Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP


Philippe Z. Selendy Philippe Z. Selendy Quinn Emanuel 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York New York 10010 work(212) 849 7000 philippeselendy@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard New York Office Tel: 212-849-7000 Fax: 212-849-7100 philippeselendy@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Banking and Financial Institution Litigation Class Action Litigation Domestic and International Arbitration & Mediation Investment Fund and Fund Advisor Litigation Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation Insurance Recovery Securities Litigation Structured Finance and Derivatives Litigation Education Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993) Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1990) Publications and Lectures Philippe Z. Selendy, Risk-Mispricing of Structured Products Under New York Law, 5 CAPITAL MARKETS L.J. 30 (Oxford Univ. Press 2010). Prior Associations Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Partner, 2000-2006 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Associate, 1993-2000 Admissions Member, The State Bar of New York; United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit; United States District Courts: Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York	Send to a friend Biography Mr. Selendy’s main practice area is complex civil litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on financial products, securities, and insurance. He is Co-Chair of Quinn Emanuel's Structured Finance Litigation Group and Chair of the RMBS Group. Representative Clients MBIA Federal Housing Finance Agency Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Assured Guaranty AIG MassMutual Swiss Re HSH Nordbank Notable Representations Lead outside counsel for FHFA in its landmark RMBS litigation against JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and other major banks arising from its Conservatorship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Co-lead counsel for monoline MBIA against Bank of America, Countrywide Home Loans and related entities in litigation arising from financial insurance covering over $21 billion of RMBS securitizations. Lead outside counsel for Mass Mutual in its RMBS cases against major underwriter banks. Lead counsel for Assured Guaranty in its municipal warrants fraud action against JP Morgan. Representing AIG in its $10 billion RMBS action against Bank of America, Countrywide Home Loans, and related entities. Representing German bank HSH Nordbank in its synthetic CDO action against UBS AG. Representing banks, insurers, reinsurers, hedge funds, and other institutions in multiple actions and investigations of positions in credit default swaps, synthetic and ABS-CDOs, CMBS, RMBS, and other complex derivatives and structured products, including in settlements aggregating in excess of $2 billion. Represented MBIA in multi-billion dollar actions based upon credit default swaps and financial guaranties written on CDO^3 structures against, respectively, Merrill Lynch and RBC, both settled on favorable terms. Represented hedge fund Ramius Capital in a successful ABS-CDO arbitration against Bear Stearns. Represented limited partners in a derivative action based on fraudulent allocation of securities transactions resulting in $80 million arbitration award. Represented YES Network in successful arbitration against Cablevision Systems after forcing arbitration through antitrust claims. Represented Zurich Centre in appeal, leading to favorable settlement, from bankruptcy court holding that surety bond made Zurich a de facto general partner in bankrupt operating business. Developed forced-sale securities fraud class action against Genzyme based upon market manipulation in connection with the redemption of common tracking stock. Litigated ERISA class action against pharmacy benefits manager Medco to a $42.5 million settlement. Obtained trial court victory for the NRDC against Mallinckrodt in a novel application of RCRA.