Jonathan Schiller is a founding partner of Boies Schiller and a permanent member of the firm's executive committee. He has led the firm's expansions in London; Washington D.C.; and California. His substantial litigation successes for the firm include co-lead counsel for the class action plaintiffs in the In Re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, which the presiding judge determined "uncovered the illegal actions of vitamins manufacturers across the globe," and in which a record antitrust settlement of $1.05 billion was achieved for the class.
In 2020, Schiller led the successful defense of Barclays in U.S. federal District Court in securing dismissal of In re: ICE LIBOR Antitrust Litigation lawsuit. From 2012-2020, Schiller led Barclay’s defense of the consolidated LIBOR Antitrust Litigation in U.S. Federal District Court in New York. From 2009-2018, Schiller led the successful defense of Barclays in bankruptcy court in New York against a $13 billion claim from the Lehman Brothers Estate, stemming from its purchase of the North American operations of Lehman Brothers, and recovered in excess of $9 billion for Barclays through 2018, including most recently £250 million from Lehman in the LBIE litigation through London courts.
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Schiller successfully prosecuted an international arbitration claim in 2017 on behalf of OPAP in the Court of International Arbitration over the Greek state’s appropriation of valuable license rights in the Greek lottery.
Schiller successfully represented claimants in an ICC proceeding in Zurich in a dispute concerning control of a Central European gaming company and breach by the respondent of the shareholder agreement. Following public evidence of allegations of the respondent’s corruption of public officials and the commencement of parallel criminal investigations against its officers, the arbitration was successfully concluded. Claimants were able to confirm their entire interest in and majority control over the gaming and casino company.
As appellate counsel in a high-profile divorce in New York, Schiller achieved unanimous victories over attempts to confirm the fair and equitable trial court’s distribution of artworks valued at over $800 million.
Schiller represents fantasy sports website DraftKings in various jurisdictions over the legality of the multibillion-dollar daily fantasy sports business. New York, Massachusetts, and other states subsequently legalized this activity.
Schiller won a March 2014 FINRA arbitration award for Goldman Sachs in California that rejected $300 million in claims of fraud brought by co-founders of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. He successfully defended Goldman Sachs & Co in 2006 against New York Stock Exchange seat holders who sought to enjoin NYSE’s merger with Archipelago Holdings.
Schiller was lead counsel in the successful defense of the Bank of New York Mellon against a $22.5 billion RICO claim brought by the Russian Federal Customs Service in the Moscow Arbitration Court. After two years of litigation, including a trial in Moscow, the case was settled for $14 million – less than 1 per cent of claimed damages. The result was hailed by the analyst community as a “grand slam home run.”
While maintaining full litigation and management responsibilities at BSF, Schiller recently finished his five-year term as chair of the board of trustees of Columbia University. He is now Chair Emeritus.
