Securities Litigation
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP • A New York Limited Liability Partnership
One Battery Park Plaza • New York, New York 10004-1482 • +1 (212) 837-6000
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The area of securities litigation spans a wide range of matters, and all of them are critical and require strategic direction. Hughes Hubbard & Reed has a highly regarded team with experience representing public and private companies, registered securities broker-dealers, directors and officers, underwriters and other outside professionals, investors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation in all types of securities, cryptocurrencies and commodities litigation.
For more than 40 years, our team has represented corporations and individuals in high-level and delicate internal investigations. This experience includes civil and criminal investigations into alleged accounting abuses of corporate expense accounts and gift and travel policies in a wide range of industries. To address ongoing changes in the law, we have added lawyers with substantial experience in criminal law gained through working in prominent prosecutorial offices.
For more information on our Securities Litigation practice, please contact:
Marc A. Weinstein
Co-Chair
Shahzeb Lari
Co-Chair
Areas of experience
- Civil securities fraud class actions
- Shareholder derivative litigation
- Investigations
- Arbitrations
- Criminal prosecutions
- Inquiries and administrative proceedings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and stock exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters
Industry experience
- Accounting
- Banking
- Computers
- Commodities
- Energy
- Insurance
- Investment banking
- Manufacturing
- Mutual funds
- Pharmaceutical
- Securities
- Wholesale and retail
Shahzeb Lari
Co-Chair
Marc A. Weinstein
Co-Chair
Derek J.T. Adler
Partner
Charles W. Cohen
Partner
Michael A. DeBernardis
Partner
Amina Hassan
Partner
Terence Healy
Partner
Yi-Chin Ho
Partner
Christopher K. Kiplok
Partner
William R. Maguire
Partner
Daniel J. McLaughlin
Partner
Neil J. Oxford
Partner
Robb W. Patryk
Partner
Seth D. Rothman
Partner
Fara Tabatabai
Partner
Daniel H. Weiner
Partner
Thomas H. Lee
Special Counsel
Edward J.M. Little
Senior Counsel
Theodore V.H. Mayer
Senior Counsel
John T. McGoey
Counsel
Carl W. Mills
Counsel
Sean M. Reilly
Counsel
William R. Stein
Senior Counsel
Nicolas Swerdloff
Senior Counsel
David Wiltenburg
Senior Counsel
Carolyn Harbus
Associate
Winthrop S. Jordan
Associate
Tiauna N. Mathieu
Associate
Persis Moore
Associate
Erin Pamukcu
Associate
Carter Rosekrans
Associate
Katherine Taylor
Associate
Litigation after the Demise of Chevron Deference
Delaware Chancery Court Issues Two Stark Reminders: “When Market Practice Meets a Statute, the Statute Prevails”
Delaware Court of Chancery: Controlling Stockholders Have Fiduciary Duties When Voting to Change the “Status Quo”
Am I My Buyer’s Keeper? Delaware Court Upholds Aiding and Abetting Claims Against Officers of the Target Company in SPAC Deal
Delaware Chancery Denies Motion To Dismiss Where “Allegations As A Whole Suggest Inequitable Conduct” On The Part Of Corporate Decisionmakers
What the Top Shot Moments Decision Means for NFTs
McDonald’s: Corporate Officers Served a Combo of Duties
Virtual Shareholder Meetings: What to Know in the Era of COVID-19
HHR Lawyers and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers 2024 and Legal 500 United States 2024
Michael DeBernardis and Tiauna N. Mathieu Author “Bribery Settlement Gives Insight on DOJ Policies” in Law360
HHR Attorneys Named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America List for 2024
Yi-Chin Ho Joins Hughes Hubbard as Co-Chair of China Practice
Chair of HHR’s Litigation Department Dan Weiner Featured in The American Lawyer’s Litigation Leaders Q&A
HHR Attorneys Included in Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America Guide
Several Practice Groups and Attorneys Recognized by Legal 500 In Latest Guides
HHR Lawyers and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers
Amina Hassan and Jim Kobak Appointed to Two Law360 Advisory Boards
The Case of Audet v. Fraser: Hashlets, Hashtakers, Hashpoints and PayCoin, Oh My!
Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2021
Firm Wins Critical Ruling for Syracuse Mountains in PDVSA Bond Case
In The AmLaw Litigation Daily: The SEC Said ‘Hashlets’ Were a Security. This Federal Jury Disagrees.
HHR Wins Groundbreaking Jury Verdict in Crypto Fraud Trial
Firm Leads Banco Santander’s Auto Lending Unit in $2.5B Deal to Go Private
HHR Lawyers and Practice Groups Recognized by Chambers and The Legal 500
Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2021
Firm Helps Sellas Defeat Investors’ Securities Fraud Suit
New York’s Top Court Backs HHR Position on Key Provision in RMBS
Litigation Wrap: Second Half 2020
HHR’s Paraguay Deal Named ‘Infrastructure Financing of the Year’
Firm and 43 Lawyers Recommended in Legal 500 Guides
Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2020
HHR Wins Pivotal Victory for Denmark in $2.1B Tax Fraud Case
Partner Fara Tabatabai Named 2019 'Rising Star' by New York Law Journal
Hughes Hubbard Adds New Partner Shahzeb Lari to Litigation Practice
Judge Confirms Initial Victory for Denmark in $2.1B Tax Fraud Case
Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2018
Hughes Hubbard Promotes Four to Partnership and Ten to Counsel
Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2018
Litigation Wrap: First Quarter 2018
Firm Gets Breach of Contract Suit Dismissed for Uranium Energy
In NYLJ: Applying the Proportionality Standard Under Rule 26 Against the SEC
Litigation Wrap: Fourth Quarter 2017
Hughes Hubbard Promotes Three to Partnership and Six to Counsel
In NYLJ: Understanding the Full Impact of ‘Kokesh’ On SEC Enforcement Proceedings
Litigation Wrap: Third Quarter 2017
In Law360: A Look At SEC’s Rules Of Practice, A Year After Amendments
In Corporate Counsel: Conducting Effective Internal Investigations - A Checklist for In-House Counsel
HHR Wins Significant Victory for NY Hedge Fund Adviser
In NYLJ: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Disgorgement Claims to Five Years
Litigation Roundup: Fourth Quarter 2016
Historic Victory in New York's Highest Court
Hughes Hubbard Defends Hedge Fund Against SEC Enforcement Action
Win for Deloitte in Second Circuit Appeal
Former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos and Former SEC Division of Enforcement Official Terence Healy Join Hughes Hubbard in Washington, D.C.
Subject Matter Under The FAA
Hughes Hubbard Wins Champerty Dismissal of Fraud Suit Brought By Litigation Funder
Judge Dismisses RICO Claims Against London Investment Firm
Hughes Hubbard Wins Dismissal of ChinaCast Claims Against Deloitte
Appeal Denied in Dismissal of $492M Suit Against Portigon
Hughes Hubbard Assists Deloitte in Defeating Claims Over ChinaCast Audits
Hughes Hubbard Resolves SEC Fraud Lawsuit Against Investment Companies
Hughes Hubbard Retained By BPCE
For Hughes Hubbard, Delayed Doubl'Ô Victory Doubly Sweet
Lehman Team Prevails in Appeal of 'Repo' Claims
HHR Wins Second Dismissal of Madoff Lawsuit Against Ernst & Young
Settlement Reached in Alstom Case a Fraction of Damages Estimated at Outset
Alstom Securities Class Action Ends with a Whimper; Plaintiffs Settle for $6.95 Million
