Cohen & Gresser LLP

New York-based boutique Cohen & Gresser LLP has a strong reputation advising companies, including those within the financial services sector, facing down private securities fraud allegations, as well as in the parallel regulatory probes. Much of the work is at the intersection of securities litigation and white-collar criminal law, with the team very well suited to handling high-stakes cases for executives, in particular. Leveraging skills gleaned in private practice and during his time as a federal prosecutor, Mark Cohen is recognized as a formidable adversary in the courtroom who has, over his many years’ in practice, tried many cases to verdict, including on behalf of a former hedge fund analyst in an insider trading case. He recently also gained considerable media attention for his high-profile work for Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of international cryptocurrency exchange FTX. David Lisner continues to represent the co-founder and former CEO of Talkspace, in high-stakes securities class action and shareholder derivative litigation stemming from disclosures surrounding Talkspace’s de-SPAC business combination and its 2021 public listing. Lawrence Gresser co-heads the team alongside Cohen and regularly handles securities class actions, including those involving 10-b 5 and insider trading allegations.