Mr Peter A Stokes > Norton Rose Fulbright > Austin, United States > Lawyer Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright Offices
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98 SAN JACINTO BOULEVARD
SUITE 1100
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701-4255
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Peter A Stokes
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Work Department
Securities Litigation, Investigations and SEC Enforcement
Career
https://nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/people/1017272
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Norton Rose Fulbright has a growing role in securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits on behalf of large US corporates. The firm, which also handles internal and government investigations, including matters concerning alleged false statements to the SEC, insider trading, and misleading financial statements, is primarily active for clients in the energy, life sciences and healthcare, and financial services industries. Kevin Harnisch in Washington DC and Sandeep Savla in New York jointly lead the regulation, investigations, securities and compliance practice, which operates from offices across the US. Experienced litigator Peter Stokes in Austin is currently acting for MoneyGram International in a 10b5 class action and a shareholder derivative action conceding a $125m settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission over alleged lapses in the company’s fraud detection controls.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense