Christopher P. Moore is a partner based in the New York office.
Mr. Moore’s practice covers a broad range of complex civil litigation matters, including those involving foreign states and state-owned entities, disputes involving the capital markets and intellectual property disputes.
Mr. Moore’s litigation practice is recognized in
Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys.
Mr. Moore has acted as counsel to foreign states in numerous matters, including the Republic of Argentina and the Republic of Nicaragua, as well as to foreign state-owned entities. Since 2002, Mr. Moore has successfully defended the Republic of Argentina in cases brought in connection with Argentina’s 2001 economic crises.
See, e.g., EM Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 131 F. App’x 745 (2d Cir. 2005) (affirming vacatur of restraining notice and order of attachment);
Capital Ventures Int’l v. Republic of Argentina, 280 F. App’x 14 (2d Cir. 2008) (affirming denial of attachment);
Colella v. Republic of Argentina, 2007 WL 1545204 (N.D. Cal. May 29, 2007) (declaring Argentina’s presidential airplane immune from execution). He also was counsel to the Argentine Province of Mendoza in its defeat of attempts to block the restructuring of its external debt.
See Greylock Global Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. v. Province of Mendoza, 162 F. App’x 85 (2d Cir. 2006) (affirming summary judgment on claims challenging “exit consent” amendments to sovereign debt indenture);
see also Rabbi Jacob Joseph Sch. v. Province of Mendoza, 425 F.3d 207 (2d Cir. 2005) (dismissing appeal against Province of Mendoza). Mr. Moore also advised the Republic of Nicaragua on litigation aspects of its external commercial debt cash buyback offer.
Mr. Moore also is currently involved in various other complex civil litigation matters, including advising financial institutions and pension committees in connection with disputes relating to the Employee Retirement Investment Security Act (ERISA). He also currently represents a major financial institution and former tenant in 7 World Trade Center in litigation related to the collapse of that building on September 11, 2001.
In addition, Mr. Moore has acted as counsel in a number of intellectual property disputes. He is currently representing a major financial institution in litigation concerning proprietary software designed to value complex financial instruments, and has represented foreign and domestic companies in litigation involving patent and trademark disputes, including the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati in a motorcycle naming rights case.
Finally, in addition to commercial matters, Mr. Moore has worked on numerous pro bono matters, including most recently obtaining the release of an improperly held detainee from Guantánamo Bay, and successfully obtaining asylum relief for him in Albania.
See Zakirjan v. Bush, No. 05-Cv-2053 (D.D.C.) (HHK);
4 Men Cleared of Terrorism Links but Still Detained, The Washington Post, May 20, 2006;
see also Hamlily v. Gates, No. 07-1127 (D.C. Cir.) (representing detainee ultimately released to Algeria). In addition, between 2002 and 2004, Mr. Moore provided pro bono representation to the family of a victim of the September 11 attacks before the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Mr. Moore is a member of the Bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Eleventh, Federal and District of Columbia Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Mr. Moore joined the firm in 2000 and became a partner in 2009. He received a J.D. degree,
magna cum laude, from Tulane Law School in 2000, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, a Master’s degree from the University of Denver in 1996, and a B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1994.