- Representing a specialty finance lender and senior executives in multiple litigations involving breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from disputes between members of a limited liability company.
- Representing a private equity firm in federal actions filed by global medical device manufacturers alleging fraud and RICO claims arising from the firm’s investment in a health care company.
- Representing a publicly traded life and health reinsurance company in a yearly renewable term (YRT) rate increase reinsurance arbitration.
- Representing a major sports agency in a confidential arbitration concerning the departure of agents to a competing agency.
- Representing one of the nation’s largest financial services firms in multiple litigations stemming from the bank’s debt and equity investment in an upstate New York senior-housing development.
- Representing a global insurance company in coverage disputes related to nationwide PFAS litigation.
- Represented a life insurance company in a significant YRT rate increase reinsurance arbitration.
- Represented an international insurance brokerage in disputes, arbitrations, and court actions following an M&A transaction with a large UK-based insurance brokerage, which resulted in a global settlement.
- Obtained a significant arbitral award for a leading national insurer in a multibillion-dollar long-term care reinsurance dispute.
- Represented a digital media company in federal action alleging defamation and violation of the federal RICO statute. Following briefing on the motion to dismiss, the plaintiff agreed to a nuisance-value settlement.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 212 210 9453
- Email: reade.seligmann@alston.com
Clients from a wide range of industries call on Reade to leverage his experience litigating in state and federal courts, as well as in various arbitral forums, to guide them through their high-stakes commercial disputes.
- Represented a multinational medical and biotechnology company in a commercial dispute over the distribution of its products.
- Represented a leading digital media and financial education company, and its founder and CEO, in a federal action alleging theft of trade secrets related to its electronic stock screening platform. After extensive discovery, the case settled on highly favorable terms.
- Represented a senior executive of a publicly traded utility company in federal and state criminal investigations.
Reade Seligmann focuses his practice on complex business disputes and government investigations.
Reade represents clients in a wide array of industries, including insurance, finance, real estate, talent representation, biotechnology, and digital media. He has experience litigating a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including cases involving breach of contract, fraud, RICO, business torts, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and agency and fiduciary relationships. Reade has also litigated significant life and long-term care reinsurance arbitrations.
Reade was previously a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Joel Schneider (U.S.M.J.) (Ret.) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Reade maintains an active pro bono practice and is co-counsel with the Georgia Innocence Project representing an incarcerated client in connection with his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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In the News January 30, 2025New York Law Journal | Attorneys ‘On the Move’: O’Melveny Hires Former NBA Vice President; MoFo Adds Venture Capital PartnerChris Borchert, Andrew Ligotti, and Reade Seligmann are noted for their election as Alston & Bird partners.In the News January 30, 2025New York Law Journal | Attorneys ‘On the Move’: O’Melveny Hires Former NBA Vice President; MoFo Adds Venture Capital PartnerChris Borchert, Andrew Ligotti, and Reade Seligmann are noted for their election as Alston & Bird partners.
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In the News January 10, 2025New York Law Journal | Attorneys on the Move: Morrison Cohen Expands White Collar Practice; O’Melveny Brings Back Corporate Finance PartnerChris Borchert, Andrew Ligotti, and Reade Seligmann are noted for their election as partners in New York.In the News January 10, 2025New York Law Journal | Attorneys on the Move: Morrison Cohen Expands White Collar Practice; O’Melveny Brings Back Corporate Finance PartnerChris Borchert, Andrew Ligotti, and Reade Seligmann are noted for their election as partners in New York.
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Press Release January 7, 2025Alston & Bird Elects 20 New PartnersAlston & Bird announces the election of 20 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2025. The new partners span seven offices and seven practice groups.Press Release January 7, 2025Alston & Bird Elects 20 New PartnersAlston & Bird announces the election of 20 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2025. The new partners span seven offices and seven practice groups.
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Press Release May 19, 2023LATAM Airlines’ Chapter 11 Case Wins “Deal of the Year” in Restructuring from the IFLRAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that the LATAM Airlines Chapter 11 case has been recognized by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) as “Deal of the Year” in the Restructuring category at its Americas Awards 2023. In the matter, Alston & Bird represented Qatar Airways in its capacity as DIP lender, plan sponsor, and equity security holder.Press Release May 19, 2023LATAM Airlines’ Chapter 11 Case Wins “Deal of the Year” in Restructuring from the IFLRAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that the LATAM Airlines Chapter 11 case has been recognized by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) as “Deal of the Year” in the Restructuring category at its Americas Awards 2023. In the matter, Alston & Bird represented Qatar Airways in its capacity as DIP lender, plan sponsor, and equity security holder.
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Press Release November 15, 2022LATAM Airlines’ Chapter 11 Case Wins First Annual “International Matter of the Year” by the American Bankruptcy InstituteAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that the LATAM Airlines Chapter 11 case, in which it represented Qatar Airways in its capacity as DIP lender, plan sponsor, and equity security holder, has been recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute as the first annual “International Matter of the Year.”Press Release November 15, 2022LATAM Airlines’ Chapter 11 Case Wins First Annual “International Matter of the Year” by the American Bankruptcy InstituteAlston & Bird is pleased to announce that the LATAM Airlines Chapter 11 case, in which it represented Qatar Airways in its capacity as DIP lender, plan sponsor, and equity security holder, has been recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institute as the first annual “International Matter of the Year.”
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In the News November 4, 2021Law360 | Ameritas Faces Class Action Over 2019 Data BreachKristy Brown and Reade Seligmann are noted for representing Ameritas in a proposed data breach class action.In the News November 4, 2021Law360 | Ameritas Faces Class Action Over 2019 Data BreachKristy Brown and Reade Seligmann are noted for representing Ameritas in a proposed data breach class action.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
Education
- Emory University (J.D., 2013)
- Brown University (B.A., 2010)