Skip to Footer Search Menu CLIENTS PEOPLE CAPABILITIES EVIDENCE HOME CAPABILITIES LITIGATION SECURITIES Securities Trial-Ready and Aggressive Kasowitz’s Securities Litigation practice is trial-ready and aggressive, and known for successfully handling bet-the-company litigations for both plaintiffs and defendants. We regularly defend corporations, financial institutions, and directors and officers in securities actions and, for plaintiffs, frequently represent corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors and high net worth individuals in pursuing securities law violations by issuers and other market participants, including in direct actions and opt-out litigation. Clients have included Teva Pharmaceuticals, TPG, Comcast, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), FHFA, HSBC Bank, ACA Financial Guaranty, Royal Bank of Canada, Loreley Financing, Godiva Chocolatier and U.S. Bank. Our securities litigation practice is highly ranked by publications such as Chambers USA and The Legal 500. Defense-Side Teva Pharmaceuticals Eros International TPG Comcast Royal Bank of Canada MF Global Holdings Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Take-Two Fannie Mae Tapestry Godiva Chocolatier Disability Rights Advocates Liggett Group Wyndham Hotels Stryker Stonepath Group Director of MagnaChip People's United Bank Hoechst and other chemical companies Southern Union CNA Holdings Celanese Plaintiff-Side Angelo Gordon & Co., Waterfall Asset Management, One William Street Capital Management, and Libremax Capital MBIA Institutional Investors in Valeant Hedge Fund Investor in Adeptus Hedge Fund Investor in SunEdison Federal Housing Finance Agency U.S. Bank and HSBC Bank USA Loreley Financing ACA Financial Guaranty MetLife and Lloyds TSB Bank Basic Element Company DWS Parties The Hartford MEDIA Kasowitz Receives 31 National and Metropolitan Rankings in the U.S. News 2022 Best Law Firms List NOVEMBER 04, 2021 Benchmark Litigation Recommends Kasowitz as a Leading Litigation Law Firm OCTOBER 06, 2021 Jennifer S. Recine to Speak at Benchmark Women in Litigation Forum SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 Kasowitz Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers by Lawdragon AUGUST 20, 2021 New York Law Journal Names Kasowitz 2021 Litigation Department of the Year for Finance AUGUST 09, 2021 Kasowitz Scores Win in Trust Instruction Proceeding Involving Billion-Dollar Triaxx CDOs JULY 07, 2021 Kasowitz Recommended as a 2021 Leading Law Firm by Legal 500 US JUNE 14, 2021 Chambers USA 2021 Recognizes Kasowitz as a Leading Law Firm MAY 24, 2021 The National Law Journal Names Mark P. Ressler and Michael A. Hanin Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers MAY 06, 2021 Lawdragon Profiles Marc E. Kasowitz, Michael A. Hanin and Sheron Korpus and their Bet-the-Company Wins in Financial Services Litigation APRIL 27, 2021 Show more CONTACTS Sheron Korpus PARTNER / NEW YORK View full bio Michael A. Hanin PARTNER / NEW YORK View full bio Stephen W. Tountas PARTNER / NEW YORK View full bio VIEW ALL SECURITIES LITIGATION LAWYERS Highly efficient, loyal and client-minded practitioners who have a lot of experience with complex transactions. Client quote in Legal 500 CASE STUDY CDO Investor Successfully Settles Multiple Lawsuits Against Big Banks READ STORY CASE STUDY Kasowitz Secures Dismissal of Securities Class Action for Bollywood Film Producer, Eros International READ STORY MEDIA Law360 Names Kasowitz Practice Group of the Year for Structured Finance December 01, 2020 Kasowitz Benson Torres has been recognized as a 2020 Practice Group of the Year for Structured Finance by Law360, which honors the law firms behind the litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry in the past year. READ STORY MEDIA Kasowitz Scores Key Victory for Noteholders in Multi-Billion Dollar Student Loan Syndication Case September 01, 2020 Kasowitz Benson Torres, on behalf of a group of noteholders in fifteen National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, has scored another key victory in the noteholders’ legal dispute with the residual equity holders concerning the management and control of the Trusts. READ STORY MEDIA Kasowitz Recommended as a 2020 Leading Law Firm by Legal 500 US June 16, 2020 The Legal 500 US has once again recommended Kasowitz Benson Torres as a leading law firm in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 US guide. READ STORY HOME CAPABILITIES LITIGATION SECURITIES SITEMAP DISCLAIMER ATTORNEY ADVERTISING PRIVACY ACCESSIBILITY FIND US LINKEDIN TWITTER Back to top