Leveraging ‘good team chemistry’ across its New York and Washington DC offices, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP defends companies and financial institutions in litigation relating to corporate disclosures/omissions, as well as shareholder class actions emanating from disputed merger transactions. Drawing upon ’deep experience and good judgment’ as a result of many years’ experience in the market, New York-based Scott Luftglass has gained the trust of many public company clients, advising them both from a risk management/ corporate governance perspective, and in any subsequent litigation which may ensue – often before the Delaware Court of Chancery. New York-based Peter Simmons, who co-heads the team alongside Luftglass, is skilled at representing private equity firms and public companies, as well as banks, including in their role as underwriters of subsequently scrutinized IPOs and M&A transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'Good team chemistry, common sense, do not overkill cases.'
- 'The Fried Frank team are excellent and aggressive litigators who are responsive and very good communicators.'
- 'Scott Luftglass is an excellent lawyer with deep experience and good judgment.'
Key clients
- Under Armour
- Perrigo Company plc
- Apollo Global Management
- Ascential plc and Flywheel Digital
- LivePerson, Inc.
- Onex Corporation
- Clover Health Investments, Corp.
- Evoqua Water Technologies
- Lazard
Work highlights
Acting as counsel to Perrigo Co. in federal securities litigation related to the company's strategic acquisitions and earnings announcements.
Acting as counsel to Under Armour, Inc. and the members of its Board of Directors in a securities class action litigation filed in the US District Court for the District of Maryland concerning disclosures and statements made by defendants regarding the company's expected revenue growth.
Advising Clover Health in connection with the resolution of shareholder class actions and derivative actions relating to a short-seller’s report and the De-SPAC transaction that resulted in the creation of Clover Health as a publicly traded company.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Scott Luftglass; Peter Simmons
Other key lawyers
Samuel Groner; Michael Sternheim