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Robby S. Naoufal

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Los Angeles

+1 (213) 613-2811

robby.naoufal@hugheshubbard.com
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Robby Naoufal is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. As part of the Litigation, Securities Enforcement, and Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice groups, Robby represents clients in all manner of complex commercial litigation, regulatory inquiries, and corporate investigations. 

Robby has experience litigating in California federal and state courts, and has secured victories for clients at both the trial and appellate level. Robby has represented clients in the context of consumer class actions, shareholder class action and derivative suits, executive employment disputes, anti-corruption investigations, and securities enforcement actions, including through formal U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and NYSE Regulation inquiries. Robby has also performed investigations around the globe in matters relating to corruption, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and accounting and securities matters, among others. 

Areas of Concentration

  • Complex business litigation in California federal and state courts on matters including commercial contract disputes, executive employment, consumer class actions, and unfair competition 
  • Corporate governance with an emphasis on shareholder derivative proceedings, conducting internal investigations, counseling board committees
  • Securities litigation, enforcement, and regulation, including SEC/NYSE enforcement actions, shareholder class action and derivative litigation, Exchange Act compliance, and director fiduciary duties
  • Anti-corruption and fraud investigations on behalf of domestic and multinational companies involving SEC regulations, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.K. Bribery Act, and French Sapin II law

Previous Experience

  • Legal Intern, The White House, Executive Office of the President—Justice and Regulatory Policy, Washington, D.C., 2013
  • Law Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, Southern District of California, 2012

Highlighted Publications

  • Co-author, “California Suspends Penalty Portions of California WARN Act in Response to COVID‑19” (2020)
  • Co-author, “2012 US Court of International Trade Decisions on Department of Commerce Market Economy Trade Remedy Decisions,” 45 Georgetown Journal of International Law 1 (2013)

Court Admissions

  • United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Central District of California (CDCA)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (EDCA)
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California (NDCA)
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of California (SDCA)
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia (DDC)
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (NDCA)
  • State Court of California
  • Court of the District of Columbia (DC)

Highlighted Matters

  • Representation of world-leading media company executive in connection with securities class action and derivative litigation
  • Representation of homebuilding company executive in connection with securities class action and derivative litigation
  • Representation of one of the largest e-sports franchises in the world in an internal investigation and related matters
  • Representation of one of the world’s most popular dating apps in consumer class action 
  • Representation of world-leading auction house in litigation concerning high-profile watch auction
  • Representation of world-leading aerospace and defense company in connection with anti-corruption reviews, risk assessments, and related investigations
  • Representation of audit committee members in an SEC enforcement and fraud investigation
  • Representation of oilfield services company with respect to SEC investigation
  • Representation of a broker-dealer in connection with New York Stock Exchange Regulation investigation
  • Representation of emerging growth company with respect to capital fundraising and related securities compliance
  • Representation of tire and automotive services company in connection with employee class action 
  • Representation of a multinational “supermajor” oil and gas company in connection with a worldwide risk-assessment and compliance audit, in coordination with a compliance monitor
  • Representation of a hedge fund and its founder in an administrative proceeding against the SEC alleging fraud and violations of the Exchange Act
  • Representation of a nonprofit executive in a corporate governance and employment dispute
  • Assessment of labor and employment matters on numerous merger and acquisition deals
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Education
  • Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2014, Duke Law Moot Court, Duke Law Mock Trial Board
  • University of California, San Diego, B.A., 2011
Bar Admissions
  • California, 2014
  • District of Columbia, 2016
Areas of Focus
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