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Tapan R. Oza

Associate
Overview

Tapan R. Oza is an associate in the Litigation practice group at Greenspoon Marder.  Mr. Oza focuses his practice on complex cross-border commercial and insolvency disputes and government investigations. He has experience representing clients in federal courts, including bankruptcy courts, and administrative proceedings, as well as in responding to government enforcement actions instituted by varying government agencies.

Mr. Oza earned his Juris Doctor degree while attending Columbia Law School and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.  During his third year of law school, Mr. Oza attended Sciences Po in Paris, France, earning a master’s degree in Economic Law. Prior to that, Mr. Oza received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from New York University, with a minor in French.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, 2016
    • Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
    • Columbia Journal of European Law
  • Master in Economic Law, Sciences Po, 2016
  • B.A., magna cum laude, New York University, International Relations, 2013
    • Minor in French
    • Presidential Honors Scholars Program

Languages

  • French
  • Gujarati (verbal)
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Representation of individual in connection with a motion to disqualify the client’s former lawyers from questioning him as a third-party witness in an arbitral proceeding.
  • Representation of a company in connection with various class actions alleging, among others, securities fraud, commodities fraud and RICO claims following the collapse of a digital asset.
  • Representation of a corporation in bankruptcy proceedings that were filed by creditors of its subsidiary-debtors who had purportedly seized control of the debtors in a foreign country.
  • Representation of an exploration company whose subsidiary’s claim was expropriated by a sovereign against fraudulent transfer claims.
  • Representation of a shipping company to enforce an arbitral award against a sovereign.
  • Representation of a producer in connection with FERC pipeline ratemaking proceedings.
  • Pro bono representation of an unaccompanied minor: filed a habeas corpus petition to challenge the client’s detention without a hearing or bond by the federal government following his 18th birthday.

Professional and Community Involvement

  • City Bar Justice Center, Pro Bono Leadership, Member, 2024-Present

 

 

 

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