Stephen Hibbard > Proskauer Rose LLP > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
2049 CENTURY PARK EAST
32ND FLOOR
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-3206
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Stephen Hibbard is a partner in Proskauer’s Litigation Department and a member of the Securities Litigation, Asset Management Litigation, and White Collar & Investigations groups. Stephen is the chair of Proskauer’s Securities Litigation Group.

A highly regarded complex commercial and securities litigator with more than 30 years of experience, Steve represents financial institutions, companies, and individuals in commercial litigation, securities class actions, merger & acquisition litigation, derivative actions, and corporate governance disputes. He routinely represents clients in regulatory or internal investigations, and regularly advises public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues.

Steve has led the defense of dozens of headline-making and high-profile matters from cryptocurrency to cyber-security, from fintech to greentech, and from the housing mortgage crisis to the age of digital assets and AI. Buyers, sellers, and financial advisors have relied on him in merger litigation, including in dozens of technology company mergers.

Steve has also handled complex litigation matters involving corporate finance, accounting, antitrust, defamation, copyright, tax, employment, RICO, and unfair business practices claims for businesses in a wide range of industries including investment banking, commercial banking, venture capital, private equity, asset management, biotech, pharmaceuticals, hardware, semiconductors, software, and sports leagues and teams.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense

Led on the enforcement front by ‘outstanding’ New York-based partner Joshua Newville and for private litigation by Timothy Mungovan in Boston, Proskauer Rose LLP is well-equipped to represent clients across a myriad securities fraud cases, including class actions and civil and criminal governmental probes. Newville, who is particularly skilled at representing private fund clients in SEC enforcement investigations and other regulatory matters, is one of several ex-regulatory officials within the team, another being Washington DC-based Robert Pommer, who is noted for his ‘thorough yet practical advice’. In Los Angeles, Stephen Hibbard has ‘excellent judgment and deep substantive legal knowledge’, which he deploys to good effect for companies, financial institutions and individuals in the defense of securities class actions and derivative shareholder litigation. Kevin Abikoff, who joined the Washington DC office from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in June 2024, strengthens the team’s offering in light of his wide-ranging securities, white-collar criminal litigation and enforcement skills.