Scott Luftglass
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Litigation: Securities
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About
Provided by Scott Luftglass
Practice Areas
Vice Chairman of Fried Frank, a member of the firm’s Governance Committee, and the Co-head of Fried Frank's Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice. Represents corporations, boards, special committees, senior management and financial sponsors in connection with corporate governance matters, crisis management, significant corporate transactions, securities litigation, shareholder and derivative litigation and activism defense. Scott also represents clients, particularly special committees, in internal investigations and responses to shareholder demands.
Career
Joined Fried Frank as partner in 2016. Serves on the Boards of Advisors of NYU Law Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance and Penn Law Institute for Law and Economics.
Personal
JD, University of Virginia School of Law (2004), Order of the Coif, Virginia Law Review; BA, cum laude, Yale University (2001)
Chambers Review
USA
Scott Luftglass acts on a range of securities and M&A litigation, including class actions and corporate governance disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is able to take complex legal terms and processes and put them in plain English for the non-lawyer. He has a very calming demeanor to keep everyone on strong footing."
"He is one of our most trusted advisers and if I have a question I need to work through I can always call him and he will have a ready, thoughtful answer."
"He is excellent in his ability to simplify and focus us on what is critical."
"He is able to take complex legal terms and processes and put them in plain English for the non-lawyer. He has a very calming demeanor to keep everyone on strong footing."
"He is one of our most trusted advisers and if I have a question I need to work through I can always call him and he will have a ready, thoughtful answer."
"He is excellent in his ability to simplify and focus us on what is critical."