Sheron Korpus

Partner

Antitrust Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Complex Financial Products Litigation; Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy; Financing Litigation; Securities Litigation

Sheron Korpus, Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust Group, is a first-chair litigator and trial lawyer, with extensive experience in multi-billion dollar commercial, complex financial, securities, antitrust, bankruptcy and intellectual property disputes.  Sheron has tried cases in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration panels, across the U.S.

Sheron is recognized as a leading lawyer in both commercial and securities litigation by Chambers USA where clients note that Sheron “gets right to the nub of the problem; he is really able to focus on what is most important,” and describe him as “a very good tactician,” with “tremendous command of the law” in significant disputes.  Chambers USA also lists Sheron as one of nine leading lawyers in New York representing institutional plaintiffs in securities lawsuits.  He is also recognized as one of seven leading lawyers nationally in the Legal 500 Securities Litigation: Plaintiff guide, with clients describing him as “very bright and quick-thinking, showing attention to detail with a clear view on the big picture,” and note that “he understands clients’ needs and provides legally sound guidance.”  Lawdragon also names Sheron as one of the Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in the U.S.  Sheron is recognized as a New York “Local Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, a “US Life Science Star” by LMG Life Sciences, and a New York Super Lawyer.  He was honored as an “Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal in 2016.  Peers have commented that Sheron “has outstanding skills as a trial lawyer and a broad and deep knowledge of commercial, securities and bankruptcy law,” and that “he can really carve up a hostile witness.” 

High Court of New Zealand; New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 1996); University of Auckland (Bachelor of Laws, with honors, 1991); University of Auckland (Bachelor of Commerce in accounting, 1991)