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Securities Litigation
Ropes & Gray has one of the largest and most experienced securities litigation practices in the country. We serve as general or special counsel to more than 100 public companies and advise more than 500 mutual funds or fund boards – more than any other law firm in the nation. Our broad corporate practice drives the scope of our involvement and the depth of our experience in securities litigation. Our litigators have brought and defended cases throughout the United States. They have appeared in state and federal courts nationwide on behalf of issuers, underwriters, directors and officers, and financial service firms, and have guided these clients through SEC and regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings.
Our value added approach to producing successful outcomes in securities litigation stems from our firmwide sense of teamwork. Ropes & Gray litigators are found alongside their corporate colleagues in the boardroom, in drafting sessions, in the negotiation of acquisitions and divestitures, and in the review of corporate news events. By integrating litigators’ views with those of corporate lawyers up front, our clients frequently avoid litigation – or have the best possible record for defending an action if one is brought.
How We Help Our Clients
- We have defended numerous "fraud on the market" cases following a decline in the market price of a company’s stock.
- In the areas of public and private securities offerings and acquisitions we have been responsible for establishing important precedents that substantially limit the scope of claims against issuers and their directors and officers, shrinking the class of possible claimants.
- We have represented directors and independent committees, investment bankers, and experts in both friendly and hostile takeovers.
- We routinely represent clients before the Delaware Chancery Court and in other courts across the country.
- We have represented both brokerage firms and investors in connection with allegations of securities fraud and account mismanagement.
- We represent brokerage firms, investment advisors, mutual funds, and others in regulatory matters before the SEC and state securities agencies.
- As one of the nation’s preeminent 1940 Act firms, representing more mutual funds or advisers than any other firm in the U.S., we have represented funds, independent directors, and investment advisors in complex litigation and in regulatory proceedings.
Our Clients
We represent a broad range of clients, including "old economy" Fortune 100 companies; "new economy" technology start-ups; large financial service complexes; individual investment advisors; brokerage firms; mutual funds; public companies large and small; multi-billion dollar manufacturing companies as well as emerging-growth companies; retailers; financial institutions; conglomerates; and high-technology and biotechnology businesses.
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