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STEVEN G. KOBRE
steven.kobre@kobrekim.com
New York:
800 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Tel. +1 212 488 1202
Fax. +1 212 488 1222
Washington, DC:
1919 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Tel. +1 202 664 1902
Fax. +1 202 664 1922
Steven G. Kobre is an experienced trial lawyer who has served as lead counsel in numerous high-profile jury trials. Before founding Kobre & Kim LLP, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, as well as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.
Recent Engagements:
Mr. Kobre's recent complex civil matters include:
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Representation of large multinational company in ICC arbitration regarding a royalty dispute where amount in controversy exceeded US $100 million
- Representation of a large foreign bank in a dispute against a Wall Street investment bank arising from the collapse of a US $2 billion credit facility
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company in a multimillion dollar standby letter of credit dispute against a major commercial bank
- Representation of Deutsche Bank in litigation in a multimillion dollar dispute with an interdealer broker concerning trades in bankruptcy of "when-issued" stock
- Representation of investment bankers in a federal dispute alleging US $750 million in damages arising out of the collapse of the subprime mortgage Collateralized Debt Obligations ("CDO") market
Mr. Kobre's recent government enforcement defense and investigative matters include:
- Representation of a hedge fund manager in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York prosecutions of the Galleon insider trading, the biggest insider trading case involving hedge funds in history
- Representation of a large public company located in Hong Kong in the airline industry in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust investigation into alleged price-fixing in air cargo surcharges
- Representation of a client in an investigation brought by U.S. Department of Justice into allegations of money laundering involving hundreds of millions of dollars and claims of asset forfeiture as to an addition one hundred million dollars
- Representation of a principal of a consulting firm charged with criminal and civil insider trading by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission
- Representation of a partner of a large law firm in allegations of insider trading by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission
- Representation of a partner of a multi-billion dollar hedge fund in a criminal prosecution involving alleged fraudulent conduct
- Representation of a large investment bank in conducting an internal investigation involving the review and analysis of more than 2 million documents and its resolution before the Securities & Exchange Commission
- Representation of a Fortune 500 company in an internal investigation into violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Representation of a corporate executive relating to claims of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act before the Securities & Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice
- Service as a court-appointed monitor overseeing the conduct of a government contractor
- Advisory work to a large public utility and an investment bank on issues relating to asset forfeiture of funds in excess of US $50 million
- Representation of major public utility in shadowing government's asset forfeiture proceedings to ensure adequacy of recovery
- Conducted asset tracing and forfeiture proceedings involving money embezzled by an executive at a Swiss financial institution, and use of stolen funds to purchase and improve a large five-star hotel in the United States
- Managed asset forfeiture proceedings and international investigations conducted in connection with disputed ownership claims over a famous rare coin issued by the United States Mint, eventually auctioned at Sotheby's
- Conducted asset forfeiture proceedings involving financial institutions and bank accounts in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and related criminal investigations and prosecutions for money laundering and wire fraud
Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:
While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Kobre focused on white-collar criminal cases as a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. Mr. Kobre also served in the Asset Forfeiture Unit, where he litigated numerous civil and criminal asset forfeiture cases, and received the John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement for Asset Forfeiture awarded by the Attorney General of the United States.
Prior to his time at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Kobre worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. During his time as an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Kobre prosecuted a wide range of cases, including armed robbery, financial fraud, murder and narcotics trafficking.
After law school, Mr. Kobre clerked for the Honorable Lowell A. Reed, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Professional & Community Involvement:
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American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
- Federal Bar Council, Member
- International Bar Association, Member
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers, Member
News & Publications:
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Panelist, An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Credit Crisis: The Overlap of Securities, Bankruptcy & Criminal Law (New York City Bar Association, New York, July 2009)
- "The SEC's January 2006 Guidelines For the Imposition of Penalties", 20 Corporate Counsel Newsletter 3, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (American Bar Association Spring (2006))
- "Cooperating with the Investigators and its Impact on Employees", 21 Corporate Counsel Newsletter 1 (American Bar Association Fall (2006))
- Served as a lecturer on civil and criminal asset forfeiture issues in a seminar sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 2007
- Annual lectures on international criminal law topics most recently in Japan and Korea
- Selected to New York Super Lawyers 2007, 2008 & 2009
- Hedge Fund Activism (Hedge Fund General Counsel Summit, Connecticut, September 2007)
- Instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program
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Practice Focus:
Education:
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The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
George Washington Law Review (Senior Notes Editor)
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University of Pennsylvania, B.A.
Admissions:
- District of Columbia
- New York
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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