With a strong presence on both coasts, litigation heavyweight Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP leverages its trial-ready approach to good effect for investment managers, pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. The team remains best-known for its work in the financial services sector; combining a deep understanding of financial products with a proactive approach to litigation. Key to the firm’s success in the sector is the work of New York-based trial lawyer Daniel Brockett, who has experience acting against high-profile banks. Drawing upon his accounting background, Jeremy Andersen, in Los Angeles, is also highly skilled at handling financial services market manipulation cases, while fellow Los Angeles-based litigator Harry Olivar has vast experience handling mortgage-backed securities cases. New York-based practitioners Avi Perry and Jesse Bernstein are the two other core leadership practitioners within the securities group that is fairly unique in the market for handling both plaintiff and defendant-side work.
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Key clients
- Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan, on behalf of a certified class of former Class V common stockholders of Dell Technologies, Inc.
- Hound Partners Offshore Fund, LP, Hound Partners Long Master, LP, and Hound Partners Concentrated Master, LP
- TradeInvest Asset Management Co. (BVI) Ltd., First Ocean Enterprises SA and Techview Investments Ltd.
- CWCapital Cobalt Vr Ltd.
- American General Life Insurance Company and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company
- Highfields Capital
- Sculptor Capital Management
Work highlights
- Acting as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs involving a challenge to a 2018 transaction that redeemed all shares of Class V common stock. Alleged that the transaction’s unfair terms resulted from a deeply flawed process, and ultimately obtained a $1bn cash settlement – the largest such settlement in Delaware history.
- Acting as co-lead counsel for a proposed class of those who entered into stock loan transactions with six major banks that serve as prime brokers of stock loans.
- Representing funds affiliated with Hound Partners in a major opt-out action arising from the infamous fraud at Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which has been described as the “Pharmaceutical Enron” and was the subject of an episode of the Netflix docuseries “Dirty Money.”
Lawyers
Hall of fame
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Jeremy Andersen
Harry Olivar
Practice head
Harry Olivar, Jr.; Jeremy Andersen; Avi Perry; Jesse Bernstein; Daniel Brockett
Other key lawyers
Jonathan Pickhardt; Blair Adams; Heather Christenson; Aly Olson; Nic Siebert; David LeRay