Dentons, Boies Schiller Hit With RICO Suit by Former Client (1)

Law firms Dentons US LLP and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP are facing claims by a former client who alleges the firms engaged in racketeering and fraud in connection with their representation of him on a Senegal power deal.

Dentons, and later Boies Schiller, failed to advise the client that his agreement with Senelec, a state-owned Senegalese power supply entity, would never be effective unless approved by the entity’s board, according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Plaintiff Frank Corsini and his associated companies Liberty-Citic Energy Cayman Ltd. and Liberty Eco ...