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Meredith Kotler
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner and Co-Head of Securities and Shareholder Litigation
Career
Meredith Kotler is co-head of the securities and shareholder litigation practice at Freshfields, where she specializes in high-stakes litigation, including securities, M&A, and shareholder disputes. Meredith regularly represents multi-national companies, financial institutions, and their boards and management in significant securities class actions, having secured important dismissals in both federal and state courts. As major M&A transactions and board-level controversies continue to receive scrutiny, Meredith has defended companies, their management and boards, and their financial advisors in litigation relating to dozens of transactions with a cumulative value of over $100 billion in the last six years alone. She has played a leading role in many matters raising novel corporate governance issues, including the corporate control battle between National Amusements, Inc. and CBS Corporation, for which she was named “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for her successful representation of NAI and the Redstones.
From 1998 to 2004, Meredith served as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, including as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney. Her writings on the latest developments in securities litigation have been published in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and other outlets.
Education
- JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School
- BA, summa cum laude, Princeton University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Leading lawyers)Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in New York continues to blaze a trail for Magic Circle firm in US securities litigation, thanks to its ‘whip-smart, creative lawyers who are very focused on getting the best result for the client’. Indeed, clients praise the firm’s ‘extraordinary creativity, experience and domain expertise in the fields of securities litigation and corporate governance litigation’. Meredith Kotler and Mary Eaton are co-heads of the securities and shareholder litigation practice, which was founded only three years ago, but is already at the forefront of the market. Kotler and Eaton successfully represented AstraZeneca, its CEO, and several other executives in a putative securities class action challenging disclosures regarding its COVID-19 vaccine, including alleged problems with its clinical trials and prospects for FDA emergency use authorization. Boris Feldman in Silicon Valley, who is noted for ‘a very celebrated career as a brilliant and creative lawyer’, gives the firm a strong presence on the West Coast and in the technology sector. Among his clients is Google’s parent company Alphabet. In the same office, emerging partner talent Doru Gavril is a key advisor to the technology and electric vehicles industries. Together, they secured a complete victory in a putative securities class action for image-sharing platform Pinterest.
United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
(Hall of Fame)Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP continues to blaze a trail for Magic Circle firms in US litigation, and clients and peers alike recognise that the firm has ‘built a real presence in this space over the last few years, and is a rising star‘. The firm has an impressive roster of clients, among them AstraZeneca, Cargill, BP, Pinterest and Tesla. Meredith Kotler (who is ‘a wonderful advocate with great judgment, presence and poise‘) and Mary Eaton (who is ‘smart, engaged, excellent with clients and judges, just top-notch‘) lead the practice from New York. The firm also has a major presence in Silicon Valley thanks to standout partner Boris Feldman, who leads the US technology practice and has ‘unparalleled experience and great relationships across the industry‘, and emerging talent Doru Gavril, who is ‘razor-sharp, masters all details and is truly tenacious‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Financial products
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation