Sean Murphy > Milbank > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Milbank Offices
55 HUDSON YARDS
NEW YORK, NY 10001
NEW YORK
United States
Sean Murphy

Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Murphy’s practice focuses on complex securities matters. He has defended dozens of companies and financial institutions in multi-jurisdictional class action and derivative litigation under state and federal securities laws, including claims under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ERISA. He has extensive experience representing investment advisers and mutual fund boards in litigation and regulatory investigations involving management fees, revenue sharing, conflicts of interest, prospectus disclosure, distribution and trading, ERISA breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions, portfolio mismanagement, Rule 12b-1, board oversight and fiduciary duty litigation. He represents clients in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, DOL and state regulators.
Education
Mr. Murphy received his J.D. from Albany Law School, J.D. and his B.A. from St. Lawrence University.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
(Leading partners)Milbank‘s New York office is home to some of the most experienced securities litigators in the market, including the vastly experienced Sean Murphy, a specialist in private securities cases. Global head of litigation and arbitration George Canellos and practice group leader Alexander Lees oversee the securities litigation group, which has been involved in key areas of the market, notably SPAC-related cases. One example is the work of firm chair Scott Edelman and emerging partner talent Jed Schwartz for virtual behavioral healthcare company Talkspace in a case concerning its de-SPAC transaction. David Gelfand and Robert Hora also play key roles in the practice, and they continue to act for Rabobank in class action litigation. Edelman and key partner Grant Mainland are handling a high-profile case for former Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn in a complex matter concerning the issuance of bonds by Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration