Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP specializes in investment fund litigation, post-M&A disputes and shareholder activism. The New York-based team represents an impressive list of company founders and shareholders, with particular expertise in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. Julia Beskin‘s experience ranges from M&A, corporate governance and alternative entities to shareholder and securities litigation. Focusing on fiduciary matters, Taleah Jennings is active in trust and estates, shareholder and employment litigation. William Gussman represents domestic and foreign hedge funds, PE firms, corporations, investment banks, prime brokers, and lenders. Randall Adams focuses on shareholder activism litigation and securities class actions. Michael Swartz departed the team in March 2025.
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Key clients
- Aimia, Inc.
- Driver Opportunity Partners I LP
- Empery Asset Management
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services (ICBCFS)
- Mill Point Capital LLC
- Pantera Capital Management
- Tulsa Race Massacre Victims
- Prophet Capital Management
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Kidde-Fenwal, Inc.
Work highlights
- Representing the only known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The case represents one of the most innovative attempts to use existing laws to hold governments accountable for persistent racial inequities and is seen as the leading case in the reparative justice movement.
- Advising cryptocurrency fund Pantera Capital Management LP in a $1.5 billion victory over Polychain Capital.
- Representing an individual in two litigations among the shareholders of the Boar’s Head in a dispute that will determine corporate control of one of the premier and leading meat manufacturers in the country.
Lawyers
Other key lawyers
Julia Beskin; Taleah Jennings; William Gussman; Randall Adams