Harry Murphy

Harry Murphy represents financial institutions and other major corporations in high-stakes litigations and investigations, with a particular focus on securities and commodities.

• Mandate

  • Represented UBS Asset Management in securing $100 million judgment in landmark trial victory with broad implications for the private credit and secured lending industry.
  • Representing Louis Dreyfus Company in a class action alleging violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Sherman Act for purported manipulation of the price of cotton futures.
  • Representing Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and other underwriters of initial and secondary offerings in multiple securities class actions alleging misrepresentations in the relevant offering documents.
  • Representing prominent real estate and infrastructure firm in connection with litigation against Amazon Energy surrounding the development of renewable energy projects.
    
  • Representing a financial institution in a lawsuit alleging breach of contract in connection with a bankruptcy claims transaction.
    
  • Represented Goldman Sachs in environmental tort litigation relating to emissions from a waste treatment and composting facility.
  • Represented international financial institution in a civil action by the U.S. Department of Justice relating to residential mortgage-backed securities.
  • Represented international financial institution in its settlement resolving the New York Attorney General’s potential claims regarding its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities.
  • Represented international financial institution in connection with an investigation by a consortium of state attorneys general regarding alleged benchmark interest rate manipulation.