Highly Regarded Litigation Team Joins Dorsey in New York

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four litigation attorneys have joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP in the Commercial Litigation group in New York, the international law firm announced today. Jeremy Deutsch, Christian Cangiano, and Elliot Coz join Dorsey as partners, while Christopher Paolino joins as of counsel. All four attorneys join Dorsey from Cozen O’Connor in New York.

“This group’s deep portfolio of litigation success stands out in our industry,” said Peter Nelson, Managing Partner for Dorsey. “They will be invaluable additions to Dorsey and to our growing presence in New York, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Firm.”

“The new group adds tremendous bench strength to the New York trial group,” added Greg Tamkin, Co-head of Dorsey’s Trial Group. “They handle highly sophisticated, complex business disputes in both state and federal courts around the country.”

Jeremy Deutsch brings extensive experience in business law, including conducting complex corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration as well as transactional work and day-to-day legal counseling. Jeremy has handled cases involving large frauds, breaches of fiduciary duty, complex financial instrument and securities litigation, real estate lending, and more. He has experience in cross-border litigation in the United States, Canada, and England. He has been lead trial counsel in U.S. federal courts, New York state and other state courts, and private dispute resolution in the American Arbitration Association, FINRA, JAMS, and the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration. Jeremy’s corporate practice embraces all areas of corporate transactional and advisory roles. In transactional work, he has represented clients in mergers and acquisitions, sales and leases, employment agreements and terminations, and all manner of commercial transactions. In advisory work, he acts as general counsel to several businesses, and he counsels businesses on corporate relationship creation and architecture, corporate governance, and counseling on day-to-day business issues. Jeremy received his J.D. from Tulane University Law School, his M.B.A. from Yale School of Management, and his B.A. from Brandeis University.

Christian Cangiano focuses his practice on complex corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration, and appellate matters. Chris’ practice emphasizes corporate, partnership, and business disputes; contract disputes; post-merger and post-acquisition disputes; and professional liability. He represents companies in a broad range of industries including hospitality, technology, financial services, and real estate. In addition to litigation, Chris counsels and advises on proposed business transactions, entity formations and structures, contractual obligations, trademark law, copyright law, and other transactional matters. Chris received his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law and his B.A. from Binghamton University.

Elliot Coz concentrates his practice on corporate, commercial, and real property litigation. Elliot has represented clients in all phases of complex litigation in federal and state courts as well as mediations and domestic and international arbitrations involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, corporate governance issues, board election disputes, construction disputes, residential and commercial real property disputes, civil rights issues, defamation, employment agreement disputes, and EB-5 litigation. He has also represented clients before administrative agencies and New York City community boards. Elliot received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University.

Christopher Paolino focuses his practice on complex corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration, and appeals. Chris’ practice emphasizes corporate, partnership, business disputes, contract disputes, and post-merger and post-acquisition disputes. He handles cases involving securities, financial services, debt service, EB-5 funding, real estate, construction, employment, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, oil and gas, and usury law. Chris has represented clients in all phases of litigation in federal and state courts, as well as all phases of arbitration. Chris received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, his M.B.A. from Fordham Gabelli School of Business, and his B.S. from Fordham University.

“Dorsey’s robust transactional platform, combined with a nationally recognized commercial litigation practice, attracted us to Dorsey,” said Jeremy Deutsch. “The firm also has an excellent track record in cross-border litigation, which is another draw for us. We look forward to contributing to Dorsey’s outstanding teams and to providing the highest level of representation to our clients.”

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