Mr. Helwick's practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation, securities, derivatives and antitrust.
His recent activities include:
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Representing an investment bank in connection with the collapse of Enron in several opt-out institutional securities actions.
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Defending a prime brokerage and clearing firm in connection with a securities industry arbitration arising out of the liquidation of a convertible bond arbitrage hedge fund.
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Representing a mutual fund advisor in connection with an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning Section 19(a) notices under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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Representing an auditing firm in a securities class action in connection with the Parmalat bankruptcy.
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Counseling independent fiduciaries engaged by pension plans to approve securities class action settlements in accordance with the Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.