New York · Established MMXI
Representation for matters that cannot be handled twice.
A boutique firm of six partners advising closely held businesses, executives and families where the outcome is structural rather than incidental.
Practice areas
Five disciplines.
We decline more matters than we accept, so that the ones we take can be carried personally.
Firm philosophy
“A client should never learn the state of their own matter from opposing counsel. Everything else we do follows from that single standard.”
Adrian Vaughn · Managing Partner
Managing partner
Adrian Vaughn
Twenty-four years of commercial litigation and governance counsel. Previously a partner in the trial group of a national firm; founded Counsel in 2011 to practise at a deliberately smaller scale.
Admissions
New York · Connecticut · S.D.N.Y.
Education
Columbia Law School, J.D.
Recognition
Chambers-ranked, Commercial Litigation
Languages
English · French
Selected results
What can be described.
Injunction secured in 6 days
Emergency relief protecting a founder's controlling interest during an attempted board action.
$18M dispute resolved pre-suit
Shareholder deadlock at a family manufacturer settled through structured buy-out before filing.
Regulatory inquiry closed
A licensed financial services client cleared with no enforcement action following a nine-month review.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
“They told me the weakness in my own case before opposing counsel found it.”
“Six days from first call to injunction. I have never seen a firm move like that.”
“Discreet to the point of invisibility, which is exactly what the family needed.”
Insights
From the partners.
Confidential consultation