The team at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP regularly leads high-stakes securities class actions with multijurisdictional elements, and is notable experience in dispute merger transactions. Scott Luftglass and Peter Simmons, both in New York, co-head the team. Luftglass combines expertise across M&A litigation, corporate governance, and securities litigation; Simmons is a go-to for private equity clients, public companies, and institutional investors. Dabney O’Riordan joined as a partner from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in March 2025, and Candice Wong joined as a partner in July 2025.
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- ‘The Fried Frank team are excellent and aggressive litigators who are responsive and very good communicators.’
Key clients
- Apollo Global Management
- Perrigo Company plc
- Standard General
- LivePerson, Inc.
- Onex Corporation
- Under Armour, Inc.
- Lazard Fréres & Co.
- Clover Health Investments, Corp.
- Goldman Sachs & Co LLC
- Edgio Directors and Officers
Work highlights
Representing Apollo Global Management, Inc., an industry-leading alternative investment firm, and several members of Apollo’s Board of Directors in a shareholder derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery filed by an Apollo stockholder.
Representing LivePerson, a public global technology company that develops conversational commerce and AI software in a number of active litigations including achieving a complete dismissal for LivePerson, its CFO and former CEO in a federal securities class action litigation and several related derivative litigations in New York.
Securing a win for Onex Corporation when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review our May 2024 win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a four-year-old litigation arising out of Onex’s December 2016 investment in the Save-A-Lot (SAL) discount grocery store food chain.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Scott Luftglass; Peter Simmons
Other key lawyers
Samuel Groner; Michael Sternheim; Dabney O'Riordan; Candice Wong