Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
USA Guide 2024 : New York
Band 4
About
Provided by Goodwin
Our 200+ litigators across the United States and Europe are committed to meeting our clients’ most pressing needs, whether they require quick and discrete resolutions, courtroom victories, or other outcomes.
We represent clients in trials, arbitrations, mediations, and negotiations, and we provide counsel on compliance, litigation avoidance, and risk management. Our lawyers have extensive experience with high-profile matters across multiple industries, including technology, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, real estate, and private equity. And we excel at integrating financial, scientific, and other expertise with cutting-edge management and trial strategies that are based on meticulous assessments of every option available to our clients.
Our comprehensive coverage includes representations in:
- Antitrust and competition
- Appellate and supreme court litigation
- Class actions
- Commercial litigation
- Consumer financial services
- Data, privacy, and cybersecurity
- Employment
- ERISA litigation
- Government investigations and enforcement
- Products liability and counseling
- Securities and shareholder litigation
- Trade secrets, employee mobility, and non-competes
- White collar defense
Chambers Review
Goodwin possesses a well-regarded litigation group offering expertise across the gamut of civil litigation, as well as in regulatory and criminal proceedings. It offers considerable abilities in securities cases, acting for clients such as technology companies, banks, underwriters and REITs in M&A litigation and RMBS disputes, as well as wider class and derivative actions. The firm is also active in commercial disputes, including contract and ownership disputes.
Work Highlights
- Goodwin represented Arkham Intelligence in a defamation suit brought by Dfinity Foundation arising out of a report that Arkham issued reflecting blockchain analysis concerning the reasons for the precipitous drop in price of Dfinity's ICP token.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"One of Goodwin's strongest capabilities is planning and strategizing the litigation. They are continuously thinking ahead for the various arguments that may be made and how to counter these various arguments with evidence."
"The entire Goodwin team has been strong and assisted us through a difficult period."
"I always hear back from someone on the Goodwin team very quickly with either an answer or a time to discuss. The firm always has a resource well versed in any kind of matter that I bring to them."
"One of Goodwin's strongest capabilities is planning and strategizing the litigation. They are continuously thinking ahead for the various arguments that may be made and how to counter these various arguments with evidence."
"The entire Goodwin team has been strong and assisted us through a difficult period."
"I always hear back from someone on the Goodwin team very quickly with either an answer or a time to discuss. The firm always has a resource well versed in any kind of matter that I bring to them."
Notable Practitioners
Daniel Roeser is adept at handling securities class and derivative actions arising from a wide array of contexts on behalf of corporates and underwriter syndicates.
"He is the brains on strategy. He's smart and easy to work with."
"He approaches us with a plan of action and presents his recommendations in a concise, considered manner. He does a good job of using his judgment and teeing up decisions."
"He's a creative idea generator and very talented in his legal analysis."
