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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  • '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.'
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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