Mr. Hawthorne represents clients in litigation involving complex financial products and financial industry practices, from auction rate securities and finite reinsurance to RMBS, CMBS, CDS and CLOs. Mr. Hawthorne has litigated many of the major issues raised in recent years concerning structured debt, securitized assets, and indenture structures, and has served as an expert witness in related litigation.
Clients, including distressed investors, banks, financial institutions, bond insurers, trustees, and other securitization participants, rely on Mr. Hawthorne for his experience litigating novel financial legal issues. Clients find his combination of rigorous reasoning and creative insight particularly effective in litigating complex and untested contractual terms and obligations.
Mr. Hawthorne also represents private equity investors and public companies in securities and M&A litigation, including defense of securities class action and derivative suits, fiduciary duty claims, purchase price adjustments, short swing profit claims, and other takeover-related litigation. He represents parties before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and leads internal investigations.
