Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP New York-based M&A litigation team represents banks, private equity houses and a raft of other defendants in claims brought in Delaware and the federal courts by shareholders in relation to acquisitions, SPAC transactions and corporate governance concerns. Heading the team are Scott Luftglass and Peter Simmons, who their offer clients expertise in taking on shareholder class actions, derivative suits and activist investors. Luftglass is currently defending Lazard against claims that, in its role as financial advisor, it aided and abetted Opiant officers in breaching fiduciary duties in the company’s acquisition by Indivior. Michael Sternheim, who in addition to representing clients in transactions-based litigation, handles a variety of internal and government investigations, frequently works alongside Luftglass on matters, including on a number of stockholder actions facing Apollo Global Management, alleging breach of fiduciary duties by its board and founders.