Meredith Kotler

Meredith Kotler specializes in high-stakes litigation, including securities, M&A, and shareholder disputes.

Meredith Kotler is co-head of the securities and shareholder litigation practice at Freshfields, where she regularly represents multi-national companies, financial institutions, and their boards and management in significant securities class actions, having secured important dismissals in both federal and state courts. As major M&A transactions and board-level controversies continue to receive scrutiny, Meredith has defended companies, their management and boards, and their financial advisors in litigation relating to dozens of transactions with a cumulative value of over $150 billion in the last six years alone. She has played a leading role in many matters raising novel corporate governance issues, including the corporate control battle between National Amusements, Inc. and CBS Corporation.

Meredith is ranked among leading lawyers for securities and M&A litigation by Chambers USA, Legal 500 US, Benchmark Litigation, and Lawdragon.

Meredith received a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1996 and an undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1992. In 1997, she clerked for the Honorable Barbara S. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.