while the banks received underwriting fees and payments on swap agreements from the proceeds.
- Represented 10 members of the American Federation of Teachers in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which unanimously affirmed an earlier agreement to settle a class action the members brought against student loan servicer Navient.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jennifer Selendy