Our team of trial lawyers represents corporations, directors, officers, investment banks, board advisors, and shareholders in high-stakes securities litigation. We have successfully handled class actions involving claims of securities fraud and other alleged violations of federal and state securities laws, and we are one of few firms ever to have brought securities fraud cases to trial.
We also have deep experience handling derivative and class action suits alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and related claims, including challenges to mergers and other corporate transactions, litigation relating to proxy contests and corporate control disputes, and other fiduciary-based claims. Our experience includes significant cases before the Delaware Court of Chancery and matters arising under Delaware law.
Our securities work extends to regulatory matters, including SEC enforcement proceedings and broker-dealer disputes. We also advise boards of directors and management teams on corporate governance issues, proxy contests, ESG topics, and risk mitigation.
In philosophy and practice, our approach is always to prepare for trial — and prepare to win. We employ bold strategies, drawing on our experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants to anticipate and outmaneuver our adversaries’ tactics. When trial isn’t the right outcome, our reputation and talent in trying cases helps drive favorable settlements for our clients.
Our representations have shaped securities law with historic implications, such as when we successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Halliburton cases, which upheld Basic’s fraud-on-the-market presumption and held that defendants may seek to rebut the presumption for purposes of defeating class certification.