Prior to joining us, one of our partners amassed extensive experience in banking and fraud related litigation, playing a lead role in the representation of a major Japanese Bank in lawsuits against several subsidiaries of a major brokerage firm, a South American Central Bank in connection with litigations to collect upon defaulted sovereign debt, a real estate syndicator in connection with threatened proceedings before a state banking commission, a major Canadian bank in litigations in Texas, Delaware, New York and Ontario in connection with a standby letter of credit and customer guarantees, a major U.S. bank in several lawsuits involving over $100 million in claims under several ocean marine cargo policies, a major U.S. bank in connection with several adversary proceedings against bankrupt corporate borrowers, a major French bank in litigation to foreclose upon a loan and replevy a Boeing 747‑200 aircraft, and one of the largest U.S. savings and loans in an extensive bank audit and fraud investigation.