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Meaghan Gragg

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New York City, Miami

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+1 (305) 423-8904

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Meaghan Gragg is a partner in Hughes Hubbard’s Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the firm’s Art Law Group. She has extensive experience in handling high-stakes, complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis in international arbitration and cross-border litigation. Meaghan also advises artists, art advisors, auction houses, collectors, estates, galleries, museums and non-profits in a variety of transactional matters.

Meaghan was named to Crain’s New York Business’ “Notable Women in Law” list in 2022. In 2017, Meaghan was one of thirty attorneys named by the New York Law Journal as a “Rising Star.” She is also listed by Legal 500.

Meaghan serves on the Boards of the Legal Aid Society of New York and Performance Space New York.

Before joining Hughes Hubbard, Meaghan clerked for the Honorable Ursula Ungaro, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

Previous Experience

  • Judicial law clerk, the Honorable Ursula Ungaro, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2006–2008

Professional Activities

  • Firm governance: Member, Executive Committee (2020-2022); Co-Chair, Committee on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Co-Chair, Personnel Committee
  • Fellow, David Rockefeller Fellows Program of the Partnership for New York City (2022)
  • Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2018)
  • Board Member, Legal Aid Society of New York
  • Board Member, Performance Space New York 
  • Board Member, New York County Lawyers Association

Recognition

  • Named to Crain’s New York Business’ “Notable Women in Law” list, 2022
  • Named to Profiles in Diversity Journal’s "Women Worth Watching" list, 2022
  • Named by the New York Law Journal as a “Rising Star,” 2017
  • Named by New York Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star," 2015-2017
  • Listed by Legal 500 

Highlighted Publications

  • Co-author, “Looted Art Seizures Show Collectors Should Update Policies,” Law360, February 14, 2023
  • Co-author, "Limited Liability Companies," Chapter 104 in Commercial Litigation in New York State, Fifth Edition, edited by Robert L. Haig, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, 2020
  • Author, “Intermediate Transfers May Be Safe From 546(e) Safe Harbor,” Law360, November 13, 2017

Highlighted Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, “Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: Prague Rules versus IBA Rules,” The 4th International CARTAL Conference on International Arbitration, National Law University, Jodhpur, India, October 5, 2019

Court Admissions

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Highlighted Matters

  • Representation of Cantor Fitzgerald in a Singapore-seated commercial arbitration
  • Representation of the Tokyo Electric Power Company in a Tokyo-seated arbitration in a dispute over the termination of a long-term uranium supply contract based on its force majeure clause
  • Representation of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a false advertising dispute under the Lanham Act
  • Representation of the independent Board of Directors of a financial services company in conducting an internal investigation relating to a former executive’s claims against the company 
  • Representation of the independent Board of Directors of a media company in conducting an internal investigation relating to an executive’s alleged use of fraudulent vendors to defraud the company
  • Representation of Broadcast Music Inc. in a music licensing dispute
  • Representation of Citibank, Société Générale, BBVA Compass Bank, and Portigon Financial Services in commercial disputes
  • Representation of auction houses, art advisors, artists, estates, galleries, museums, non-profits and private collectors in commercial disputes and business advice, including non-disclosure agreements, consignment agreements, purchase and sales agreements, representation agreements, commission agreements, licensing agreements, loan agreements and catalogues raisonnés
  • Representation of fiduciaries and beneficiaries in estates and trusts disputes in New York County Surrogate’s Court
  • Representation of the Trustee in the $120 billion liquidation of Lehman Brothers Inc., the largest stockbroker ever to fail and part of the largest bankruptcy in history
  • Representation of the Trustee in the liquidation of MF Global Inc., the largest futures commission merchant ever to fail and among the ten largest bankruptcies in history
  • Representation of Imerys S.A., a French multibillion dollar mining company, in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of certain of its U.S. talc mining subsidiaries
  • Representation of the Chapter 11 Debtors in the reorganization of Republic Airways Holdings Inc. in litigation of disputes over the Debtors’ comprehensive settlements with Delta Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines
  • Representation of the Chapter 11 Debtors in the reorganization of CST Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest and leading tank and dome manufacturer, in litigation of an equitable subordination and lender liability action
  • Representation of the Republic of the Seychelles in an action brought in the Southern District of New York under the Alien Tort Claims Act

