Goodwin

Litigation centered on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries forms the core of Goodwin‘s M&A disputes practice, which defends clients in the Delaware Court of Chancery, federal courts and arbitration proceedings brought by shareholders who claim they did not receive adequate compensation from M&A deals. Boston-based Caroline Bullerjahn and Deborah Birnbach handle an array of M&A and securities litigation, and the latter achieved a notable success in 2024, securing the dismissal of a shareholder action against Qualtrics in a class action that alleged it gave favorable treatment to Silver Lake over other prospective buyers. In New York, Douglas Flaum continues to defend Cedar Realty Trust in an appeal brought by plaintiffs alleging breach of contract and fiduciary duty in relation to a merger with another REIT, while Jordan Weiss assisted Shareholder Representative Services, a former securityholder in Freshly, Inc. in a claim brought against Honeybuyer, alleging it failed to honor the terms of the merger agreement for Freshly. Jonathan Shapiro, who is based in San Francisco, represented the former head of legal at SVB subsidiary Boston Private Bank, in a class action brought under the Securities Act 1933.