Awards & Rankings 04.10.24
Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Group Again Included in GAR 100 Guide as Top International Arbitration Practice
Source: Global Arbitration Review
Co-leader of Pillsbury’s China practice, partner Geoffrey Sant maintains a practice focused on advising clients on complex litigation with an emphasis on commercial, corporate and financial litigation and transactions.
Known for his extensive experience in representing both Chinese and U.S. financial entities, Geoffrey represents some of the world’s largest banks, investment companies and businesses in both litigation and transactional matters. He has won judgments totaling over $1 billion for international clients and successfully obtained dismissal with prejudice of lawsuits against his client seeking in excess of $1 billion in damages. On the transactional side of his practice, Geoffrey won regulatory approval for a new U.S. branch of a major Chinese bank, and has worked on international acquisitions and regulatory projects.
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In 2020, Geoffrey and his team won a $90 million arbitration award, including a fee award of over $2 million for an international client. Also in 2020, Geoffrey and his team won a fraudulent transfer litigation after a four-day trial, with the court finding $42 million in transfers to be fraudulent, and also awarding $6.5 million in fees (and 14% interest) to Geoffrey’s client.
Geoffrey teaches “China in U.S. Litigation” at Columbia University School of Law, and has taught banking litigation and fundamental lawyering skills classes at Fordham University School of Law and China University of Political Science and Law (in Beijing).
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Education
J.D., New York University, 2008
M.A., Chinese and Japanese Literature, Columbia University, 2005
B.A., Romance Languages & Literature; Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Chicago, 1996
Honors
Admissions
New York
Florida
Courts
The Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York