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Meaghan Gragg and Sigrid Jernudd Author “Looted Art Seizures Show Collectors Should Update Policies” in Law360
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Hughes Hubbard Bolsters International Arbitration Practice
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Meaghan Gragg Named 2022 'Women Worth Watching' by Profiles in Diversity Journal
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Meaghan Gragg Named as a David Rockefeller Fellow
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Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2021
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Meaghan Gragg Named to Crain’s 2022 ‘Notable Women in Law’
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Hughes Hubbard Recognized by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) With a 2021 Compass Award
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Hughes Hubbard Hits It Big for Casino Operator in Singapore Court
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Hughes Hubbard’s Art Practice Again Recognized by Chambers
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Five HHR Associates Selected for NYC Bar's 2021 Leadership Institute
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Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2021
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Another Win for Casino Operator in Singapore
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Litigation Wrap: Second Quarter 2020
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HHR Wins Big for Casino Operator With $296M Award Upheld
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Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2020
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Singaporean Court Upholds Arbitration Victory for Casino Operator
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Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2019
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Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2019
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HHR Keeps Up Strong Showing in AmLaw, Law360 Diversity Surveys
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Hughes Hubbard Leads Tepco to Success in Uranium Supply Contract Dispute
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Who We Are: A Look Inside Our Art Law Practice Group
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Celebrating International Women's Day
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M. Shams Billah Selected for New York City Bar Associate Leadership Institute
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Hughes Hubbard Wins Relief for Victims of Debt Collection Scheme
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Hughes Hubbard Obtains Asylum for West African Woman
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​Hughes Hubbard Helps Secure Appellate Win for Spanish Broadcasting System
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Hughes Hubbard’s Lehman Team Achieves Mission Impossible
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​Firm Secures Asylum for Guyanese Transgender Woman
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Hughes Hubbard's Lehman Team Marks 10th Anniversary
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Litigation Wrap: Second Quarter 2018
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Firm Wins 2 Turnaround Atlas Awards for Restructuring Work
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Hughes Hubbard Ranked Among Law360's Best Firms for Minority Attorneys
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​Hughes Hubbard Wins Approval to Settle Class Action Lawsuit With Debt Collector
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Meaghan Gragg Selected as a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
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Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2017
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Hughes Hubbard Maintains Perfect Score on LGBTQ Equality Report
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In Law360: Intermediate Transfers May Be Safe From 546(e) Safe Harbor
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Firm Maintains Perfect Score on LGBTQ Equality Report
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Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2017
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New York Law Journal Names Meaghan Gragg a 2017 Rising Star
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Partner Meaghan Gragg Named a 2017 "Rising Star" by The New York Law Journal
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Litigation Wrap: Second Quarter 2017
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​Hughes Hubbard Helps New York's Artists Space Secure New Home
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In The American Lawyer: Big Suits
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Crystallex Wins US Confirmation of $1.4B Arbitral Award Against Venezuela
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LGBT Affinity Group Leader Strives to Further Tolerance
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Hughes Hubbard Obtains Asylum for Transgender Immigrant
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Two Promoted to Partnership and Two to Counsel
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Firm Earns Top Marks in 2017 Corporate Equality Index
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Hughes Hubbard Earns Perfect Score in HRC's 2016 Corporate Equality Index
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Hughes Hubbard Wins Second Circuit Appeal on Bonus Claim
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Lehman Team Wins Approval for $1.89B Creditor Payout
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Hughes Hubbard Defeats Debt Collector's Second Arbitration Bid
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Lehman Team to Pay Unsecured Creditors Another $2.2B
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​Hughes Hubbard's CRG Named Among Law360 Practice Groups of the Year
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Lehman Team Wins Approval to Begin Payout to Senior Creditors
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​Hughes Hubbard Receives 2014 Safe Haven Award From Immigration Equality
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Hughes Hubbard Achieves Asylum for Persecuted Gay Belizean
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Hughes Hubbard Achieves Asylum for Persecuted Gay Man
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District Court Affirms Decision Regarding Set-Off in Lehman
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Education
  • University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 2006, cum laude, Research Editor, Florida Law Review 2005-2006
  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 2002, with High Honors
Bar Admissions
  • California, 2009
  • Florida, 2007
  • New York, 2009
Areas of Focus
Arbitration
Art Law
Complex Business Disputes
Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy
Litigation

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