Kenneth P Held

Securities litigation, complex commercial litigation and arbitration, and energy litigation.

Kenneth is an experienced trial attorney who focuses his practice on business litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration and regulatory enforcement matters, with a particular emphasis on securities and fiduciary duty litigation, energy litigation, and private equity related disputes. He also has experience in bankruptcy court litigation. His clients range from individuals to publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as private equity firms and hedge funds. He has defended corporate clients, officers, and directors against shareholder derivative actions, shareholder class actions (including Rule 10b-5 and Section 11 cases), and merger challenge cases in various industries, including energy, telecommunications, healthcare, and technology. In the energy arena, Kenneth has represented both plaintiffs/claimants and defendants/respondents in disputes regarding price reopeners, long-term gas supply contracts, crude oil quality, joint operating agreements and joint venture agreements, and purchase price issues.