A. Katherine Toomey, Partner

Kate Toomey’s practice focuses on the litigation and favorable resolution of complex transnational disputes.  Ms. Toomey has litigated cases involving sophisticated financial products, banking standards and duties, and a wide variety of financial frauds.  Ms. Toomey also practices in the area of international insolvency and has provided U.S. representation to liquidators of international financial institutions and multinational corporations in multinational fraud, RICO and money-laundering cases and in connection with the collection of U.S. assets, the pursuit and defense of U.S. litigation and the obtaining of U.S. discovery under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

As an international litigator, Ms. Toomey has experience in the use of the Hague Evidence Convention and letters rogatory to obtain evidence outside the United States.   Ms. Toomey has also represented foreign clients seeking discovery in the United States.

In addition to her international work, Ms. Toomey has developed an expertise in anti-money laundering/anti-terrorist financing compliance, including federal and state licensing requirements, OFAC regulations, and application of the USAPATRIOT Act. 

Ms. Toomey has been an invited speaker concerning techniques and strategies for maintaining banking relationships and has made presentations at programs jointly sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank.

In the News

• Black Hole

Publications, Presentations and Events

• "Are You Your Customer's Keeper? The 'Export' of U.S. Compliance Obligations"
• "Asset Tracing & Recovery" (In conjunction with Deloitte)
• "Asset Tracing & Recovery"
• “US Law for the Non-US Litigator: Six Things You Should Know Even if You Never Set Foot in a US Courtroom”
• “From the Sub-Prime to the Ridiculous: Trends in Sub-Prime Litigation”
• “Banks and MSBs – Never the Twain Shall Meet?”

Representative Matters

• Global Coordination of litigation involving Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers
• Mashreqbank v. Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers (Sup. Ct. N.Y.) (App. Div.)
• Societe Nationale D’Industries Nutritive v. The Coca Cola Company (N.D. Ga) (11^th Cir.)
• In Re Michael Wilson & Partners Limited (D. Colo.) (10^th Cir.)
• Takieddine v. Salaam (Sup. Ct. N.Y.)
• In re Encorp International (ASBCA)
• In re Hill (S.D.N.Y.)
• Mutafyan v. Armenian General Benevolent Union (C.D. Cal) (9^th Cir.)
• IEEFIF v. Calyon (Sup. Ct. N.Y.)
• Wight v. Bank America Corp. (S.D.N.Y) (2d Cir.)
• Libancell v. Republic of Lebanon (S.D.N.Y.)
• In re Segoes Services Limited (S.D. Fla. Bankr.)
• In re Fielding (S.D. Fla. Bankr.)
• In re Madoff Securities International Limited (S.D. Fla.) (S.D.N.Y.)
• Rasul v. Rumsfeld (D.D.C.) (D.C. Cir.) ( U.S.)
• Ruzatullah v. Rumsfeld (D.D.C.) (D.C. Cir)
• In re Smouha (S.D.N.Y. Bankr)
• United States v. BCCI Holdings ( Luxembourg) S.A. (D.D.C) (D.C. Cir.) ( U.S.)
• BCCI Holdings ( Luxembourg) S.A. v. Khalil (D.D.C.) (D.C. Cir) ( U.S.)
• BCCI Holdings (Luxemboug) S.A. v. Mahfouz (D.D. C.)
• BCCI Holdings ( Luxembourg) S.A. v. Clifford (D.D. C.)

Professional Affiliations

• International Business Law Consortium

Past Professional Experience

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge James K. Logan, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit