Our runners up include a team from Latham & Watkins that won a $1 billion trial victory for UBS. Litigators Andrew Clubok, Elizabeth Deeley, Susan Engel and Kuan Huang prevailed before the New York Supreme Court in a breach of contract case against hedge funds affiliated with Highland Capital Management.
After a July 2018 bench trial, Justice Marcy Friedman in a decision made public on Jan. 29 found that two Highland funds breached their contracts with UBS and owe UBS more than $1 billion arising out of a failed securitization.
