Eric J. Brenner

Partner
Armonk

t: 914 749 8224
f: 914 749 8300

ebrenner@bsfllp.com

Area of Practice

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Note & Comment Editor, NYU Law Review

University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude, International Relations, 1992; Benjamin Franklin Scholar

Admissions

New York

Eric Brenner's main practice area is complex commercial litigation.

At Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Brenner has represented clients in federal and state courts and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings in matters involving antitrust, bankruptcy, commodities, energy, environmental, fraud, labor, and securities laws. He has extensive experience representing clients faced with major corporate scandals and related civil and criminal governmental investigations and private litigation. He also has extensive experience working on complex class actions and has represented clients on both plaintiffs and defendants in major antitrust and securities class actions. He also has extensive experience in international litigation matters, including litigations, investigations, and arbitrations involving disputes in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Japan, and Singapore.

Among the matters in which Mr. Brenner has been heavily involved are the representation of: a major cable provider in connection with a major corporate scandal, the related governmental investigations and settlements, and the prosecution of several complex litigations involving billion dollar claims for securities fraud, RICO, accountant malpractice, among other causes of action; the class in a suit involving price fixing allegations against two major auction houses which resulted in a $512 million settlement that has been referred to as “the most outstanding result ... in the history of the antitrust laws,” In re Auction Houses Antitrust Litig., No. 00 Civ. 0648, 2001 WL 170792, *6 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2001); a leading Brazilian private equity firm in defense of claims arising out of its management of more than $700 million of investment funds on behalf of a major U.S. bank and in connection with related corporate control contests involving litigation in Brazil, the Cayman Islands, and ICC Arbitration; the class in a suit involving securities fraud allegations against a major foreign issuer of American Depositary Receipts that resulted in a $75 million settlement for class members; a high net worth individual in a securities fraud case against a major U.S. bank that resulted in a successful Second Circuit decision, Caiola v. Citibank, 295 F3d 312 (2d Cir. 2002), redefining a "security" to include synthetic options; a technology/network communications equipment corporation in the successful defense of class action securities fraud claims that were dismissed on summary judgment; a major telecommunications provider in connection with the investigation and defense of potential civil claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission; a major independent power producer in connection with litigation stemming from alleged violations of environmental regulations; a partnership who helped develop a major U.S. casino resort in the successful defense of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims by a former partner that were dismissed on summary judgment; and a major technology company in litigation in federal court in the United States and in UNCITRAL Arbitration involving allegations of fraud in the development of information technology systems for one of the largest banks in the Czech Republic.

Mr. Brenner has also been active in pro bono work, most recently acting as co-counsel with the ACLU-Women's Rights Project in an important case involving the rights of all workers -- including immigrant workers without respect to their immigration status -- to rely on the important protections of federal and state statutes like the Fair Labor Standards Act and Title VII.

Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Brenner was an associate at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New York City Bar Association