Lauren Goldschmidt

Associate

Washington, DC

+1 202 429 6210

Hong Kong

+852 2241 2570

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Areas of Work

Commercial Trials & Litigation, International Arbitration

Overview

Lauren represents corporate clients in civil and criminal litigation, government investigations, judgment enforcement, and regulatory proceedings. She handles matters involving contract claims, fraud, and government and internal investigations, in addition to her judgment enforcement work.

Lauren has extensive experience with fact development, drafting and responding to discovery and information requests, and witness preparation. She has supervised document reviews and productions in commercial litigation and investigations involving numerous witnesses and millions of documents.

Lauren is actively involved in Steptoe's pro bono program.

District of Columbia
Registered Foreign Lawyer, Hong Kong

J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2018, magna cum laude
B.A., University of Washington, 2010

Representative Matters

Represent a Taiwanese technology company responding to Requests for Information issued by the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security.
Represent major Asian financial institution in litigation arising under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.
Represented a bank in an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court for the District of Maryland. The debtor sought to clawback hundreds of millions of dollars paid to the bank and five other Wall Street banks. The debtor was one of the leading public companies to securitize mortgage backed securities (MBS) and financed its purchases via repurchase agreements. When the financial crisis of 2008 occurred, the value of the MBS depreciated resulting in margin calls and liquidation of collateral.
Represented managed healthcare company in Delaware Chancery Court in an earn out and indemnification dispute arising from an equity purchase agreement.
Represented SourceHOV Holdings LLC in judgment enforcement litigation stemming from the merger that created Exela Technologies by securing a first-of-its-kind ruling from a Delaware vice chancellor who refused to dismiss a judgment creditor’s suit seeking traditional and "reverse" corporate veil piercing against Exela and its subsidiaries in order to collect on a nearly $58 million-plus-interest merger stock appraisal award. This matter was widely reported in the media, including Bloomberg Law, Law360, LevFin Insights and Reuters.