Anne E. Beaumont

Anne Beaumont's practice focuses on representation of investment and asset management firms and their managers and investors as well as other financial services firms in litigation matters and disputes involving complex financial products and transactions. She also counsels and trains financial services industry clients on legal compliance, due diligence, and other issues, and advises them on employment and separation issues. Anne leads the firm's LIBOR Transition Task Force, and also serves on the Management Committee.

Representative Matters

• Representation, including serving as lead trial counsel, of a CDO collateral manager and recovery service provider in litigation brought by a CDO trustee.
• Advising derivatives counterparties regarding rights, remedies, and potential litigation claims arising out of events in the Texas electricity market in connection with Winter Storm Uri in February 2021.
• Representation of an online mortgage lender in intellectual property litigation.
• Representation of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in defense of a class action lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to set the ISDAfix benchmark rate.
• Representation of an asset management firm in defense of intellectual property claims asserted by an index provider.

• Representation of GSO Capital Partners in litigation challenging its refinancing of debt issued by New Jersey-based home builder Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

• Representation of a hedge fund in defense of litigation brought by a redeemed investor in the fund. 
• Representation of clients, including banks, investment funds and end-users, both in affirmative claims against the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and SIPC estates and in defense of claims by the bankruptcy estate regarding derivatives transactions and prime brokerage accounts.

• Representation of a large group of institutional investors in Lancer Offshore, Inc. and The Omnifund, Ltd., following the funds’ demise, in litigation against the funds’ auditor, administrators, prime broker and directors.

• Representation of two municipal bond hedge funds in connection with litigation against their prime broker challenging margin calls that led to the funds' collapse.

Outside the Office

Anne is a member of 100 Women in Finance and serves on Law360’s Capital Markets Editorial Advisory Board.