Investment Transactions

Institutional investors, including pension plans, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices, and fund-of-funds face complex legal challenges in successfully managing their investment portfolios: Concerns over the integrity of the credit rating process, the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on derivative usage and hedge fund investments, significant investment allocations to global emerging markets with varied regulatory practices, expanded authority for Federal and State regulatory agencies and evolving corporate governance standards for public equity investments are just some of the critical challenges lawyers working with institutional investors face today.

Attorneys working with institutional investors play an important role in ensuring that an investor’s portfolio management goals are successfully met, often navigating complex and rapidly changing legal and regulatory issues.

Additionally, the passage of the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) established a clear incentive and opportunity for institutional investors to protect their investments and recover losses resulting from securities fraud. The PSLRA provides several benefits to induce institutional investors to actively participate in litigation by acting as Lead Plaintiff. For instance, the Lead Plaintiff can dramatically influence settlement negotiations and allocations, bargain for significantly reduced legal fees and effectuate salient changes in the corporate governance of the defendant, thereby enhancing future value to shareholders. As a result, numerous institutional investors have chosen to proactively pursue securities litigation as Lead Plaintiff.

Wittenberg Law has substantial experience representing institutional investors and is able to provide legal counsel at the highest level and at rates that larger firms cannot replicate given the bloated business models of larger firms.