Oleg Rivkin
Oleg Rivkin is a partner in the Firm's Litigation Department. He has been with the Firm since receiving his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1992.
Mr. Rivkin's practice is concentrated on corporate, commercial and other business disputes, primarily in an international context. His litigation and arbitration work covers a broad range, including antitrust, unfair competition, securities fraud, surety bonds, banking, lender liability, cross-border commerce, civil RICO, misappropriation of trade secrets, intellectual property, asset forfeiture, licensing, recovery of stolen art and construction disputes.
Among Mr. Rivkin's cases are defense of a high-profile antitrust class action, prosecution of securities fraud claims against a public company and its auditors, prosecution of civil RICO and fraud claims on behalf of a European financial institution, representation of a French industrial concern in a U.S. litigation against French and Belgian nationals for misappropriation of intellectual property and industrial trade secrets, representation of Brazilian nationals in litigations in New York arising out of leasing transactions, and representation of Russian nationals in a litigation for theft and recovery of real estate and other assets.
Mr. Rivkin's work frequently involves international commercial arbitrations before arbitration tribunals, including the American Arbitration Association, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the International Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the New York Stock Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia.
As a result of the cross-border nature of his practice, Mr. Rivkin's cases often involve related proceedings simultaneously pending in non-U.S. jurisdictions, as well as issues of foreign law. He has successfully utilized the procedures for gathering of evidence outside the U.S. under foreign conventions and has enforced foreign letters rogatory in the U.S.
Mr. Rivkin has also been actively involved in the Firm's art litigation practice. Among his cases in this area are the successful representation of a numismatic museum in several litigations to recover stolen coins, and representation of a museum to recover a Native American artifact.
Mr. Rivkin is fluent in Russian. He is a member of the International Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar. Mr. Rivkin is admitted in the state and federal courts of New York and other jurisdictions.
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