Jared Gerber focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and is recognized as a leading lawyer for securities litigation. Corporations, financial institutions, officers, and directors rely on Jared to protect their business interests in securities fraud, M&A, shareholder derivative, and general commercial litigation. He has extensive experience successfully litigating securities claims under the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, the Investment Advisers Act, the Williams Act, state blue sky laws, and the common law in both federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels.
Referenzmandate
- Represented Petrobras in a historic securities class action and dozens of related individual actions arising out of Lava Jato bribery scandal, which asserted claims under the Securities Act and Exchange Act, including obtaining significant dismissal decisions concerning the extraterritoriality of the securities laws and securing favorable settlements of the remaining claims*
- Represented dozens of financial institutions that underwrote Lehman Brothers securities in securities litigation arising out of company’s bankruptcy, including obtaining a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court holding that class-action tolling does not apply to the Securities Act’s statute of repose in California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) v. ANZ Securities Inc. et al.*
- Secured the dismissal in significant part, including the dismissal of all Securities Act claims, in a securities class action concerning underwriting standards and relationships with key partners on behalf of Synchrony Financial and several of its officers and directors*
Auszeichnungen
- Chambers USA, Litigation: Securities, 2021-2026
- Legal 500 US, Securities Litigation: Defense, Leading Partner, 2020-2025
- Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star
Praxisgruppen und Fokusthemen
Internationale Märkte
Organisationen & Mitgliedschaften
- Federal Bar Council, Securities Litigation Committee, member
- New York City Bar Association, Securities Litigation Committee, member
Qualifikationen
Ausbildung
- New York University School of Law, JD, cum laude
- Brown University, AB, magna cum laude
Zulassungen
- New York
Courts/Agencies
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- US District Court for the Southern District of New York