ProfessionalsH. Christopher Boehning

H. Christopher Boehning

Partner

Partner

Tel: +1-212-373-3061
Fax: +1-212-492-0061
cboehning@paulweiss.com

+1-212-373-3061
New York

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0061

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A partner in the Litigation Department, Chris Boehning’s practice includes complex commercial and civil litigation matters, insurance counseling and litigation, criminal, civil and other regulatory inquiries, internal investigations and international arbitrations.

EXPERIENCE

Chris has more than 20 years of regulatory and civil litigation experience representing leading financial institutions and a variety of other global companies in a variety of high-stakes matters. Chris has represented companies and their executives in investigations and related litigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), FINRA, Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and a host of other state and federal regulatory authorities in connection with research and trading, mutual fund transactions and sale practices, RMBS, and CDOs, among others. He has significant experience representing companies facing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and corruption-related investigations and proceedings before the SEC, the DOJ and the World Bank; and global financial institutions in connection with global sanctions and anti-money laundering investigations. 

Chris has an active insurance practice, which includes representations concerning coverage litigation, reinsurance disputes, litigation arising out of the events of 9/11, and regulatory inquiries involving the DFS and other insurance regulators. 

Additionally, Chris has extensive experience representing international clients in a wide range of matters. Chris has handled international arbitrations sited in Paris, London and Tokyo. He is an Honorary Member of COMBAR.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Chris’s clients have included, among others, Agricultural Bank of China, Alcoa, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Boeing, Brainlab AG, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Chubb, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Infront Sports & Media, ING, Jack Black, Lehman Brothers, Nexen, and Standard Chartered. 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Chambers Global 2015 recognized Chris as an “Up and Coming” practitioner in international arbitration. Clients say he is “very thoughtful and very reasoned – he can really step back and see the big picture.” Chris was also recognized by Chambers USA 2014 as a highly regarded arbitration practitioner. Clients appreciate the broad scope of his experience, which ranges from complex litigation to insurance matters. He is characterized as “extremely bright, calm and very articulate – he always plans his strategies four moves in advance.”

Chris is consistently named a “Future Star” and a “Local Litigation Star” for Insurance and General Commercial Litigation by Benchmark Litigation.

WRITING/SPEAKING

He is regarded as an expert on e-discovery issues and has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars on such issues. Chris has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School where he lectured on litigation strategy and e-discovery. He is a regular contributor to The New York Law Journal’s Technology column on the topic, and is an ongoing participant in The Sedona Conference Working Group Series. 

Chris received both his M.S. in Public Policy Analysis in 1988 and his B.A. in Political Science in 1987 from the University of Rochester where he was a Rochester National Scholar. Chris received his J.D. in 1994 from Washington University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Washington University Law Quarterly and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He is currently a member of the University of Rochester Board of Trustees, chair of the Arts, Sciences & Engineering National Council of the University of Rochester, on the National Council for Washington University School of Law, and on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the University of Michigan Law School. Chris has received the University of Rochester’s John N. Wilder Award and Garnish Citation, and the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Washington University School of Law.

Prior to entering law school, Chris was a Budget Fellow with the New York State Executive Department, Division of the Budget.

 

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