Ted Semaya

About Ted Semaya

I am an experienced complex and international commercial litigator and trusted business advisor. I advise and represent clients in cases about, among other subjects, contract; fraud, and other business wrongs; M&A and corporate; trusts and estates; accountant, attorney, and D&O liability; securities fraud and RICO; insurance; real estate; and enforcement in the U.S. of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.Among the many U.S. and foreign clients I counsel and represent are- Financial institutions and banks; insurers and reinsurers; VCs; investment trusts; receivers and foreign bankruptcy trustees- Businesses in such sectors as technology; manufacturing; digital commerce; sales and distribution; shipping and transportation; real estate; hospitality; and- Individuals, including high net worth, as beneficiaries, executors, trustees, directors, officers, business partners, professionals, and artists.

Experience

1. Principal

   Offit Kurman

   Feb 2018 — Present · New York, NY, US

   I am an experienced commercial litigator and trusted business advisor. I have tried business disputes before numerous courts and arbitral tribunals. But I first counsel clients, from multinationals to individuals and from the famous to the most confidential, to minimize their liability and avoid formal proceedings.A large part of my practice focuses on clients outside the U.S, often working with their local attorneys, whom I know around the world, to represent them in legal disputes in the U.S. and advise them in the organization and conduct of their cross-border business. I also defend against governmental investigations and conducts confidential internal corporate investigations.In advising and negotiating on behalf of his clients, I handles agreements, including international contracts, executive employment, non-competition, confidentiality, and termination agreements. Among the most important are settlement agreements that end disputes and are often negotiated on the eve of trial. Clients and colleagues have called me “The Closer” for nailing down favorable settlement agreements under intense pressure that stand up to the most important test: Time.I advises and represents clients in cases about, among other subjects, contract; fraud, and other business wrongs; M&A and corporate; trusts and estates; accountant, attorney, and D&O liability; securities fraud and RICO; insurance; real estate; and enforcement in the U.S. of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.Among the clients I counsel and represent are: Financial institutions and banks; insurers and reinsurers; VCs; investment trusts; receivers and foreign bankruptcy trustees; Businesses in such sectors as technology; manufacturing; digital commerce; sales and distribution; shipping and transportation; real estate; hospitality; and Individuals, including high net worth, as beneficiaries, executors, trustees, directors, officers, business partners, professionals, and artists.

Education

• University of Rochester

  B.A. cum laude

  1973 — 1977

• The George Washington University Law School

  J.D. with honors

  1977 — 1980