Litigation: Securities
USA Guide 2024 : Texas
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About
Provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
Our Litigation Group comprises approximately 600 attorneys throughout the firm’s offices, and our attorneys are admitted to practice throughout the U.S. as well as more than 30 other countries and territories. Our international experience enables us to effectively represent non-U.S. plaintiffs and defendants in U.S. judicial proceedings. We represent clients in trial and appellate courts at the federal and state level, before administrative tribunals, and in arbitrations and other dispute resolution proceedings. We also represent clients in proceedings involving government agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.
We have handled some of the largest and most high-profile cases in recent years. In securities litigation, we have served as lead counsel in several of the largest securities class actions in U.S. history, and we have handled cases responsible for the law that today guides participants in corporate control contests. In the area of mass torts, our litigators pioneered the “national counsel” model of handling this complex litigation, and we have been involved in many of the significant mass tort litigations of the last 20 years.
Chambers Review
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has a respected Houston-based litigation offering complemented by the firm's wider national and international bench. The firm offers particular prowess in securities litigation, including high-stakes class actions. It also frequently handles securities lawsuits arising out of M&A transactions.
Work Highlights
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP represented Société Générale Private Banking in a securities suit brought as a putative class action by investors in R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme against a group of banks that provided banking services to various Stanford entities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Skadden is fantastic. They staff things leanly and deliver great results. We are very pleased with the way they approach things and what we get in return."
"They have excellent lawyers. Skadden is always responsive and focused on their clients."
"Skadden is fantastic. They staff things leanly and deliver great results. We are very pleased with the way they approach things and what we get in return."
"They have excellent lawyers. Skadden is always responsive and focused on their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Noelle Reed is adept at handling securities class actions and derivative lawsuits, including cross-border matters.
"Noelle is fantastic on securities matters. She is extremely strategic and responsive."
"She is a very zealous and aggressive advocate for her client. Noelle is fierce in her defense, has great trial instincts and is very good at managing a high-stakes matter to a favorable conclusion."
Wallis Hampton is noted for his impressive experience handling securities litigation and enforcement.
"Wallis is a very hard-working lawyer."