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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

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP‘s M&A litigation practice is one of the bright spots for English firms in the US litigation market. Thanks to standout partners and practice heads Meredith Kotler and Mary Eaton, the firm is able to handle market-leading matters for stellar corporate clients, among them Tesla, Google and Pinterest. For AstraZeneca, Kotler and Eaton are involved in matters in Delaware concerning challenges to the sale of spinoff company Viela Bio to Horizon. The case raises important issues of what constitutes a control by a major shareholder. Head of the US technology practice Boris Feldman, who works from the Silicon Valley office, has defended more than 250 shareholder class actions, derivative suits, and merger challenges during his long career, and he frequently works with up-and-coming partner Doru Gavril to handle shareholder inspection demands and major class actions against Tesla and its board of directors. Counsel Nicholas Caselli is an emerging talent whose work in securities and shareholder litigation includes class actions, derivative actions, section 220 books and records demands, and deal-related matters.

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense

(Hall of Fame)

Boris Feldman – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

The New York office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP continues to make big strides in the securities litigation arena, having built a high-calibre practice around highly regarded practice heads Meredith Kotler and Mary Eaton. They work in tandem with Boris Feldman, who also leads the firm’s global TMT practice, and up-and-coming partner Doru Gavril, both based in Silicon Valley. The practice, which continues to expand at associate level, now acts for known numerous global companies in high-stakes securities and shareholder matters, as well as regulatory investigations. A prime example is the work Feldman and Gavril are doing for Google’s parent company, Alphabet, in multiple matters including its first securities class action. Kotler’s work for 3M is equally impressive- she obtained a string of victories in cases arising from the company’s alleged failure to adequately reserve for and disclose billions of dollars of potential liability for environmental, mass tort, and other claims.

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