Anil Makhijani is a partner who joined Quinn Emanuel's New York office in 2012. His practice focuses on bankruptcy and financial litigation. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2019, Anil helped lead the legal and operations work at the Human Diagnosis Project and worked as a cybersecurity attorney at IBM. Prior to law school, Anil had a career as an engineer, working as a systems engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and a software engineer at Openplans.
- Aptos Labs
- Charter Communications
- In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. et al. Conflicts Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
- Fortescue Future Industries
- IBM
- Counsel for Aptos Labs in case filed in New York state court by billionaire Shari Glazer, seeking $1 billion in damages based on claim that she was co-founder of Aptos, rather than simply an investor. Case settled on confidential terms.
- Successfully defended TWC Product and Technology in Hart v. TWC, a putative class action in the Northern District of California relating to TWC’s data privacy practices. Plaintiffs alleged that TWC’s use of geolocation data for advertising violated users’ right to privacy under the California Constitution, resulted in unfair competition, and that TWC was unjustly enriched. After defeating class certification, the case was resolved on individual basis.
- Represented the Official Creditors Committee of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. in several multibillion dollar lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase & Co., including litigation relating to JPMorgan’s demand for $8.6 billion in cash collateral in the last week before Lehman filed for chapter 11 (S.D.N.Y.), JPMorgan’s liquidation of billions of dollars of LBHI’s securities collateral (the largest such liquidation in U.S. history), and the calculations of close out amounts arising from the early termination of nearly 70,000 derivatives trades. JPMorgan agreed to pay LBHI $797.5 million to settle the matters. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- Represented the Official Creditors Committee of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. in a multibillion lawsuit against Citibank, N.A., including litigation over Citi’s calculations of close out amounts arising from the early termination of nearly 30,000 derivative trades.
- Represented current and former officers and directors of Lukoil North Americas in a fraudulent conveyance and breach of fiduciary duty suit brought by creditors of its former subsidiary, Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc. (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- Prevailed after trial in post-confirmation litigation awarding 70% of bankruptcy estate and finding that certain liens on oil and gas leases spanning ~110k acres failed the Texas Statute of Conveyances and were avoidable under bankruptcy’s strong-arm powers. See In re Sanchez Energy Corp., 2023 Bankr. Lexis 1935 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Aug. 3, 2023) and 2021 Bankr. LEXIS 566 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Mar. 9, 2021); see also Sanchez Energy judge unlocks potential value for junior creditors in lien dispute, Maria Chutchian, 3/12/21 REUTERS LEGAL.
- Prevailing after trial in post-confirmation litigation awarding 70% of bankruptcy estate and finding that certain liens on oil and gas leases spanning ~110k acres failed the Texas Statute of Conveyances and were avoidable under bankruptcy’s strong-arm powers. See In re Sanchez Energy Corp., 2023 Bankr. Lexis 1935 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Aug. 3, 2023) and 2021 Bankr. LEXIS 566 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. Mar. 9, 2021); see also Sanchez Energy judge unlocks potential value for junior creditors in lien dispute, Maria Chutchian, 3/12/21 REUTERS LEGAL.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring
- Blockchain and Digital Asset Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Litigation
- Data Privacy & Security
- Delaware Practice
- Energy Sector Disputes
- Distressed Investment Litigation
- Lender Liability & Other Banking Financial Institution Litigation
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
(J.D., 2012)- Penn Law Mock Trial Team
- Giles Rich Moot Court Competition:
- National Semi-finalist
- National Semi-finalist
- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
(M.B.A., Finance and Operations and Information Management, 2012)- Palmer Scholar
- Palmer Scholar
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, 2005)- Eta Kappa Nu
- The State Bar of New York
- The State Bar of New Jersey
- United States District Court:
- Southern District of New York
- The Human Diagnosis Project:
- 2017-2019
- IBM:
- Cybersecurity Counsel, 2016-2017
- Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP:
- Associate, 2012-2016
- Openplans
- Software Engineer, 2007-2009
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Systems Engineer, Systems and Analysis Group, 2005-2007
- South Asian Bar Association, Executive Board Member