ProfessionalsAndrew G. Gordon

Andrew G. Gordon

Partner

Partner

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+1-212-373-3543
New York

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Fax: +1-212-492-0543

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A partner in the Litigation Department, Andrew G. Gordon has extensive experience litigating on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation matters. Andrew’s litigation practice is concentrated on M&A litigation, including handling “material adverse change” litigations and shareholder class actions nationwide asserting breach of fiduciary duty and disclosure-related claims. Andrew also handles securities, intellectual property, bankruptcy, employment and other commercial disputes.

EXPERIENCE

An experienced trial lawyer, Andrew has conducted or participated in numerous trials in federal and state courts, bankruptcy courts and arbitration matters.

Some of his recent work includes:

  • representing Fresenius Kabi AG, a German healthcare company, at a trial in Delaware Chancery Court in which Fresenius successfully terminated its proposed $4.3 billion merger with Akorn Pharmaceuticals Inc., a U.S.-based generic drug manufacturer, on grounds of a “material adverse change” in Akorn’s business after Fresenius learned of Akorn’s alleged violations of U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards on data-integrity requirements;
  • achieving a significant victory for Dominion Diamond after a putative class of shareholders sued to enjoin the acquisition of Dominion Diamond by The Washington Companies, thereby allowing the $1.2 billion transaction to close on schedule;
  • securing dismissal of claims filed against Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. and its board of directors for breach of fiduciary duty and alleged proxy statement misrepresentations and omissions in connection with Silver Bay’s $1.4 billion acquisition by Tricon Capital Group;
  • representing Channel Medsystems, Inc., a medical device start-up, in a “material adverse change” litigation with Boston Scientific Corporation in which Boston Scientific is seeking to terminate its $250 million acquisition of Channel Medsystems on the ground that a “material adverse change” has occurred;
  • representing Virtu Financial in litigation arising out of Virtu Financial’s $1.4 billion acquisition of Knight Capital Group, including the successful resolution of a preliminary injunction challenging the transaction under Section 202 of the Delaware Corporation Law;
  • representing Alere Inc., a medical device and point-of-care testing company, in its “material adverse change” litigation with Abbott Laboratories in which we achieved a settlement whereby Abbott agreed to close the $5.3 billion acquisition;
  • representing The Citco Group of Companies in federal and state litigations arising out of the collapse of several hedge funds, including Fairfield Sentry and the Fletcher Funds;
  • representing several public and private company defendants – most recently, for example, ADMA Biologics, Earthlink, General Atlantic, Hunt Companies, Jill, Inc., Kate Spade, KKR, Mitel Networks, Plygem Industries, and Universal American Corporation – in securities class actions, take-over litigation, and derivative-styled lawsuits brought around the country;
  • achieving a significant victory on behalf of Santa Barbara Hospitality in an arbitration brought against Hyatt;
  • litigation of significant trademark, licensing and contractual disputes for clients such as MTV Networks, Michael Kors, Liz Claiborne, Warner Music Group, Voice Age Corporation and Ralph Lauren Corporation; and
  • representing several financial, hedge fund and private equity clients in a variety of regulatory, criminal, employment and civil litigation-related matters, including successfully defending a major private equity fund client in an arbitration in which plaintiff alleged claims of fraud and breach of contract and sought over $100 million in damages.

Andrew is also part of a trial team that successfully represented, pro bono, thousands of individuals with serious mental illnesses in a landmark lawsuit brought against the Governor of the State of New York and other New York officials.

Andrew served as associate editor of the Fordham Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

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