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United States • Dispute resolution

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M&A litigation: defense

Goodwin covers a wide array of deal and merger litigation cases, working closely with their M&A transactional team to successfully engage in risk mitigation. The team litigates at state and federal courts alongside arbitrating M&A disputes domestically and internationally. Boston-based Caroline Bullerjahn focuses on life sciences disputes, while New York-based Douglas Flaum handles US and cross-border commercial, securities, and real estate matters. Deborah Birnbach, who works out of Boston, and San Francisco-based Jonathan Shapiro both advise on a full range of securities and shareholder litigation matters. Another key name is Jordan Weiss, who is based in New York.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality

Key clients

  • Former Officer and Director of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
  • Shareholders of Nangate Denmark Aps
  • BSI3 Menu Buyer, Inc. (Beyond Menu)
  • Shareholder Representative Services LLC
  • Financial-Information-Technologies, LLC and Fintech Holdco, LLC
  • Renesas Electronics Corporation
  • Webster Equity Partners, LP
  • Cardiovascular Associates of America, LLC
  • Infusion Services Management, LLC
  • Wealth Enhancement Group
  • Benchmark Capital
  • Kingswood Capital Management, LLC

Work highlights

Advised certain members of the board of directors of Zuora, comprising of a special committee responsible for overseeing and approving Zuora’s US$1.7 billion merger with Silver Lake Group LLC.
Represented Benchmark Capital and achieved a full defense victory for Benchmark Capital and its partner, after a two-week California bench trial brought by shareholders and co-founders of Art.com.
Advised Webster Equity Partners, LP; Cardiovascular Associates of America, LLC and secured the voluntary dismissal of all claims against Webster and CVAUSA in high-stakes trade secret and deceptive business practices litigation filed by a major Orlando-based health care system.
Practice head

Caroline Bullerjahn; Deborah Birnbach; Douglas Flaum; Jonathan Shapiro; Jordan Weiss

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