Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP specializes in the prosecution of securities class actions, shareholder claims, and antitrust litigation for government and private sector clients. The team has represented investors against Coinbase Global, Inc. in a shareholder class action suit since 2022, and has recently secured a $362.5 million settlement in a shareholder class action suit against General Electric. Spearheading the practice is Daniel Albert, who represents clients in shareholder litigation and recovers substantial damages on behalf of shareholders. Fellow co-head Lee Rudy handles transactional and derivative cases for institutional and individual shareholders, while co-head Eric Zagar prosecutes cases involving claims against corporate officers and directors. They are joined by Grant Goodhart, who assists institutional and individual shareholders in obtaining significant financial recoveries. All lawyers are based in the firm’s main office in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
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Key clients
- Sjunde AP-Fonden
- SEB Investment Management AB
- AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB
- E. Öhman J:or Fonder AB
- Stichting Pensioenfonds PGB
- Norges Bank Investment Management
- Heat & Frost Insulators Local 12 Funds
- Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi
- British Airways Pension Trustees Limited
- Key West Police & Fire Pension Fund
- Ironworkers Locals 40, 361 & 417 Union Annuity, Pension and Topping Out Funds
- Akademikernes Pensionskasse
Work highlights
Representing minority stockholders of SCUSA, KTMC litigated claims that Santander opportunistically timed its take-private deal to capture the company’s post-pandemic earnings boom.
Represented Discovery stockholders and litigated claims that Advance/Newhouse improperly extracted preferential consideration by threatening to block the WarnerMedia merger.
Represented a client in a challenge to IAC’s 2020 separation of Match Group, securing a landmark Delaware Supreme Court decision holding that all special-committee directors must be independent to obtain MFW protection and that entire-fairness review broadly applies to controller transactions.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Daniel Albert
Practice head
Lee Rudy; Eric Zagar; Daniel Albert
Other key lawyers
Grant Goodhart