Overview
Cris Ray focuses his practice on complex litigation matters, including in bankruptcy and adversary proceedings. He works with clients in the cryptocurrency industry.
Results
- Represented a corporation, subsidiaries and officers and directors in the successful dismissal of a billion-dollar shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duties under foreign law*
- Represented a Canadian manufacturing company against a hedge fund alleging breach of indenture covenants related to large corporate transactions*
- Represented a British company in complex securities litigation in both state and federal court arising out of a billion-dollar merger with a US corporation*
- Represented a US corporation in successfully defending the dismissal of an antitrust class action in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit*
- Represented a lesbian couple in a lawsuit against state government officials for violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment relating to the state’s foster care system*
- Represented a purported class action against state government officials alleging that conditions in one of the state’s men’s prisons violated the Eighth Amendment*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, JD, 2019
Southwestern University, BA, 2011
Admissions
New York
Courts/Agencies
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
