Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is widely regarded as one of the leading firms handling the representation of shareholders in corporate takeover and shareholder derivative litigation. In 2023, the firm opened an office in Wilmington to cement the presence of its shareholder derivative and corporate governance practice in high-stakes corporate litigation. Practice heads Randall Baron in San Diego and Christopher Lyons in Nashville, who also works extensively in Wilmington, are the key practitioners. They recently represented shareholders in a challenge to the 2018 sale of Bioverativ, Inc. to Sanofi S.A. for $11.6bn, surviving motions to dismiss and ultimately securing a partial settlement of $84m. Shawn Williams in San Francisco, San Diego-based Travis Downs and New York partners Chad Johnson and Noam Mandel in New York also play key roles in the practice.