Source: https://www.manatt.com/Andrew-A-Bassak
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 00:56:59+00:00

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Andrew A. Bassak is a San Francisco-based business trial lawyer and litigation partner. A seasoned legal strategist with more than 25 years of experience, Andrew’s business trial practice focuses on efficient, results-oriented resolution of multifaceted commercial disputes in federal and state courts, and in arbitration, where he often litigates or negotiates workouts of failed transactions across a broad spectrum of client business sectors, including international cross-border disputes. Andrew’s clients are leaders in their respective industries, including energy, real estate, water, financial services, and both old-world and new-world technology companies. He is highly skilled in the resolution of complex disputes on behalf of corporate and real estate owners, developers, equity investors, and financiers. Andrew regularly resolves concerns of state and federal agencies for his clients, including assisting them in navigating the resolution of environmental liabilities.
Andrew is a past president of the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Northern California Chapter) and currently serves as chair of the Board of Governors of California Trout, a nonprofit focused on solving complex resource issues while balancing the needs of wild fish and people. Andrew has been honored with California Lawyer magazine’s California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award and the National Law Journal’s Pro Bono Award, is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubble, and has been repeatedly selected as a California Super Lawyer.
Lead trial counsel for the private equity owners of a 400 MW power plant in a years-long contract and regulatory dispute over who will bear hundreds of millions of dollars in costs imposed by California’s landmark greenhouse gas legislation, AB 32. The litigation included a five-day arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators, subsequent trial and appellate court litigation in which the courts twice vacated adverse decisions, and advocacy before the California Air Resources Board and California Public Utilities Commission. See Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 1 Cal. App. 5th 68 (2016). Ultimately the matter was resolved favorably before the California Air Resources Control Board.
Acted as lead U.S. counsel for Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain), B.S.C., and its senior executives in a global dispute involving interrelated legal proceedings in Bahrain, New Zealand and California. Obtained the dismissal of a $62 million lender liability lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court alleging breach of fiduciary duties and concealment claims relating to the plaintiff’s entering into a Sharia law-compliant commercial financing transaction, the enforcement of which in Bahrain resulted in a $3.4 million judgment issued by the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, a commercial tribunal established by decree of the King of Bahrain in partnership with the American Arbitration Association. Employing an often-misunderstood aspect of California law, obtained a significant attorneys’ fee award in favor of Manatt’s defendant clients that was upheld on appeal in the Ninth Circuit (Teece v. Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain) B.S.C., 667 Fed. Appx. 931 (2017)).
Teece v. Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain) B.S.C., 667 Fed.Appx. 931 (9th Cir. 2016).
Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 1 Cal.App.5th 68 (2016).
Fleur du Lac Estates Assn. v. Mansouri, 205 Cal.App.4th 249 (2012).
Mansouri v. Superior Court (Fleur du Lac Estates Assn.), 181 Cal.App.4th 633 (2010).
Markstein v. Countryside I, L.L.C., 77 P.3d 389; 2003 WY 122 (Sup. Ct. WY 2003).
Speaker, “Bad Lawyers in the Movies,” Manatt CLE Marathon, Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel, November 8, 2018.
Panelist, “From Climate Change, Condemnations, and Fracking to Inspiration, Optimism, and Improvement,” ALFA International Client Seminar, March 3, 2018.
Speaker, “What the Frac?! Recent Decisions in Lawsuits Challenging Fracking Bans,” ALFA International Oil & Gas Conference, Oct. 24, 2017.
Moderator, “Show Me the Money! Modern Commercial Litigation Finance,” ALFA International Client Seminar, March 4, 2017.
Panelist, “Investigations: Managing the Process and the Resolution,” Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) 2016 Annual Meeting, Oct. 18, 2016.
Moderator, “Hot Topics on Cold Water—Wine Industry Water Issues,” Napa Valley Wine Industry Financial Symposium, Sept. 26, 2016.
Moderator, “Managing E-Discovery in Complex Cases,” ALFA International Client Seminar, March 5, 2011.
Speaker, “Concerned McCloud Citizens v. McCloud Community Services District, et al., and What Followed—Lessons to Be Learned,” Bay Area City Attorneys’ Luncheon, June 24, 2010.
Panelist, “Cross-Border Collections: You Won . . . Now What?” Association of Business Trial Lawyers’ Annual Seminar, Oct. 3, 2009.
Panelist, “Enforcing U.S. Judgments in the U.K. and Other Countries,” ALFA International Client Seminar, March 8, 2008.
Co-author, “From Climate Change, Condemnations, and Fracking to Inspiration, Optimism, and Improvement,” ALFA International Publications, March 4, 2018.
Author, “Show Me the Money! A Survey of Issues Raised by Modern Third Party Litigation Funding,” ALFA International Publications, March 4, 2017.
Quoted, “Legal Challenge to Downtown Berkeley Mixed-Use High-Rise Struck Down,” The Registry, Oct. 28, 2016.
Quoted, “Judge Rules in CEQA Infill Case,” GlobeSt, Oct. 26, 2016.
Author, “California Interference Torts for ‘M&A Collateral Damage’ Cases,” ABTL Report, Spring 2010.
Author, “Going Fishin’: Can plaintiffs discover the identity of potential class members before class is certified?” Feb. 15, 2007.

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