Alexander Shapiro
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275 Madison, Floor 24, New York, NY 10016
About Alexander Shapiro
Practice Areas
- Commercial Law
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991J.D.
- Yale University, 1986B.A.
- Honors: <i>summa cum laude</i>
- Honors: With Distinction
- Cambridge University , 1989M.Litt
Representative Cases
- Won motion to dismiss for all defendants in Rule 10b-5 action filed by institutional investor in federal court in San Jose, California against a private media company and two of its officers.
- Successfully defended Mexican national in a criminal money laundering investigation brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York leading to the dismissal of the indictment and release of millions of dollars in funds held for forfeiture.
- Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of CEO/founder of tech startup in corporate governance dispute with other founders in Delaware Chancery Court, securing exclusive control of company for client, and robust IP, non-compete and non-solicitation protections
- Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of international art curator in breach of contract dispute relating to Banksy art exhibition in Los Angeles after filing for emergency injunctive relief in California State Superior Court.
- Won motion seeking leave to amend complaint alleging securities fraud in counterclaim filed in federal court in New York City by individual investor against public company after Court had previously granted motion to dismiss and significantly limited the scope of any further pleading.
- Won motion to compel inspection of books and records of a federal stock association subject to federal law on behalf of New York hedge fund in lawsuit filed in federal court in Rochester, New York.
- Representing Greek national in loan recovery lawsuit against four New York LLCs and their principals pending in New York State Supreme Court.
- Representing private media company in investigations by SEC and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
Past Positions
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Trial Attorney
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Kornstein, Veisz, Wexler & Pollard, LLC, Partner
- Allegaert, Berger & Vogel LLP, Partner
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Of Counsel
- The Bank of New York Mellon, Senior Managing Counsel
- Cablevision Systems Corp., Head of Litigation and Compliance Policy
- DXC Technology, Inc., Global Head of Litigation and Investigations
Articles
Published Works
- “Second Circuit Stands its Ground in Construing 28 U.S.C. §1728,” The New York Law Journal, November 10, 2020
- “Diversity Jurisdiction in the Second Circuit: The ‘Tagger’ Decision,” The New York Law Journal, August 19, 2020
- The Consolations of History: Themes of Progress and Potential in Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. New York, NY: Routledge, 2020
- “Uplifting Experiences,” Book Review of Joseph Horowitz, Moral Fires: Musical Portraits from America’s Fin de Siècle (2012) in The Wagner Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2013)
- “McEwan and Forster, The Perfect Wagnerites.” The Wagner Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2011)
- “Political Theory and the Growth of Defensive Safeguards in Criminal Procedure: The Origins of the Treason Trials Act of 1696.” Law and History Review, Volume 11, No. 2 (Fall 1993)
- ”’Drama of an Infinitely Superior Nature': Handel's Early English Oratorios and the Religious Sublime.” Music & Letters, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May 1993)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Business Law
- White Collar Crime, Securities, Commercial Law
Nearby Lawyers
- Commercial Law
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