Paul S. Mishkin

Training

Harvard Law School
J.D., 2004, cum laude
Harvard Law Review
 

Yale University
B.A., 2000, Economics and Math, magna cum laude

Law Firm Experience

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Litigation Partner (2013 - 2024)
Litigation Associate (2006 - 2013)
 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Litigation Associate (2004 - 2006)
Summer Associate (2003)

Other
Experience

Columbia Law School
Lecturer, U.S. Civil and Criminal Enforcement of International Cartels (2024 - present)
 

Mobilization for Justice
Development Committee Co-Chair (2023 - present)
Board Member (2021 - present)
 

Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía
Professor, Introduction to U.S Civil Litigation (2014 - 2024)

 

Recognition

Benchmark Litigation  –  “Litigation Star” rating

Thomson Reuters  –  2024 “Stand-out Lawyers”

 

Expansión, Jurídico
(Spanish newspaper)  –  “Elite Professor” / “Global Star,"  May 2022

 

American Lawyer,
Litigation Daily   –   Runner-up Litigator of the Week, July 2020 

Litigation Matters


Civil Litigation 

  • Served as defense group "liaison counsel" in U.S. Dollar LIBOR multi-district litigation in S.D.N.Y.
     
  • Represented multiple major financial institutions in numerous class action lawsuits alleging price-fixing, manipulation, and group boycotts impacting benchmark rates and financial instruments (e.g., LIBOR, FX, CDS, Treasuries, European Government Bonds, Mexican Government bonds, SIBOR, CDOR)
     
  • Represented major pharmaceutical company and defense contractor as lead litigation counsel in Antiterrorism Act litigations
     
  • Represented major agrictultural company as lead litigation counsel in multi-jurisdictional, complex antitrust litigations involving FTC, state AGs, and private plaintiffs
     
  • Represented major financial institution as lead litigation counsel in consumer class actions related to sweep accounts
     
  • Represented major stock exchange as lead litigation counsel in numerous challenges to SEC regulatory action (e.g., D.C. Circuit challenge of SEC's "transaction fee pilot" and "NMS governance order," SEC proceedings involving direct listing rules and proxy forwarding fees)
     
  • Represented major crypto company in high-profile successful D.C. Circuit challenge of SEC's disapproval of spot bitcoin ETF
     
  • Numerous other representations across various subject matters (e.g., contract, False Claims Act, securities, Telephone Consumer Protection Act) for various client types (e.g., private equity, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, corporates)
     

Government investigations

  • DOJ/SEC/FINRA matter regarding alleged spoofing in U.S. Treasuries
     
  • SEC matter regarding alleged fraud and inflated markups in secondary market trading of non-agency RMBS
     
  • Multiple representations in internal investigations and FINRA enforcement actions regarding trading system operational issues and other topics

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