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JWH LEGAL

Practice Area


   • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our law firm has a wide range of experience representing companies and shareholders in corporate governance litigation. The firm has handled investigations relating to audit and regulatory compliance, provided counsel to corporate officers and directors, and represented investors in legal actions relating to claims of corporate corruption.


Additionally, the firm has extensive experience with providing counsel on board and committee composition, executive compensation, internal corporate control measures, and specific regulations such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


As an example of its experience, the firm has represented a public company in its claims of fraud and corruption against several of its former officers, and represented a group of investors seeking the return of allegedly ill-gotten financial gains from former corporate officers of one of the world’s largest computer software companies.


Delhi Chambers, Attorneys & Counselors has been involved in corporate governance matters involving many leading companies and financial institutions, including Adelphia Communications, Global Crossing, New Century Financial Corporation, and National Century Financial, just to name a few.


   • HOTEL & HOSPITALITY LAW

, Attorneys & Counselors is a firm of choice for resolving major disputes in the hospitality industry.


The firm has represented internationally known hotel franchisors, management companies, owners, developers, and investors in many of the most high-profile, big-stakes cases in the industry. Not only has the firm’s work in this area changed the state of the law, but it also has resulted in the formulation of creative solutions to countless problems confronting the industry.


Testament to the significance of the firm’s work in the hospitality arena are the many news organizations that chronicle its work. In the past few years alone, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times, among many others, have all reported on the Firm’s representation of hospitality clients.


   • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Our firm has been involved in some of the most significant intellectual property disputes of the past two decades. These disputes have involved national and international patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters of the most vital significance for their owners

   • Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law

Delhi Chambers, Attorneys & Counselors routinely acts as lead counsel in major disputes involving antitrust issues. In fact, the combination of the firm’s “in house” consulting resources and its trial practice capabilities uniquely position the Delhi Chambers law firms to pursue client objectives on both sides of the docket.


In this area of the law, the firm has represented clients in court, as well as before the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.


   • Environmental Law

Representing clients such as manufacturers, chemical companies, landowners, and others, the firm’s environmental practice includes mass personal injury and significant property damage matters, as well as some of the most notorious environmental enforcement cases ever litigated in federal and state courts.

The firm has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in connection with a broad range of environmental concerns. Currently, the firm is handling the defense of some of the world’s largest environmental disputes – working in forums and venues across the United States and the world.


   • Oil and Gas Law

Our firm has represented both major and independent exploration and production companies, oil and gas operators, and pipeline companies in a wide variety of cases involving technical, cross-border, contract, and partnership issues.

   • Real Estate Law

Our Attorneys & Counselors has represented investors, contractors, lenders, and developers in complex matters involving many of the highest-profile developmental efforts in the United States. The firm’s efforts have uniformly produced positive results for its clients involved in this high-flying industry group.


The firm currently represents the developer of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center – widely recognized as one of the largest and most transformative real estate projects in the history of New York.


   • General Contract and Business Torts Law

Our firm has had substantial experience in prosecuting and defending against claims of breach of contract, tortuous interference with business relations, fraud, negligence, civil conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidential relationship, and the full spectrum of general contract and tort disputes in which corporations frequently find themselves.

   • Insurance Law

Our attorneys have been involved in substantial insurance coverage litigation regarding various underlying substantive areas of law, including environmental, tort, securities, contract claims, etc.


Over the decades, the firm has represented clients in a variety of insurance coverage disputes in multiple jurisdictions. The firm has represented a number of clients against domestic insurance companies such as AIG, CNA Financial, and Travelers, and British carriers such as Lloyd’s.


We are familiar with multiple lines of coverage including, but not limited to, CGL, EIL, E&O, and D&O policies. The firm is also experienced in litigating matters involving various types of commercial and environmental liability insurance, including coverage provisions, exclusions, and exceptions.


In addition, the firm is familiar with the Bermuda form policies, having successfully litigated against carriers such as ACE and XL. Moreover, the firm has successfully pursued claims against insurance brokers such as Marsh & McLennan, AON, and others.


   • Bankruptcy Law

JWH LEGAL, Attorneys & Counselors has been the lead law firm for both creditors and borrowers in some of the largest and most celebrated adversarial bankruptcies in the United States.

   • New Technology and E-Commerce Law

Our firm is at the forefront of litigating the many new and challenging legal issues arising from the advance of technology, the growing importance of the Internet, and other major developments in e-commerce and new technology business.

The firm is currently handling a number of technology and e-commerce cases that will impact the way business is done in the future.


   • International Arbitration and Global Advocacy


The Firm’s advocacy spans the globe.


JWH LEGAL,, Attorneys & Counselors has advocated for clients in ad hoc arbitration in such places as London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and represented clients before a variety of international arbitral institutions, including the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); UNCITRAL Rules; the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); and the American Arbitral Association (AAA)/International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR).

The firm’s international track record includes achieving a favorable arbitration award for a client following an eight-week hearing before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. The case against a Chinese manufacturing company involved breach of contract, antitrust, and other claims relating to a worldwide product distribution agreement. The firm also appeared before the International Trade Commission in a patent litigation case, successfully settling the matter and procuring a license to the Complainant’s patent portfolio.

In 2011, the firm helped a Fortune 500 corporation achieve a decisive victory in a London trial concerning its decision to cease its support for a high-profile product acquisition. Claimants sought approximately $40 million in damages. The High Court of the United Kingdom rejected Claimants’ demands and awarded only $1.3 million.

Other highlights of the firm’s international docket include:

Represented a client before the International Trade Commission in a patent litigation case initiated by Complainant American GNC Corp. The Complainant alleged infringement of a patent and sought to block the importation of Respondents’ products related to marine navigation and GPS systems into the United States. The firm successfully settled the matter and procured a license to the Complainant’s patent portfolio comprising dozens of patents.

Successfully represented Claimant Flandana Holdings Limited, a Cyprus company, against Respondent Access Capital Advisors, a Guernsey company, before the London Court of International Arbitration. The case alleged breach of partnership agreements and other contracts. This matter was governed in part by English law and in part by Guernsey law.


   • Issues & Crisis Management

In the arena of “bet-the-business” litigation, clients are often confronted with issues that present legal, political, and communications challenges. That is why we formed one of the first in-house strategic communications practices within a national litigation firm. Our Issues & Crisis Management practice group advises clients on a broad array of reputational issues and image-building opportunities.

The Issues & Crisis Management team, with lawyers and communications professionals in New York and Dallas, has extensive experience with representing clients in a broad range of public issues that can impact their most valued asset – their brand.

Our advocacy routinely has us helping clients respond to national media inquiries, congressional investigations, regulatory concerns, proactive campaigns, management changes, and interactions with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Our goal is to not only protect a client’s position, but to also help advance it.

Whether directed at shareholders, customers, regulators, business partners, opinion leaders, or employees, JWH LEGAL, Attorneys & Counselors understands that the most effective client advocacy often extends beyond the courtroom – and into the court of public opinion.

In May, the Annual Awards of the International Association of Business Communicators, Dallas, recognized the firm’s Issues & Crisis Management group as the 2015 Overall Winner in Media Relations.