Victor Genecin

Of Counsel

Victor Genecin is a trial lawyer who acts as US counsel in international matters involving judicial proceedings or arbitration in multiple countries. His practice includes complex commercial contract disputes involving withdrawal from strategic business combinations, securities litigation and arbitration, and the enforcement of intellectual property rights. He also handles internal investigations of allegations of fraud. Victor has extensive jury trial experience and represents clients in federal and state trial courts and on appeal.

Victor is an active member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Representative Experience

Securing, as lead trial counsel, a successful jury verdict for the plaintiff in a multimillion-dollar securities fraud case in federal court after obtaining reversal by the Second Circuit of summary judgment granted by the district court.
Obtaining, as lead trial counsel, a successful jury verdict for a multinational corporation headquartered in Italy in a multimillion-dollar action in federal court alleging unfair competition.
Securing, as lead appellate counsel, a decision of the First Circuit reversing the district court and compelling arbitration in China.
Defending a multinational corporation headquartered in France against the efforts of a rejected merger partner to enjoin the client’s merger with a competitor.
Serving as a court-appointed Special Examiner in numerous matters to compel document production and testimony in the United States in aid of civil proceedings pending before courts in European nations and in China.
Representing the owner of high-fashion trademarks and its licensee manufacturer in anticounterfeiting cases against major discount retailers and their suppliers in multiple lawsuits in federal court.

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New York
T +1 212 872 9889

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Education

Georgetown University, J.D., 1981
Columbia College, B.A., 1974

Admissions

New York, 1982
Massachusetts, 1995
U.S. Ct. of App., First Circuit
U.S. Ct. of App., Second Circuit
U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of New York
U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of New York
U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of Massachusetts

Languages

English
French
Italian