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Robert Seiden
Alma materNew York University
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
OccupationLitigation lawyer
OrganizationSeiden Law

Robert W. Seiden is an American former prosecutor, lawyer, global forensic investigator, court-appointed receiver, and founder of Seiden Law, a litigation and sanctions-focused law firm. Seiden is also the vice chairman of a private clean energy company, GreenMet.[1] He has been dubbed a "Wall Street Bounty Hunter" by The New York Times and profiled by The Wall Street Journal and Institutional Investor for his prosecution of China Sun Group High Tech, Sino Clean Energy[2] and Shengtai Pharmaceutical Inc.[3]

Raised in Brooklyn, Seiden received his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1985 and his J.D. from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in 1988. Until 1999, Seiden worked with John F. Kennedy Jr. and under the leadership of Robert Morgenthau as a Senior Prosecutor at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York City.[4] He represented the Sherman family in the double murder case of Canadian billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman in Toronto[5] and served as the initial prosecutor in People v. Edmund Ko involving the murder of a Columbia University law student by her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted using an "ear witness" and the results of mitochondrial DNA typing.[6]

In 2008, after working at a private investigations company as CEO for eight years, Seiden founded Confidential Global Investigations, an investigations firm that investigated Sino Clean Energy's fraudulent behavior against their investors.[7] In 2009, Seiden founded Seiden Law, an international law firm based specializing in commercial and business litigation, OFAC and sanctions cases, receiverships, and cross-border transactions.

Since 2008, Seiden has represented a variety of industries and industry leaders David Baazov, CEO of Amaya Inc.; Teddy Sagi, the founder of software gaming company Playtech; George Logothetis, chairman of Libra Group[8]; Nobu Su; crypto billionaire Harry Yeh,[9] hedge fund managers Gentry Beach and Robert Vollero.[10][11] Seiden's international work has included working with the Kurds in Syria; the National Unity Government of Myanmar; working on behalf of the Israeli Court against Michael David Greenfield[12][13] and General Israel Ziv and Lazarus Chakwera, president of Malawi.

He has been appointed court reciever 30+ times in companies as Link Motion[14], China Sun Group[15], Sino Clean Energy[2], Shengtai Pharmaceutical Inc[3], and Southern China Livestock.

Further, Seiden has had various published articles in Law 360 and the New York Law Journal including “Private Investigator: Application of the Attorny-Client Privilege,”[16] “How Lawyers and Investigators work Together Post-Enron,”[17] and “Tips for Obtaining Removal from OFAC’s Sanctions List”.[18]

References

  1. ^ "GreenMet Growth Includes New Leadership on its Board of Directors". GreenMet. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  2. ^ a b "Bounty Hunter Tracks Chinese Companies That Dupe Investors". New York Times. March 15, 2016. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  3. ^ a b "'They'd Find Fraud, Fraud, Fraud.'". Institutional Investor. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  4. ^ Rapoport, Michael. "Court Appointee Chases (and Finds) Investor Cash That Vanished in China". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. ^ Star, Kevin Donovan Toronto. "Barry Sherman's son says his father asked him to repay tens of millions of dollars, two weeks before murders, but Barry was 'all in' with son's business". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ "METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Murder Suspect Casts Suspicion on Girlfriend". New York Times. March 28, 1998. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  7. ^ Yue, Jillian (2016-03-02). "US Court Orders China Businessman Jailed In Legal Battle". China Money Network. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  8. ^ Libra Group Names Manos Kouligkas CEO; George Logothetis Executive Chairman" Kokkinidis, Tasos, Greek Reporter. July 21, 2022. Accessed April 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "Securities commission moves against Vancouver crypto exchange company amid money-laundering concerns". Vancouver Is Awesome. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  10. ^ "After Decade-Long Legal Fight, Hedge Fund Managers Win $46 Million; Now Comes the Appeal". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  11. ^ Chung, Juliet (2020-01-14). "New York Court Vacates $91 Million Payout to Former Hedge Fund Employees". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  12. ^ Staff, ToI. "'Israeli Madoff' convicted over $150 million Ponzi scheme". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. ^ "Seiden Law Group brings Largest Ponzi Scheme in Israeli History to US Court, Enabling Broad Discovery to Help Recover Swindled funds on behalf of Victims". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  14. ^ Rapoport, Michael (2015-06-21). "Court Appointee Chases (and Finds) Investor Cash That Vanished in China". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  15. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  16. ^ "Private Investigator: Application of the Attorney-Client". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  17. ^ "How Lawyers and Investigators Work Together Post-Enron". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  18. ^ "Tips For Obtaining Removal From OFAC's Sanctions List - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
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