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Mr Boris Feldman

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Partner and Head of U.S. Technology

Career

Boris Feldman specializes in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and fiduciary duty and disclosure counselling. Boris has represented many of the leading technology companies: Google, Facebook, Genentech, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Snap, and Hewlett-Packard (complete list here).

Boris has also represented legendary entrepreneurs, including Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Herb Boyer, Sergey Brin, Vint Cerf, Carly Fiorina, Arthur Levinson, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Boris has defended over 240 shareholder class actions, derivative suits, and merger challenges throughout the United States on behalf of domestic and foreign issuers. He has represented boards of directors in internal investigations and regularly represents companies and individuals in SEC enforcement proceedings. A major part of his practice is advising public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues.

Boris was born in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Yale College on a National Merit Scholarship. At Yale, he was President of the Yale Debate Association and Speaker of the Yale Political Union. Boris graduated from Yale, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in history. Boris graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as Note & Topics Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He was also the Director of Debating for Yale University while a law student.

Boris has served on a variety of legal organizations, including the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the American Law Institute. He has been outside counsel to Palo Alto Community Eruv.

Boris has lectured at many law schools, including Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. He has published extensively on litigation and securities law topics.

Memberships

• Member, The American Law Institute
• Member, Board of Advisors, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
• Member, Board of Advisors, Stanford Law School Center on the Legal Profession

Education

• J.D., Yale Law School, 1980
  Note & Topics Editor, Yale Law Journal (Volume 89); Director of Debating for Yale University
• B.A., History, Yale College, 1977
  Summa cum laude; With Distinction in History; Member, Phi Beta Kappa; National Merit Scholar; President, Yale Debate Association; Speaker, Yale Political Union