Ali Sher is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She represents clients in a wide range of high stakes commercial disputes, including shareholder litigation, high-profile securities litigation, M&A litigation, trademark infringement matters, antitrust litigation, insurance/reinsurance matters and other complex commercial disputes. Ali also advises clients in sensitive internal investigations, as well as government investigations brought by the DOJ, SEC and CFTC. Her work involves the representation of corporations, financial institutions and private equity firms, as well as boards of directors, board committees and executives.
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Work Highlights
- Zest Dental in winning a preliminary injunction in a federal court trademark infringement case
- PAAMCO and Prisma in litigation arising out of investments made by the Kentucky Retirement Systems
- Investment firm in internal and DOJ investigations related to FCPA and misappropriation issues
- Several financial institutions in SEC investigations related to texting practices
- Several fortune 100 companies in conducting regulatory investigations and internal investigations
- Privately held company in conducting an internal investigation related to allegations of regulatory violations, fraud and FCPA violations
- 313 Acquisition and Todd Pedersen in a breach of contract lawsuit, including in the Utah Court of Appeals
- J.P. Morgan in obtaining dismissal of shareholder derivative litigation
- Chief Financial Officer of a prominent public company in litigation focused on compliance with internal controls, Section 13 and communications with auditors
Education
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Harvard Law School, 2015 J.D.
Frank Righeimer Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship
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Boston University, 2010 B.A.
Summa Cum Laude
Associations
- New York City Bar Association
Clerkships
- Hon. Kevin McNulty, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Admissions
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New York 2016
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2022
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York 2016
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York 2016
Ali Sher is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department. She represents clients in insurance and reinsurance matters, high-profile securities litigation, antitrust, false advertising and regulatory matters and other complex commercial disputes. Ali also advises clients in sensitive internal investigations as well as government investigations brought by the DOJ, SEC, and CFTC.
Ali is a general commercial litigator and experienced crisis manager who represents the Firm’s institutional clients in a wide range of high stakes, complex commercial disputes and is also a member of the Firm’s Government and Internal Investigations Practice.
Her clients include KKR, Apax, BC Partners, Blackstone, PAAMCO Prisma, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank.
She also has an active pro bono practice, including representing clients in domestic violence and asylum matters. Since 2020, she has served as the Board Chair of a New York City nonprofit called I Challenge Myself, which provides opportunities for public school students to strengthen their bodies, minds and spirits through school-based fitness programs.
Ali’s representative experience includes:
- Zest Dental in winning a preliminary injunction in a federal court trademark infringement case;
- PAAMCO and Prisma in litigation arising out of investments made by the Kentucky Retirement Systems;
- Investment firm in internal and DOJ investigations related to FCPA and misappropriation issues;
- Several financial institutions in SEC investigations related to texting practices;
- Several fortune 100 companies in conducting regulatory investigations and internal investigations;
- Privately-held company in conducting an internal investigation related to allegations of regulatory violations, fraud and FCPA violations;
- 313 Acquisition and Todd Pedersen in a breach of contract lawsuit, including in the Utah Court of Appeals;
- J.P. Morgan in obtaining dismissal of shareholder derivative litigation;
- Chief Financial Officer of prominent public company in litigation focused on compliance with internal controls, Section 13 and communications with auditors;
- United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. in a reinsurance dispute;
- Tradeweb Markets in dismissal of an antitrust class action involving interest rate swaps;
- J.P. Morgan in securities and derivative litigations arising from credit default swaps and regulatory investigations; and
- RBS Securities in mortgage-backed securities actions.
Ali completed a clerkship with the Honorable Kevin McNulty of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she received the Frank Righeimer Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship. Ali received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston University. Prior to law school, Ali spent two years teaching Algebra and Geometry with Teach for America in New Orleans, Louisiana.