Mr Alan Goudiss > Shearman & Sterling LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

A&O Shearman has a strong bench of litigators in New York who handle the full range of securities and M&A matters, including contested mergers, proxy contests, appraisal cases, derivative actions and more. Senior partner and head of litigation Adam Hakki is widely regarded as a highly skilled litigator, and he leads the practice along with Paula Anderson, Alan Goudiss and emerging partner talent Mallory Brennan. Samuel Cooper in Houston and Dan Gold in Dallas also play key roles in high-profile matters. Hakki and Gold recently secured the dismissal of claims against Jefferies, which acted as financial adviser to Golden Nugget Online Gaming in its $1.56bn merger with digital sports entertainment and gaming company DraftKings Inc. Anderson, who is increasingly visible in deal-related litigation for major corporates, worked with Goudiss to successfully defend General Electric in a Delaware case concerning the merger of its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes, in which plaintiffs alleged that the company used misleading unaudited financial statements that concealed billions in goodwill impairments to inflate its value.