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NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
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Stephen M. Baldini

Work Department
Partner; Global Head; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Stephen Baldini is the global head of Akin’s disputes & investigations practice with more than 25 years of practice. His practice focuses on resolving high-stakes disputes involving private equity and hedge funds and he has represented companies, investors and boards of directors in state, federal, and cross-border litigation and arbitrations worth billions of dollars. Mr. Baldini works closely with owners, management companies, investors, creditors and portfolio companies. Mr. Baldini emphasizes solutions that allow companies to resolve disputes according to their business needs, avoid reputational damage and move operations forward. He handles matters involving partnership and investor disputes, regulatory and compliance issues, international arbitration, complex bankruptcy litigation, securities and derivatives fraud litigation, Securities and Exchange Commission inquiries and investigations, breach of contract claims, fiduciary duty and investing issues, merger and acquisition disputes, class action litigation and commercial corporate disputes.
To learn more about Stephen, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/stephen-m-baldini.html
Education
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1987; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1990
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)