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Provided by Michael Swartz
Co-chair of the Litigation Group, head of the shareholder activism litigation practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Focuses on complex commercial litigation and antitrust, particularly as it relates to mergers and acquisitions. His litigation practice includes shareholder activist litigation, private investment fund disputes, M&A litigation, corporate control disputes and securities litigation, including class actions. Represented Trian Fund Management in the largest-ever proxy contest at Procter & Gamble, and achieved a series of victories on behalf of venBio Select Advisor in its proxy campaign at Immunomedics. Among other things, for venBio, obtained a TRO blocking the closing of a global license agreement, which effectively would have amounted to a sale of the company. Other recent litigation experience includes class actions, activist litigation; cryptocurrency investment fund disputes, representations of several boards and companies in M&A- and proxy-related litigation; and obtaining dismissal of several Section 16(b) actions seeking disgorgement of alleged short-swing trading profits from investment advisers and the funds they manage.
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1990
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., magna cum laude, 1987
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Michael Swartz cochairs the litigation group at Schulte Roth & Zabel and heads the shareholder activism practice. He has a broad based commercial litigation practice, with notable strength in corporate control disputes and actions brought in Delaware.
Provided by Chambers
"He's extremely commercial, user-friendly and a sharp advocate. He is pragmatic and focused on what the client's objectives are."
"Michael is a very skilled practitioner who is always available."
"I fully trust his knowledge, skill and intuitiveness and his high ability to understand complex factual situations and apply them to the legal issues at hand."
"He's extremely commercial, user-friendly and a sharp advocate. He is pragmatic and focused on what the client's objectives are."
"Michael is a very skilled practitioner who is always available."
"I fully trust his knowledge, skill and intuitiveness and his high ability to understand complex factual situations and apply them to the legal issues at hand."
