Julian D. Perlman

Experience

Antitrust and Unfair Competition

• Advised client facing targeted union campaign aimed at unionizing work force regarding antitrust limits on union conduct.
• Defended a major manufacturer of building fixtures in an unfair competition dispute brought by a competitor, related to the fire safety performance of the competitor’s products. Ultimately obtained payment from plaintiff to defendant to settle the case it had brought.
• Represented the worldwide governing body for men’s tennis in antitrust litigation following the league's change of the date and level of one of its member tournaments, leading to a landmark antitrust jury trial. Defended the governing body and its directors, subsequently leading to a favorable settlement which enabled sports leagues to continue setting calendars and tiers of tournaments, without antitrust exposure.
• Successfully defended a U.S. hockey team and player when a Russian team sued over the recruitment of its star player.
• Litigated a dispute between two of the world’s largest waste management companies regarding alleged anticompetitive conduct in form of defamatory statements regarding competitor’s CEO.
• Obtained emergency injunctive relief and protected the client’s trade secrets after a potential corporate merger was scuttled, and the potential acquiring party instead poached key executives from its target.
• Contributes to numerous publications regarding developments in this area of the law, particularly on the topics of exemptions and immunities from antitrust law, including exemptions for sports leagues and other stakeholders.

Closely-Held Corporations and Shareholder / Partnership Disputes

• Represents founder of one of the world’s largest nightclub chains in dispute with former partner and shareholder.
• Prior experience includes the largest corporate dissolution case in the history of New York between the co-founders of the world’s largest privately-held beverage company, which culminated in a 20-day bench trial in New York state court.
• Represented private equity firm that acquired 50% share in a prominent women’s apparel and accessories brand in arbitration by the company’s founders.

Breach of Contract and General Corporate Disputes 

• Represented sports league in breach of contract with foreign vendor; Julian’s persuasive filing on behalf of the client lead to payment in full within minutes of service of the complaint.
• Key member of the team representing an important U.S.-based pharmaceutical company in the arbitration following breach of contract claims over its life-saving cardiovascular product. The resolution ensured the company’s ability to continue to utilize their product.
• Advised numerous pharmaceutical clients regarding potential mergers and acquisitions, and their interplay with previous agreements and settlements entered into by those clients.

Class Actions 

• Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in class action litigation.
• Defending bank and insurance company in class action related to automobile financing.
• Served as lead attorney in a high-profile class action brought on photographers, illustrators, and other visual artists alleging copyright infringement by the world’s largest Internet search engine and its digital book project.

Financial Institutions, Insolvency, Fraudulent Transfers, and Asset Recovery

• Advises clients on insolvency issues and fraud recovery.
• Represented Irving H. Picard, the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Julian worked specifically on Picard v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., et al. which resulted in a large settlement and recovery for victims.
• Counseled a major financial institution that had invested $2.4 billion into the world’s largest money market fund when the fund “broke the buck.” Management of the client’s claims and monitoring of scores of similar cases helped maximize the institutional investor’s return.
• Advised a major financial institution regarding potential litigation risks when internal concerns arose about its accounting treatment of derivative products.

Memberships

• American Bar Association
  • Antitrust Section, Exemptions & Immunities Committee: Vice Chair
• New York State Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association

Community

• Associated Alumni of Central High School: Board of Managers

Pro Bono

• Represented a matrimonial pro bono client of the firm with respect to a trust fund established for her daughter.  
• Has represented a long-term pro bono client of the firm with respect to minor criminal charges that had the potential to negatively affect his immigration status and was successful in having those charges dismissed.
• Represented an African immigrant seeking asylum in the United States, one of the longest ongoing asylum cases in the United States. Counseled the client not only with respect to his legal claims, but also helped the client obtain treatment for chemical dependencies that were the result of abuse and torture in his home country.