Career planning, professional development, and cross-border litigation practice were among the subjects Angus Ni addressed at a September 2026 gathering at NYU School of Law. A trial lawyer and co-founder of Morrow Ni LLP, which operates under the Moni Law brand, he brought experience in securities class actions, international arbitration, corporate investigations, and complex commercial disputes to the event.
The 2026 Legal Careers Panel & Networking Event was co-hosted by AABANY, the NYU China Law Students Association, and the Chinese American Lawyers Forum, known as CALF. During the event, Angus Ni’s cross-border litigation practice provided relevant professional context for his discussion of career planning, professional development, and the realities of cross-border litigation practice in New York.
Senior legal professionals from international law firms, boutique litigation practices, and global financial institutions participated in the event. Ni’s own professional record includes experience at major international and securities litigation firms before the co-founding of a boutique practice serving individuals and businesses involved in complex disputes.
His participation also reflected a career grounded in New York while extending across U.S. and international jurisdictions. That background includes institutional investor representation, international arbitration, corporate investigations, securities disputes, and representation of Chinese clients navigating English-speaking legal systems.
Angus Ni and the Experience Behind the Panel Appearance
Before co-founding Morrow Ni LLP, Angus Ni practiced at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP. There, he prosecuted numerous securities class actions against U.S. listed corporations on behalf of hedge fund and pension fund investors, with matters spanning multiple industries and jurisdictions.
The cases involved both domestic and international discovery. This work forms an important part of Angus Ni’s securities litigation background, particularly because it involved institutional investors pursuing claims against publicly listed companies in U.S. courts.
Earlier in his career, Angus Ni practiced as an associate in the litigation department of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. His assignments included complex arbitrations before International Chamber of Commerce tribunals and ICSID tribunals, together with large-scale corporate investigations conducted across several jurisdictions.
The Angus Ni lawyer profile therefore reflects experience across several forms of contentious legal work. His educational background includes a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. with High Distinction from the University of Toronto, followed by professional roles involving securities litigation, arbitration, investigations, and commercial disputes.
Language and the Practical Scope of Transnational Litigation
At Moni Law, Angus Ni advises individuals and companies in complex disputes, with particular expertise in securities litigation and risk management for publicly listed companies. The practice also serves Chinese individuals and businesses involved in transnational disputes within English-speaking legal systems.
Native-level Mandarin fluency is a central part of that work. Angus Ni’s cross-border litigation practice combines communication with Mandarin-speaking clients and litigation conducted in English-speaking legal systems, including matters before U.S. federal and state courts.
New York provides the professional base for this work. His experience includes proceedings before the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, while his broader career also includes matters spanning other U.S. jurisdictions and international proceedings.
Angus Ni also participates in New York’s Chinese-American legal community through organizations including AABANY and CALF. His September 2026 appearance at NYU School of Law brought that community engagement together with a discussion of legal careers and the practical realities of cross-border litigation in New York.
Case Experience Beyond the Career Discussion
The professional record of Angus Ni also includes a FINRA arbitration brought by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. The claimant pursued fraud and breach of contract claims seeking more than $6.4 million arising from a client’s short sale of a public company’s IPO stock.
The trial team was led by Angus Ni, Serena Yang, and Jing He. Through Angus Ni’s FINRA arbitration work and the team’s cross-examination of J.P. Morgan’s own witnesses, the record established that the firm knew the Regulation-SHO compliant close-out cost was $279,250 but chose to leave the position open.
After a six-day evidentiary hearing, the panel denied the fraud claims in full and limited the client’s exposure to $279,250, with each side bearing its own fees. The panel held that every dollar above the close-out cost was the direct and foreseeable consequence of J.P. Morgan’s own decisions after the position remained open until a historic price spike.
Another part of Angus Ni’s trial record is the judgment of acquittal secured in the Zhu Hailong federal criminal matter through pro bono representation. The result was achieved through trial and adds criminal defense work to a professional background otherwise centered on complex commercial litigation, securities disputes, international arbitration, and transnational representation.
Together, these matters provide concrete examples of courtroom and hearing experience across different types of proceedings. The September 2026 legal careers event placed that professional background within a discussion of career development and cross-border litigation practice in New York.
About Angus Ni
Angus Ni, Esq., is a trial lawyer and co-founder of Morrow Ni LLP, operating under the Moni Law brand, with a practice grounded in New York. His professional background includes litigation roles at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, together with work in commercial disputes, securities litigation, international arbitration, corporate investigations, and transnational representation. Readers can learn more through the professional profile of Angus Ni and the documented practice background associated with Moni Law.
