Mr Christopher Robertson > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
TWO SEAPORT LANE
SUITE 300
BOSTON, MA 02210-2028
MASSACHUSETTS
United States

Work Department

Commercial Liitgation; Business Torts; Contract Disputes; Corporate; Capital Markets; Commercial class Action Defense; Securities & Financial Litigation; Foreign Corrupt Practices; Institutional Investor; Derivatives; Financial Services

Position

Mr. Robertson is Co-Chair of the National Whistleblower Team and a member of the Complex Litigation, Capital Markets and Investment Management practice areas in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. His areas of focus include complex commercial and financial litigation, securities litigation, consumer fraud litigation, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and internal investigations.  He has defended and advised corporations, broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, advertisers and media companies, Internet companies, and their officers and directors in connection with class actions, derivative and private litigation, as well as audits, investigations, arbitrations and litigation commenced by federal and state authorities, self-regulatory organizations, and shareholders.  He has handled matters and tried cases in the federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as before the U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, state securities and consumer protection agencies, and self-regulatory bodies, including the NYSE, AMEX and NASD.  Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Robertson was Senior Counsel with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in Washington, D.C., where he investigated and litigated, among others, accounting, insider trading, investment management, corporate misconduct, investment adviser and broker-dealer matters.

Memberships

American Bar Association (Litigation Section)

Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni

Boston Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Securities Law Committee)

FINRA Arbitrator

Massachusetts Bar Association

New England Chapter of the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society (Founding Chair)

Education

J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law (1992) cum laude, A.B., Harvard University (1987) cum laud, Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has ‘a strong team up and down the line – no gaps’, according to clients, who note that the firm has ‘impressive breadth of knowledge and experience’. William Prickett in Boston and New York partners Gregory Markel and Vincent Sama are co-chairs of the securities and fiduciary duty litigation practice. Markel, who is ‘among the most respected, learned and admired lawyers in the field of securities litigation’, acted for officers and directors of a tech company in Silicon Valleys in two 10b5 cases alleging misrepresentations and omissions concerning the prospects for the company. The case ultimately settled after five years of litigation. Sama is acting for inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment services provider AAC Holdings in a securities class action and a related litigation-trustee matter arising out of the company’s bankruptcy. Co-chair of the firm’s national whistleblower team Christopher Robertson is ‘incredibly calm through difficult and tumultuous times’.