Single office New York-based litigation boutique Levine Lee LLP has, since it was founded in 2011, continued to gain market traction among companies and individuals facing down securities fraud allegations as a result of its trial-ready approach, strategic nous and substantive law knowledge. Kenneth Lee is highly experienced advising special committees in the context of shareholder derivative litigation. Seth Levine, who co-heads the team alongside Lee, has a stronger focus on individual representations (including for clients within the financial services industry) and is highly skilled assisting clients facing both civil and criminal liability, including with regard to SEC and DOJ probes into securities fraud and insider trading.
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Clients clés
- Stability AI, Inc., and Stability AI Ltd.
- A current Director of Bumble, Inc. (Matthew Bromberg)
- The Demand Review Committee of the Board of Directorsof Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- The Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of Xerox Holdings Corporation
- The Audit Committee and Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Exela Technologies, Inc.
- iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc.
- Eros Media World, Plc
- A former CFO of Dentsply Sirona, Inc. (Jorge Gomez)
- A former CFO of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc
Points forts
- Represents Stability AI, one of the world’s leading generative AI companies in two major securities matters in which two alleged co-founders of the company seek to enforce equity stakes in the company or receive hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
- Represents a Committee of the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management in a complex matter involving shareholder claims alleging various breaches of fiduciary duties and regulatory violations by Apollo’s founders, management, and Board of Directors. Following nearly a year-long investigation of factual and legal issues, the firm presented the Committee’s findings and recommendations to the Board of Apollo in January 2024,which the Board adopted and approved entirely.
- Representing Matthew Bromberg, a member of the Board of Directors of Bumble, Inc., the online dating company, in a major pending shareholder derivative action and in related Special Litigation Committee investigation, involving Blackstone’s sale of $1bn in Bumble stock.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Kenneth Lee; Seth Levine
Autres avocats clés
Chad Albert; Steven Kessler