Francis C. Healy | New York | Hogan Lovells

Francis C. Healy

Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

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Francis C. Healy
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Francis "Chip" Healy is a seasoned commercial litigator with extensive experience handling complex commercial disputes relating to, among other areas, physical commodities and related derivatives products, securities, and reinsurance. His practice involves representations of major financial institutions, including banks, trading and marketing firms, and insurance companies, in federal and state courts and domestic and international arbitrations. Chip also routinely advises and represents clients in investigations and proceedings before government regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

With respect to commodities and derivatives, Chip has represented numerous commodity trading firms in connection with disputes and investigations relating to the purchase and sale of crude oil and related products, power, natural gas, and grains.

Representative experience

Representation of a client in international arbitration involving contractual dispute relating to long-term supply of natural gas.*

Representation of a client in international arbitration involving contractual dispute relating to purchase and sale of LNG.*

Successful representation of a client in a class action litigation alleging violations of laws relating to alleged overseas manipulation and monopolization of the Brent Crude Oil market.*

Successful representation of a client in an investigation concerning whether certain bids into various auctions for Financial Transmission Rights were part of an alleged market manipulation scheme.*

Successful representation of a client in an investigation brought by the FERC Office of Enforcement concerning possible violations of forward capacity obligations to ISO-NE during winter of 2013.*

Representation of several clients in litigations and disputes involving sales and deliveries of allegedly off-specification oil products and wrongful terminations of charter party agreements.*

Successful defense of a former CEO in a civil enforcement proceeding concerning alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934.*

Successfully moved for dismissal of a client from a class action in the Southern District of New York and successfully defeated a motion for class certification in a separate class action.*

Successfully represented the successor general partner of a private equity fund in investigating and prosecuting claims against the fund’s former general partner.*

Successful defense of a major financial institution in a bankruptcy proceeding in an action to recover alleged fraudulent conveyances of over US$63m.*

Representation of several financial institutions in connection with the valuation, filing, and litigation of derivative and guarantee claims arising from a bankruptcy proceeding.*

Representation of several financial institutions in connection with the valuation, filing, and litigation of derivative and guarantee claims arising from a bankruptcy proceeding.*

*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Credentials

Education
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Scranton, magna cum laude, 1994
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • New York
Court admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
Memberships
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Recognition

Rising Star

Super Lawyers

2013-2014