Douglas Koff, Board Member

Doug is a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and a nationally recognized litigator who represents corporations, a variety of financial institutions (i.e., banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds), boards of directors, special committees and corporate executives. He has been engaged in cases involving securities, derivative products and other complex financial instruments. In this regard, he has advised and defended entities and corporate executives in inquiries by civil and criminal authorities (as well as Self-Regulatory Organizations) into business practices that have been questioned by regulators as well as insider trading matters.

He has also handled major civil litigations and arbitrations involving a broad spectrum of substantive legal issues, including fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, reinsurance, piercing the corporate veil, mergers and acquisitions, and money laundering, as well as state and federal securities laws. Doug is also involved in bankruptcy matters where he supervised the litigation. Additionally, he has handled civil and criminal matters involving allegations of antitrust violations.

Doug has been recognized as a leading lawyer by multiple directories and publications, including Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US, the latter of which referred to him as offering “remarkable insight, work ethic and tenacity.” He is also recognized as one of the top-rated White Collar Crimes lawyers in New York City by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers.

Chambers noted that Doug is “hard-working, attentive and client-focused,” “extraordinarily focused and tenacious,” and “a smart, thorough litigator who is always on top of things.” Chambers also noted that he “has everything on his radar screen” and has a “remarkable ability to get along with anyone, making it his business to develop a rapport with other attorneys involved in his cases.”

He has also received the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.