Securities Litigation
High-stakes civil and criminal securities litigation defense informed by deep trial and investigative experience.
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.
Our Experience
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
All Things Investigations Podcast
The All Things Investigations podcast discusses key legal issues in white-collar and other investigations in the U.S. and abroad.
Latest Updates
Second Circuit Victory Earns Hughes Hubbard Team ‘Litigator of the Week’ Recognition
The American Lawyer named a Hughes Hubbard team a runner-up for Litigator of the Week following a major appellate victory on behalf of the Customs and Tax Administration of the Kingdom of Denmark, or Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT). In a unanimous opinion issued Aug. 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a judgment exceeding $476 million and rejected the defendants’ challenge to SKAT’s fraud claims.
Hughes Hubbard Wins New York Law Journal’s Law Firm of the Year
Hughes Hubbard has won Law Firm of the Year: Midsize Firms at the New York Law Journal’s 2026 New York Legal Awards. The honor recognizes the firm’s outstanding work for clients, including landmark recoveries in international litigation and advising on significant cross-border deals, as well as its pro bono work.
SKAT Wins Second Circuit Appeal Affirming $476M Victory
Hughes Hubbard secured a significant victory on behalf of SKAT, with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirming a judgment exceeding $476 million and rejecting the defendants’ challenge to SKAT’s fraud claims.
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