Daniel V. Ward

Experience

Securities Litigation and Enforcement

• SEC Investigations. Counsel to numerous public companies, private fund managers and other investment advisers in connection with SEC examinations and enforcement matters, including responses to deficiency letters and investigative subpoenas, involving a range of issues including accounting fraud and fund management fees.
• RMBS Litigation. Counsel to investors and trustees of residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) in multiple loan repurchase cases in the state and federal courts of New York, Delaware and Connecticut; trial counsel during three-week trial on behalf of TMI Trust Company alleging breaches of representations and warranties by WMC Mortgage LLC in January 2018.
• Shareholder and Derivative Litigation. Secured dismissal of parallel class action and derivative litigation filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Abiomed, Inc., alleging securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, with both dismissals affirmed by the First Circuit; secured dismissal of class action litigation filed in federal court in Massachusetts against Seres Therapeutics, Inc., alleging securities fraud.
• Investment Management Litigation. Represented State Street Global Advisors in connection with ERISA and securities litigation arising from investment losses in their institutional funds.
• Transaction Litigation. Represented and advised numerous companies in connection with litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions.

Commercial Litigation

• International Arbitration. Trial counsel during a month-long international arbitration in Hong Kong, on a matter brought against a Chinese supplier for breach of warranty. In one of the largest international arbitration awards ever decided in Hong Kong or China, won a $98.5 million award on behalf of LoJack, with all counterclaims denied.
• Partnership Disputes. Trial counsel in a $30 million wrongful termination and contractual dispute brought by a former partner of an investment management firm. Won a complete jury verdict for the defendant in a trial lasting over three weeks, and defeated the plaintiff’s subsequent appeal.
• Zoning, Land Use and Real Estate. Represented a leading REIT in multiple regulatory and land use proceedings regarding portfolio properties located in Boston; represented a public company in dispute regarding environmental remediation; represented a nationwide logistics company in a commercial leasing dispute.
• Pro Bono. Extensive pro bono practice, including as lead trial counsel in an international child custody dispute under the Hague Convention tried in New Hampshire federal court, and numerous political asylum proceedings on behalf of refugees.