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Ben A. Sherwood

Ben
Sherwood

Associate Attorney

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bsherwood@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 212.351.2671

FAX:+1 212.817.9471

New York

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

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PRACTICE

Litigation Antitrust and Competition Class Actions Securities Litigation Trials

BIOGRAPHY

Ben A. Sherwood is an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is a commercial litigator with an emphasis on antitrust disputes. He has represented clients in a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, industrials, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and technology.

Ben’s representative engagements include:

  • Defending a drug manufacturer in a competitor lawsuit alleging monopolization of the market for certain cholesterol-reducing medications.
  • Defending a software company in multidistrict class action litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix prices.
  • Defending a medical device manufacturer in a competitor lawsuit alleging monopolization of the market for certain types of hospital equipment.
  • Representing an upstream oil and gas producer in numerous proceedings stemming from its bankruptcy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Defended a fund manager and investment adviser in a class action lawsuit brought by a family office alleging breaches of contract and fiduciary duty in connection with the closing of an investment fund.
  • Represented a special committee of the board of directors of a multinational conglomerate in connection with shareholder litigation demands alleging excessive executive compensation.

Outside the Firm, Ben is a member of the Antitrust Law Sections of the American and New York State Bar Associations. He serves on the Monopolization and Big Tech Committee of the New York State Bar Association.

Before joining the Firm, Ben served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2017.  Before law school, he was a trader at a high-frequency trading firm. Ben received his A.B. in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 2012.

He is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2017 Juris Doctor

University of Chicago - 2012 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

New York Bar

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