Luc W. M. Mitchell

Luc’s recent client victories include:

• Won a five-day bench trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery (affirmed on an en banc appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court) representing the Special Committee of the Board of a publicly traded financial company;
• Obtained a nine-figure victory in an ICC arbitration regarding contracts in the oil & gas industry in Brazil;
• Won the dismissal in the New York Commercial Division of a suit alleging fraud by cryptocurrency founders;
• Obtained favorable settlements for a major tech real-estate company in securities class-action and derivative suits;
• Obtained a substantial judgment (and defeated a dispositive counterclaim) for a Brazilian client in an ICC arbitration alleging breach of contract;
• Secured the return of a nine-figure mistaken wire payment on behalf of a financial-services client after a two-week bench trial and Second Circuit appeal; and
• Obtained an eight-figure judgment for an international client in an HKIAC arbitration alleging breaches of contract by a Chinese company

In his pro bono practice Luc handles criminal appellate work, including in capital and long-term incarceration cases.

Luc received his JD from Columbia Law School, where he was an editor on the Columbia Journal of European Law. Prior to law school, he worked at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and on a presidential campaign. He received his BA from Sarah Lawrence College.