Joseph S. Allerhand co-heads the firm’s Securities Litigation/Corporate Governance practice. With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Allerhand is a nationally recognized litigator and corporate counsellor with extensive experience in securities litigation, M&A litigation, SEC investigations, busted deal litigation, arbitrations and contested bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Allerhand has been named by the New York Times as one of the top 100 lawyers in New York and by Chambers USA as one of America’s leading business lawyers. He is described as having “a gift for ‘commanding control in the biggest cases.’” “A knockout in the courtroom as well as a deft performer behind the scenes.” Chambers, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007) writes that Mr. Allerhand brings “raw intelligence to a practice that frequently involves counseling boards of directors and special committees in litigation connected with SEC investigations and bankruptcy proceedings. His ability to digest the various facts of a case and turn them into a winning argument is exemplary.” He has also been named in 2007 by New York Magazine as one of the top lawyers for “bet the company” litigation.
Because much of his practice arises from complex corporate transactions, Mr. Allerhand regularly counsels boards of directors and special committees on a wide variety of corporate disputes and in connection with internal investigations. Typically, he advises during the pre-dispute stage, and will then litigate the dispute through trial if necessary. Mr. Allerhand is equally adept at representing plaintiffs or defendants, and has argued and tried numerous high-profile cases in state and federal courts, and before arbitration panels.
Mr. Allerhand writes and lectures frequently on securities litigation. He recently published an article in the New York Law Journal entitled “New Wave of M&A Litigation Attacks Private Equity Deals.”
Mr. Allerhand is a member of the Board of Directors or Trustees of the New York Legal Assistance Corp., Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York and the UJA Federation of New York. He is the Former President of the UJA-Federation of N.Y. Lawyers Division and a current member of the Executive Committee and a Founder/Board Member of the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan.