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Francis C. Healy
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
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Francis "Chip" Healy is a Litigation partner in Hogan Lovells’ New York office with extensive experience handling complex commercial disputes involving, among other areas, physical commodities and related derivatives products, contracts, and investigations.
His practice involves representing major financial institutions, banks, commodity trading firms, and other 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, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Department of Justice.
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, LNG, and coal.
Representative experience
Representation of commodities trading company in DOJ and CFTC investigations involving anti-bribery provisions of FCPA, resulting in deferred prosecution agreement with DOJ and settlement with CFTC.*
Representation of commodities trading company in class actions relating to the discharge of hazardous substances from the Limetree Bay Refinery in St. Croix.
Representation of commodities trading company in litigation involving alleged defamation and negligence relating to a market participant’s ICE position limits.
Representation of commodities trading company in international arbitration (LCIA) involving contractual dispute relating to long-term supply of natural gas.*
Representation of commodities trading company in international arbitration (ICC) involving contractual dispute relating to purchase and sale of LNG.*
Representation of commodities trading company in class action litigation alleging violations of laws relating to alleged overseas manipulation and monopolization of the Brent Crude Oil market.*
Representation of financial institution in FERC investigation concerning alleged market manipulation involving auctions for Financial Transmission Rights.*
Representation of a commodities trading firm in FERC investigation concerning alleged violations of forward capacity obligations during winter storm of 2013.*
Representation of commodities trading companies in litigations involving sales and deliveries of allegedly off-specification oil products and wrongful terminations of charter party agreements.*
Representation of former CEO of financial institution in an SEC civil enforcement proceeding concerning alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934.*
Representation of successor general partner of private equity fund in arbitration (AAA) against fund’s former general partner.*
Representation of financial institution in bankruptcy adversary proceeding to recover alleged fraudulent conveyances of over US$63m.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., St. John's University School of Law, 2003
- 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