Rebecca D. Raphaelson
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- A valuable part of the team that obtained a nine-figure award for a biopharmaceutical company in a contract dispute with an international pharmaceutical company involving milestone payments under a license and development agreement. Following extensive discovery, briefing, and an evidentiary hearing, an arbitration panel awarded our client all requested relief, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, and rejected the respondents’ nine-figure counterclaims in their entirety.
- Represented General Electric in all phases of environmental remediation and related dredging and construction projects for the Housatonic River area.
- Represented General Electric in the negotiation of construction contracts and resolution of contract disputes for its Hudson River remediation project.
- Represented a limited liability company in complex commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery relating to claims concerning contractual interpretation and fiduciary duties.
- Represented the developer of mixed-use condominium project in litigation against a terminated general contractor asserting a claim of wrongful termination.
- Represented the managing member of limited liability company in an arbitration brought by minority member asserting claims of breach of fiduciary duty and failure to comply with Delaware LLC Act in connection with the development of a mixed-use condominium project.
- Represented an energy company in claims against an EPC contractor regarding the construction of a biomass fuel plant in Barnesville, Georgia.
Construction Law & Counseling
- Represent Sojitz on all aspects of its platform investment into and build-out of its US solar project portfolio.
- Represent DivcoWest in all matters pertaining to construction and design documents for its Cambridge Crossing project in Cambridge, Massachusetts,120 Middlesex project in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Peninsula Crossing project in Burlingame, California.
- Regularly drafts and negotiates design and construction contracts and advises on construction-related issues in development and leasing agreements for a Boston-based real estate firm on developments nationwide.
- Represent an affordable housing developer in negotiation of design and construction agreements for various new developments.
- Drafted a custom construction agreement for a renowned Massachusetts university.
Case Study
Mintz successfully achieved a nine figure arbitration award on behalf of a Boston-based biotechnology company before the International Chamber of Commerce.
Case Study
Mintz assisted GE with procurement, contract operations, and litigation risk management associated with a $1.7 billion environmental cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River in New York and manufacturing sites along the river.