Mr Christopher Robertson > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Christopher Robertson
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 deep bench of regulatory enforcement and securities litigation partners across its New York and Boston offices, and its work encompasses the defense of individuals, companies, board committees, and financial institutions in courts across the US. The firm is particularly adept in advising companies in the technology and healthcare sectors on regulatory investigations, securities class actions, and derivative claims. William Prickett in Boston and New York partners Gregory Markel and Vincent Sama are the co-chairs of the securities and fiduciary duty litigation practice. Markel’s work includes the defense of directors of a bankrupt tech company in Silicon Valley in two 10b5 cases concerning alleged misrepresentations and omissions concerning its prospects. Co-chair of the firm’s national whistleblower team Christopher Robertson is also called up on in high-stakes matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious