Our litigation support practice provides expert advice and testimony in complex securities offerings, negotiated transactions and financial services disputes involving matters such as:
- due diligence, reliance and verification
- offering document disclosures
- underwriter, issuer, board and officer conduct
- contract negotiation/documentation and financial services
Common issues in controversy include:
- customary standards and practice of lead and participating underwriters
- customary standards and practice of boards and board members
- customary standards and practice by investment funds, investment advisors and investment stewards
- reasonableness of due diligence investigations in securities offerings, negotiated transactions and the provision of financial services
- reasonableness of reliance on auditors, management, experts and others
- reasonableness of internal or external verification as part of reliance
- consistency of offering document disclosures with results of due diligence
- identifying and responding to “red flags” and
- negotiating, documenting and interpreting contract terms
We have advised and testified in many high-profile cases regarding these and other matters, addressing the issues from a range of perspectives in a variety of contexts.
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