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Goodwin Procter LLP

Litigation: Securities

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Goodwin Procter LLP

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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

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Litigation: Securities - New York

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
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.
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Work Highlights

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  • Goodwin continued to represent CrowdStreet in connection with claims asserted in a putative class action alleging that it violated the Texas Securities Act by operating as an unregistered broker-dealer offering securities to investors across the United States and seeking rescission of more than $1 billion of investments made through CrowdStreet.

Strengths

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  • Goodwin's legal positions are sound and well supported. Goodwin is well positioned to handle complex matters. It is a large firm with abundant resources and a well-structured team.

    Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

  • Goodwin is smart, quick and produces thoughtful work product. The team provides good, proactive partnership and is careful, honest and determined, understanding the client's perspective perfectly.

    Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

  • Goodwin's attorneys are uniquely communicative and responsive, which is an asset for in-house attorneys. The team takes a pragmatic view of cases with an eye toward business needs, and it is clearly experienced in efficiently handling large matters. When a Goodwin attorney tells you they're an expert in a given area of law, they mean it.

    Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

  • Goodwin consistently delivers a rare combination of legal precision, commercial pragmatism and responsiveness. Rather than relying on risk-averse boilerplate, it engages deeply with our business operations, crafting tailored solutions. The team's service levels and responsiveness in litigation are also excellent, it communicates with clarity and is quick to engage when urgent matters arise to help us stay ahead and make informed decisions with confidence.

    Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Daniel Roeser
    Daniel Roeser

    Daniel Roeser

    Daniel Roeser is expert at handling complex securities class and derivative actions arising from a wide array of contexts, acting on behalf of corporates and underwriter syndicates.

    • Daniel is great. He is a very knowledgeable, extremely skilled litigator.

      Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

    • Daniel's blend of legal expertise, strategic insight and human empathy is truly rare. He is highly responsive and maintains clear and consistent communication. His tactical acumen and negotiation skills stand out, and his approachable style makes collaboration seamless.

      Litigation: Securities respondentUSA

    • Daniel is a smart and savvy securities lawyer.

      Litigation: Securities respondentUSA
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