Mr Kevin Abikoff > Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP Offices
1775 I STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006-2401
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Kevin Abikoff
Work Department
Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations; Securities Litigation.
Position
Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Chairman, Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations Practice Group. Co-Chairman, Securities Litigation Practice Group. Firm Executive Committee Member.
Career
Selected Previous Experience: Law Clerk, The Honorable Collins J. Seitz, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1988-1989; Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Corporate and Compliance, American General Corporation (AGC), 1998-2001.
Memberships
Bar Admissions: District of Columbia, 1989; Texas, 2001; Pennsylvania, 1988. Professional Activities: Steering Committee Member, ABA International Law Section, Anti-Corruption Committee; Current Member, Certification Committee of ETHIC Intelligence International, Paris, France (First U.S. Member), 2010; Editorial Board, eSecurities (Leader Publications), 1998-2002; Editorial Board, Federal Regulation of Securities, (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing), 1994-1997; Member, Market Conduct Committee, American Council of Life Insurers, 1999-2001; Board of Directors, Holocaust Museum (Houston), 2000-2001; Board of Directors, Greater Houston Business Ethics Roundtable, 1999-2001; Appointed first-ever external anti-corruption compliance monitor jointly appointed by U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, and U.K. Serious Fraud Office (with advice and approval of U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control) for a multinational specialty chemical manufacturer; Appointed independent anti-corruption compliance monitor by the United Nations for French-based inspection services company following debarment by the United Nations. Published Treatises: Anti-Corruption Law and Compliance: Guide to the FCPA and Beyond (Bloomberg BNA (forthcoming)); Corporate Governance: Avoiding and Responding to Misconduct (Law Journal-Seminars Press, July 2007 and updated semi-annually thereafter); Shareholder Derivative Litigation: Besieging the Board (Law Journal-Seminars Press, 1995 and updated semi-annually thereafter).
Education
Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, B.A., 1985, Economics, summa cum laude with distinction; Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1988 Law Review, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP ‘has excellent legal skills and deep knowledge in multi-jurisdictional matters, combining a direct approach in communication with both the court, counterparties and the client with the ability to come up with solutions to complex problems that do not increase the level of conflict’. Kevin Abikoff in Washington DC and, in New York, Shahzeb Lari and Marc Weinstein lead the 18-partner securities litigation group. Weinstein and New York-based Daniel Weiner are defending Stuart Fraser, Vice Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald, in aiding-and-abetting liability claims as part of a securities fraud class action civil suit accusing two cryptocurrency mining companies. Weinstein and key partner William Maguire, who is acting for Deloitte and Touche LLP in a class action alleging it fraudulently misstated its financial statements, are ‘experienced litigators who are able to come up with alternatives on strategy and negotiations’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense