An exceptional trial lawyer and founding partner of Selendy Gay PLLC, Philippe Selendy is a go-to litigator for complex commercial disputes, having a reported recovering of $37bn for his clients over the past two decades. Recent standout cases include representing Fortis Advisors in a billion-dollar earnout dispute against Johnson & Johnson (the largest post-merger earnout case awarded in Delaware’s history) and securing a $855m trial victory for private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management.
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Securities & Structured Finance

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Philippe Z. Selendy is a founding partner of Selendy Gay. He has more than 30 years of experience in litigating and trying cases at the highest level across a wide range of subject matters, recovering more than $37 billion for clients in the last two decades.

Heralded as “The Man Who Took on Wall Street” by the Financial Times, Philippe’s successes include an unprecedented $25 billion in trial victories and settlements for U.S. taxpayers stemming from eighteen residential mortgage-backed securities suits brought against the world’s largest banks, leading The American Lawyer to name Philippe “Litigator of the Year” and award him its first-ever “Grand Prize in Litigation.”

In 2024, Philippe secured, on behalf of the former stockholders of Auris Health, Inc., a $1.1 billion trial victory in a long-running earnout dispute against Johnson & Johnson. The decision constituted the largest award in Delaware history in a post-merger earnout case.

In 2023, Philippe secured an $855 million trial victory for private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in a breach of contract action arising from highly complex credit-linked notes between sophisticated counterparties.

Described as an “exceptionally talented” litigator by Chambers & Partners and listed in the “Hall of Fame” by Legal 500, Philippe has been repeatedly named a (seven-time) “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer, a “Securities MVP” and “Banking MVP” by Law360, one of the nation’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, and a (two-time) “Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal.

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English

Memberships

Founding Supporter of Speyer Legacy School

Education

Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993) Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1990)

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Key clients

  • Fortis Advisors LLC

Work highlights

  • Representing Fortis Advisors LLC in its capacity as the representative for former shareholders of Auris Health, Inc in a $2bn dispute against Johnson & Johnson.