Robert W. Seiden
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| Alma mater | New York University Benjamin Cardozo School of Law |
| Occupation | Litigation lawyer |
| Organization | Seiden Law |
Robert W. Seiden is an American former prosecutor, lawyer, global forensic investigator, court-appointed receiver, and founder of Seiden Law, a litigation and sanctions-focused law firm. Seiden is also the vice chairman of a private clean energy company, GreenMet. He has been dubbed a "Wall Street Bounty Hunter" by The New York Times and profiled by The Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor for his prosecution of China Sun Group High Tech, Sino Clean Energy[1] and Shengtai Pharmaceutical Inc.[2]
Seiden received his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1985 and his J.D. from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in 1988. Until 1999, Seiden worked with John F. Kennedy Jr. and under the leadership of Robert Morgenthau as a Senior Prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York City.[3] He represented the Sherman family in the double murder case of Canadian billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman in Toronto[4] and served as the initial prosecutor in People v. Edmund Ko involving the murder of a Columbia University law student by her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted using an "ear witness" and the results of mitochondrial DNA typing.[5]
In 2008, after working at a private investigations company as CEO for eight years, Seiden founded Confidential Global Investigations, an investigations firm that provides asset recovery and searches, background checks, forensic accounting services in litigation, trademark infringement, and international case matters. In 2009, Seiden founded Seiden Law, an international law firm based specializing in commercial and business litigation, OFAC and sanctions cases, receiverships, and cross-border transactions.
Since 2008, Seiden has represented David Baazov, CEO of Amaya Inc.; Teddy Sagi, the founder of software gaming company Playtech; George Logothetis; Nobu Su; the Kurds in Syria; the National Unity Government of Myanmar; and General Israel Ziv.
Selected cases
- Kresimir Penavic, co-founder of Renaissance Technologies in a case where he was defrauded in a luxury wine club[6]
- Former Israeli Defense Forces General Israel Ziv in removing his name from the US sanctions list under Global Magnitsky and the US Treasury[7]
- Crypto billionaire Harry Yeh in his business ventures and dispute with Michael Gokturk[8]
- Sued former hedge fund chief Paul Touradji of Touradji Capital Management and won $90m verdict[9]
- Lead US lawyer on behalf of Israeli court appointed trustee against Israeli Ponzi schemer Michael David Greenfield to recover stolen funds[10][11]
- The Trump Organization in a dispute against Hilton Hotels in Bermuda over a breach of contract case involving a hotel in Panama when the local owner disagreed with Donald Trump’s public statements while serving as President of the United States.[12]
Notable receiverships
- Link Motion, Inc., formerly known as NQ Mobile[3]
- China Sun Group[13]
- Sino Clean Energy[1]
- Shengtai Pharmaceutical Inc.[2]
- One of China’s largest livestock companies[14]
- The largest valve company in China, and had US court issue arrest warrant against the chairman[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bounty Hunter Tracks Chinese Companies That Dupe Investors". New York Times. March 15, 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'They'd Find Fraud, Fraud, Fraud.'". Institutional Investor. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rapoport, Michael. "Court Appointee Chases (and Finds) Investor Cash That Vanished in China". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ↑ Star, Kevin Donovan Toronto. "Barry Sherman's son says his father asked him to repay tens of millions of dollars, two weeks before murders, but Barry was 'all in' with son's business". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- ↑ "METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Murder Suspect Casts Suspicion on Girlfriend". New York Times. March 28, 1998. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ↑ Frank, Mitch (2019-09-09). "A Wine Ponzi Scheme Targeted New York's Most Powerful Enophiles, Clients Allege".
- ↑ "Treasury Sanctions Three Individuals for Their Roles in the Conflict in South Sudan". US Department of the Treasury.
- ↑ "Securities commission moves against Vancouver crypto exchange company amid money-laundering concerns". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ Chung, Juliet. "New York Court Vacates $91 Million Payout to Former Hedge Fund Employees". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ Staff, ToI. "'Israeli Madoff' convicted over $150 million Ponzi scheme". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ "Seiden Law Group brings Largest Ponzi Scheme in Israeli History to US Court, Enabling Broad Discovery to Help Recover Swindled funds on behalf of Victims". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ Markay, Lachlan (2018-02-01). "Trump Campaign Hired Private Investigators, Records Show". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ "Robert W. Seiden, Esq., in His Capacity China Livestock, Inc. v. Kaneko, C.A. No. 9861-VCN | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ↑ PRNewswire. "United States Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Wealthy China Businessman Siping Fang". Benzinga. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
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