Ari Roytenberg
Senior Associate
New York
Ari is an experienced trial lawyer with a successful track record representing clients in state, federal, and bankruptcy court. His practice focuses on restructuring and bankruptcy litigation, where he has represented multinational debtors, private equity firms, hedge funds, individual creditors, and boards of directors. Ari also has experience in a wide array of other complex commercial disputes, including securities class-actions, trademark litigation, and antitrust litigation. He has also advised clients engaging in liability management transactions and conducting internal investigations.
Ari's experience includes supervising cases through all phases of litigation, from pre-litigation strategy through appeal. Most recently, Ari served as lead counsel to an aerospace defense company in litigation that began in New York State court and continued through a six-month trial in bankruptcy court in connection with a $1.3 billion restructuring transaction. His courtroom advocacy, briefing strategies, and fact and expert depositions have helped secure favorable outcomes to a number of clients involved in high-stakes disputes.
Before joining Orrick, Ari was an associate with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and served as a law clerk to Judge Richard M. Berman on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.