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Jefferson E. Bell

Jefferson
Bell

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jbell@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 212.351.2395

FAX:+1 212.351.5295

New York

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166-0193 USA

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PRACTICE

Securities Litigation Antitrust and Competition Class Actions Financial Institutions International Arbitration Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Jefferson E. Bell is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.  Mr. Bell has extensive experience in a wide variety of complex business and commercial disputes in federal and state courts, with an emphasis on financial services litigation, securities litigation, class actions, and antitrust matters.

Mr. Bell has been identified every year since 2014 as a “Rising Star”  by Super Lawyers New York Metro.

Representative public matters include:

  • UBS: Represented UBS in multiple matters including the following:
    • More than 30 federal class-action and individual lawsuits involving the alleged manipulation of LIBOR and other interest rate benchmarks. Multiple district courts have dismissed suits in their entirety and UBS alone defeated certification of the three principle class actions in the leading multi-district litigation.
    • Antitrust class action litigation involving the alleged manipulation of the market for GSE Bonds by sixteen of the world’s largest financial institutions.
    • Antitrust class action litigation alleging the manipulation of ICE LIBOR by the banks that make up the submission panel.
  • AIG: Represented an AIG affiliate in its lengthy high-profile civil RICO, fraud, and breach of contract trial in the Southern District of New York against an originator of life settlements, which resulted in a successful settlement and was recognized by Benchmark Litigation as its “Impact Case of the Year” in 2016.
  • BlackRock: Represented BlackRock in litigation alleging a purported criminal conspiracy with PIMCO to target MBS mortgage servicers.
  • Chevron: Represented Chevron in the action that won a judgment of civil RICO liability against defendants for using corrupt means to obtain a $9 billion dollar judgment against Chevron in an environmental case brought in the courts of Ecuador. An injunction was obtained against Steven Donziger, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs in the Ecuadorian case, and two of his clients, barring them from profiting from the $9 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron, which the court found was procured by fraud.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland: Represented RBS in successful resolution of a lawsuit alleging fraud in the sales of $300 billion dollars of residential mortgage-backed certificates.
  • Guggenheim Securities: Represented Guggenheim Securities in connection with its litigation financial advisory practice in multiple matters.
  • JPMorgan Chase: Represented JPMorgan Chase in connection with False Claims Act and FIRREA claims brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York related to mortgage-related government insurance program, including conducting a significant internal investigation related to these issues.  Successfully resolved investigation and related qui tam litigation.
  • Representing boards of various public companies in connection with lawsuits arising out of strategic transactions, including directors at Yahoo and Diamond Resorts.

Mr. Bell received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2006.  At Harvard Law School, Mr. Bell was an articles editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.  Prior to law school, Mr. Bell was a business strategy consultant for American Express in New York.  Mr. Bell graduated from Harvard College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.

Mr. Bell is admitted to practice before the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, as well as New York state courts.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2006 Juris Doctor

Harvard University - 2001 Bachelor of Science

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - August 11, 2020 | 2020 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - February 19, 2020 | 2019 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - August 15, 2019 | 2019 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Article - May 15, 2019 | In ‘Aruba Networks,’ Del. High Court Emphasizes Deal Price as a Measure of Appraisal Value
Client Alert - March 5, 2019 | 2018 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - July 26, 2018 | 2018 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Article - June 13, 2018 | Chancery Court Rejects Demand Futility in Absence of Particularized Allegations
Article - February 22, 2018 | Court Reevaluates Stockholder Ratification of Director Compensation for First Time in Decades
Client Alert - February 1, 2018 | 2017 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - July 20, 2017 | 2017 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Article - June 14, 2017 | When Do Derivative Claims “Survive” Mergers – ‘Massey II’ Adds Clarity
Article - May 16, 2017 | Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies, Applies Choice of Law to Multistate Disputes
Client Alert - April 12, 2017 | M&A Report – Delaware Chancery Court Finds Stockholder Vote To Be Coerced and Not Fully Informed in In re Saba Software, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
Client Alert - March 29, 2017 | M&A Report – Transactions with Non-Conflicted Controlling Stockholders and Obtaining the “Fully Informed, Uncoerced Vote” of Disinterested Stockholders
Client Alert - January 25, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Article - January 18, 2017 | Claims Involving a Limited Partnership Deal Are Derivative Under ‘Tooley’ Test
Article - October 19, 2016 | Chancery Court: Disclosure Claims Should Be Brought Before Closing
Article - July 20, 2016 | Hastily Filed Derivative Suits Can Have Preclusive Effect
Client Alert - July 14, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Article - May 25, 2016 | Further Guidance on Advancing Litigation Costs to Officers, Directors
Client Alert - January 25, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Article - August 19, 2015 | Chancery Clarifies Scope of ‘Equitable Standing’ in Derivative Actions
Article - May 20, 2015 | Stockholder Ratification of Compensation for Non-employee Directors
Article - February 17, 2015 | Hurdles in Appraisal Actions for Companies Sold in ‘Robust’ Auction
Client Alert - July 15, 2014 | 2014 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - July 15, 2014 | Forum Selection Bylaws: One Year After Boilermakers
Client Alert - April 16, 2014 | Entire Fairness Revlon Standards When Control Group Is Involved
Client Alert - January 16, 2013 | Chancery Court Provides Guidance on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Waive’ Standstill Provisions
Client Alert - October 2, 2012 | Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Hastily Filed Caremark Action for Lack of Adequate Investigation but Explicitly Preserves Potential Claims by Other Shareholders and Counsel
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