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Peter E. Calamari Peter E. Calamari Quinn Emanuel 51 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York New York 10010 work(212) 849 7000 petercalamari@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard New York Office Tel: 212-849-7000 Fax: 212-849-7100 petercalamari@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Banking and Financial Institution Litigation Class Action Litigation Employment Litigation and Counseling Intellectual Property Litigation Securities Litigation Transnational Litigation Education Fordham Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973) Manhattan College (B.E.E. 1967) Prior Associations Managing Director – Chief Operating Officer of Human Resources, Credit Suisse First Boston, LLC, 2000-2004 Partner, Winston & Strawn, 1997-1999 Managing Partner, Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason, 1976-1997 (merged into Winston & Strawn in 1997) Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 1973 – 1976 Professional Activities Member, American Bar Association Member, New York State Bar Association Member, New York City Bar Association Member, Federal Bar Council (Former Trustee) Member, American Bar Association Member, Securities Industry Association Frequent lecturer and author of numerous publications for: PLI, Securities Industry Association and numerous others. Fordham Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1976-1985 Manhattan College, Laboratory Instructor for Electrical Engineering Students, 1966-1967	Send to a friend Biography Peter Calamari has 30 plus years of experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation particularly in the financial services industry. Over the years he has been involved in some of the most significant international disputes of our generation. Most recently, he has represented the extraordinary commissioner of Parmalat in his effort to recover amounts for the Parmalat bankruptcy estate. He also has represented parties in the Enron litigation, the Holocaust litigation, the Banco Ambrosiano collapse, the BCCI collapse, the Drexel collapse and the EF Hutton check kiting scandal. He has also been involved in numerous employment disputes and is one of the leading experts in New York on trade secret litigation in the context of employee raiding lawsuits. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Fordham Law School and a frequent writer and lecturer. Between 2000 and 2004, he was a managing director at Credit Suisse, assisting in various administrative functions at the most senior level. In that capacity he helped organize a new division specializing in hedge funds, private equity and alternate capital investments. Representative Clients Extraordinary Administrator of Parmalat, in connection with claims in the US arising out of what has been described as Europe's Enron. The Yosemite Trusts in connection with claims asserted against bank defendants involving the issuance of 2.4 billion in Enron Credit linked notes. XE Capital in connection with a series of claims in the insurance premium financing business. In the Financial Services Industry, he has represented ING Bank, JP Chase, Morgan Stanley and UBS in various types of litigation over the years. Notable Representations Representing Dr. Enrico Bondi, Extraordinary Commissioner of Parmalat S.P.A in three separate $10 billion lawsuits arising out of the largest bankruptcy in European history against various financial institutions and accounting firms, for aiding and abetting Parmalat's insiders in the commission of massive fraud and for auditor malfeasance. We obtained a $150 million settlement against Deloitte & Touche's Italian arm. Participated in the negotiation of a favorable settlement for the Swiss Banks in the Holocaust litigation. Obtained dismissals of numerous securities litigations on behalf of defendants in the Drexel and EF Hutton litigation.

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