Oren Warshavsky serves as co-leader of BakerHostetler's Global Fraud and International Asset Tracing and Recovery team, focusing on multi-jurisdictional proceedings and complex intellectual property matters. Oren has achieved more than $9 billion in monetary recoveries for his clients, obtained injunctive relief in numerous cases and successfully defended clients in defeating claims asserted in federal and state courts for complex commercial matters, patent, trademark, copyright, bankruptcy, asset recovery matters and commercial disputes.
He has been an integral part of the team representing the trustee of the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Securities. Oren has overseen and worked with teams of lawyers in the United States and around the world to trace and recover assets; the recovery has been unprecedented, totaling more than $13 billion dollars. The protracted, decades-long investigation and recovery in dozens of related international cases has demonstrated Oren's ability to work diligently and resourcefully across multiple jurisdictions.
Oren’s proficiency as an attorney has won him accolades, including being recognized by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 (both for intellectual property and international litigation), and Best Lawyers in America®. Oren has been voted among the Top 100 attorneys in New York on numerous occasions, and his cross-border, asset-recovery accomplishments have earned him recognition in Who’s Who Legal in Asset Recovery -- one of only 36 attorneys in the United States to have achieved this honor.
- Attorney overseeing U.S. and global teams tracing and recovering billions of dollars in misappropriated assets and related litigation linked to the decades-old Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, including matters against the Herald Fund, the Thema Fund and others, which has resulted in billions of dollars in recoveries.
- Served as a lead lawyer in the complex representation of the former London-based JPMorgan Chase managing director, nicknamed "the London Whale" by the media, in investigations conducted by the DOJ, the SEC and the CFTC, related to a multibillion-dollar trading loss for the bank. Developed an understanding of complicated credit derivative instruments in order to effectively represent the client. Through the mastery of complex facts, the application of government investigations experience and a multidisciplinary approach, the team developed a strategy to navigate the client through parallel U.S. and U.K. investigations. The team secured a rare non-prosecution agreement with the Justice Department, and agreements with the SEC and the CFTC, including one of the first non-prosecution agreements executed by the CFTC for an individual director whose cooperation was sought in an investigation into a multibillion-dollar trading loss for the bank.
