Williams & Connolly LLP

Washington DC-based litigation powerhouse Williams & Connolly LLP provides a robust defense to public companies, and directors and officers against allegations of securities fraud, as well as in derivative shareholder actions. Notably, the firm recently successfully secured a motion to dismiss for private equity sponsor Silver Lake, one of the defendants in a high-profile putative securities class action relating to alleged insider knowledge prior to sales of stock it had in a former portfolio company Intelsat. Steven Farina and Amanda MacDonald were key to this success, with Farina also recently securing a series of important victories before the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court for nCino, in a derivative lawsuit challenging the company’s acquisition of mortgage loan platform SimpleNexus. Leveraging ‘tremendous litigation experience’, John Williams displays ’superb judgment’ for energy and healthcare clients, in particular, in securities litigation matters. Highly accomplished trial lawyer Robert Van Kirk, who co-heads the team alongside Farina and MacDonald, also maintains a vibrant securities litigation practice and is active in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout the country.