The Securities Litigation Practice Group offers integrated solutions to corporations in times of unexpected crisis.
The Securities Litigation group offers solutions to the overlapping array of challenges involved in cases ranging from headline-grabbing corporate takeover battles to major financial restatement cases, SEC insider-trading probes or government enforcement actions. Our team of experienced litigation lawyers provides integrated solutions for crisis-related events including:
The American Lawyer named Gibson Dunn a Finalist in its 2022 Litigation Department of the Year competition, noting that “when news breaks and the pressure rises, clients call Gibson Dunn’s litigators to regain control.” This award follows our unprecedented four wins in this biennial competition. Many of our securities litigators have been recognized by publications such as Chambers as among the best in the United States and in key jurisdictions such as New York and California. U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2019 named Gibson Dunn Law Firm of the Year in Securities Litigation, and Law360 named the firm a 2018 Securities Practice Group of the Year.
Our partners include a number of former senior officials with the SEC, DOJ and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Our California, New York and Washington, D.C., practices are consistently ranked second to none. Working with our White Collar Defense and Investigations, Securities Enforcement and Crisis Management Practice Groups, we offer integrated solutions to the most complex and challenging situations facing corporate America whether at home or abroad.
In the wake of the financial crisis and the corporate scandals of the past several years, U.S. corporations have been engulfed by securities class action litigation. These lawsuits pose a significant financial risk not only to the company, but also to its senior management and directors, who are frequently named as individual defendants.
Experience
Gibson Dunn has an outstanding record of obtaining favorable results for our clients in major securities class actions.
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All too often, derivative actions are filed on the heels of securities fraud class actions. These cases, which are purportedly brought on behalf of the company against its directors, pose a particular concern for board members.
Experience
Gibson Dunn has decades of experience representing companies and their directors and officers in defending, and taking control of, shareholder derivative actions.
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Securities litigation is sometimes preceded by, or occurs parallel with, an internal investigation under the supervision of a special committee of the board of directors. Our lawyers are frequently called on to advise such special committees in conducting internal investigations into alleged insider trading, improper revenue recognition, breaches of fiduciary duty, and violations of U.S. federal and state statutes including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In recent years, we have conducted independent investigations for the audit committees of numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Gibson Dunn’s securities litigators know that early and aggressive crisis management can enhance a corporation’s credibility with law enforcement officials, regulators and the investment community and head off or limit corporate exposure.
Gibson Dunn’s Securities Litigation Group has extensive experience defending the litigation that inevitably follows the announcement of public company mergers. We work closely with our corporate lawyers and anticipate potential issues before a deal is announced, minimizing the costs and risks associated with the fast-paced discovery and preliminary injunction battles that often accompany such deals. We have successfully handled these types of proceedings all over the United States, through both aggressive litigation on the merits and, where appropriate, favorable settlement.
Our M&A practice, including takeover defense, is one of the most extensive and well-respected. According to Corporate Control Alert, Gibson Dunn ranks among the top five firms in helping takeover targets defend themselves. We have worked on many of the major hostile offers in the United States and abroad.
Our securities litigators also represent companies, directors and their financial advisers in connection with shareholder litigation arising out of proposed mergers.
Experience
Our track record is hardly surprising, as Gibson Dunn lawyers created many of the legal ideas and strategies that others in the legal industry now employ.
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Gibson Dunn is a leader in defending companies and individuals facing investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the SEC, state Attorneys General, and other federal and state regulatory agencies. We represent directors, officers, issuers, underwriters and auditors in enforcement matters. Our lawyers also routinely represent clients before FINRA (formerly NASD), the New York Stock Exchange, and other regulatory and self-regulatory organizations.
Experience
While many of our finest representations are cases that were never brought and thus that we cannot detail, a few may be shared as examples.
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