Shareholder, Securities, & Derivative Litigation

Our litigation team has represented scores of corporations, directors, officers, shareholders, investors, and lenders in disputes arising from the ownership and management of businesses. These disputes can be brought for a number of reasons, including breach of duty, self-dealing, failures to disclose, questionable approval of corporate transactions, and corporate waste.

The experience of our trial team allows us to assist clients across the spectrum in shareholder, derivative, or securities litigation – be it defending officers and directors to defeat a claim alleging breach of a fiduciary duty or advocating for a shareholder in a derivative capacity.

Our experience extends to:

• Shareholder disputes and derivative actions
• Securities actions
• ERISA actions
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• SEC investigations
• Securities fraud
• Proxy contests and corporate control litigation
• Merger and acquisition litigation
• Internal investigations

An important aspect of our firm is our diversity in defending as well as pursuing shareholder, derivative, and securities claims. Experience guiding the process on both sides of the equation allows us to provide our clients with a unique perspective that aids in ultimately advancing their objectives. Our work in shareholder, derivative, and securities disputes often includes advising a board of directors or special litigation committee following a shareholder demand, guiding internal investigations, or assisting a shareholder in drafting a demand.

Our business clients often turn to us in a proactive capacity to create and implement compliance schemes to minimize risk of a claim or to conduct internal investigations when it appears as though a claim is on the horizon. We have the experience, judgment, and professional approach to guide our clients through the challenges and uncertainty of any shareholder, derivative, or securities dispute.