Vincent Levy

Practice Areas

Vincent Levy, a former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court and to then-Chief Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the D.C. Circuit, is a trial and appellate lawyer described by clients and peers as a “brilliant attorney” who “can tackle the toughest legal issues and explain them in clear compelling briefs.”

Vince acts as lead counsel to sophisticated clients in trial and appellate courts as well as arbitration proceedings, primarily in complex commercial disputes, and has been counsel of record in high-profile matters in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases raising important issues of constitutional, administrative, and statutory law.

Some of his recent wins include:

• Serving as co-lead trial counsel in a federal jury trial that secured a nearly nine-plus-figure verdict, and then led a successful appeal to the Ninth Circuit obtaining reinstatement of the verdict in full after the district court set the verdict aside post-trial.

• Arguing and securing a unanimous victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., which concerned a circuit split over whether federal courts can reopen voluntarily dismissed lawsuits. Legal analyst Adam Feldman lauded Vince’s brief as a “tour de force in advocacy” and a “masterclass.”

• Securing a win for issuers of collateralized loan obligations at the Fifth Circuit in an appeal with major implications for corporate finance. The decision invalidated a so-called “uptier” transaction—a controversial type of debt restructuring that gives select lenders’ repayment priority at the expense of others.

Career

Before joining Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, Vince practiced at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Personal

Vince was awarded the John Ordronaux Prize for the highest grade-point average in his graduating class at Columbia Law School. He also studied and taught mathematical economics at the London School of Economics.

Awards

Education

Work Highlights

Vince has experience advising clients facing or pursuing litigation under, among others, federal securities laws and regulations, antitrust law, state and federal administrative law, state corporate law, state contract and tort law, public and private international law, the Bankruptcy Code, the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, and Section 1782. His clients have included public and private businesses, hedge funds, law firms, public interest organizations, sovereign entities, and individuals—including current and former directors of companies such as Sears and Codere SA.

Vince has substantial trial experience, having taken multiple business matters to verdict before juries and arbitration award before arbitrators, as lead and co-lead counsel. He has also briefed and argued multiple appeals in state and federal appeals courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

• New York

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

• US District Court, District of Colorado

• U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin

• U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims