Sean M Murphy

Litigation & Arbitration: Mr. Murphy’s practice focuses on complex securities matters.

Sean Murphy is a partner at Milbank and a member of the firm's Litigation & Arbitration group. Mr. Murphy has defended dozens of companies and financial institutions in multi-jurisdictional class action and derivative litigation under state and federal securities laws, including claims under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ERISA. He has extensive experience representing investment advisers and mutual fund boards in litigation and regulatory investigations involving management fees, revenue sharing, conflicts of interest, prospectus disclosure, distribution and trading, ERISA breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions, portfolio mismanagement, Rule 12b-1, board oversight and fiduciary duty litigation. He represents clients in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, DOL and state regulators. He has extensive experience trying securities cases, including high profile and multi-billion dollar cases.

Co-authored portions of the textbooks titled Practice Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation and Litigating Securities Class Actions.

Albany Law School, J.D.

St. Lawrence University, B.A.