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 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’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- 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
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- 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)
- Government > Government contracts
- 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