Financial Services Litigation

Irving, Carlson & Xavier is a leader in the representation of financial institutions and financial services companies in litigation matters.

Irving, Carlson & Xavier’s business litigators possess the necessary skills to dissect complex financial instruments and agreements and present their analyses in clear, concise and persuasive terms. Our litigation attorneys have real transactional experience. They know their way around a deal and appreciate the many layers of sophisticated financial transactions. Our financial services clients include investment and commercial banks, prime brokers, broker-dealers, investment advisors, indenture trustees, hedge funds and private equity funds. We handle:

• Broker-dealer disputes and FINRA arbitrations
• Securities actions, including FINRA and SEC investigation and enforcement
• Lender-liability claims
• Intercreditor disputes
• Senior loan and UCC (mezzanine loan) foreclosures
• Work-out litigation and preference claims
• Restrictive covenant and trade secret cases
• Commission disputes

All manner of commercial disputes arising from the financing or proposed financing of commercial projects