Paul Gluckow is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on securities litigation—including class and derivative actions, disputes in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and government and internal investigations—as well as antitrust litigation and other complex commercial litigation matters. He is recognized by The Legal 500 in Securities: Shareholder Litigation, Financial Services Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and M&A Litigation, where clients have described him as “very responsive and client-friendly.” He is also recognized by Euromoney's Benchmark Litigation.
Securities and Shareholder Litigation
Paul regularly represents financial institutions, corporations, and individuals in high-profile securities and shareholder litigations, and other related matters, including government and internal investigations. Recent representations include:
- JPMorgan Chase in litigation involving the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.
- Sirius XM and certain of its directors against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
- First Reserve in an expedited trial in Delaware Chancery Court in connection with a potential IPO of one of its portfolio companies.
- Former members of the Board of Directors of BearingPoint against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and related claims.
- Morgan Stanley in an auction rate securities derivative litigation.
- MarineMax – defending an individual defendant against allegations of federal securities law, breach of fiduciary duty, and related claims.
Paul is an editor of the Firm’s Securities Law Alert, a monthly newsletter that reports on developments in securities litigation and related areas.
M&A Litigation
Paul has substantial experience in litigation arising out of corporate acquisitions and other transactions. Recent representations include:
- Sirius XM in its acquisition of Pandora Media.
- The Phoenix Companies in its acquisition by Nassau Reinsurance Group.
- ADT Corporation in its acquisition by affiliates of Apollo Global Management.
- Office Depot in its merger with OfficeMax.
- Crestwood Midstream in its acquisition by Inergy Midstream.
- McKesson in its acquisition of PSS World Medical.
- First Reserve Corporation and SK Capital Partners in their acquisition of TPC Group Inc.
- JLL Partners in its acquisition of American Dental Partners.
- CVC Capital Partners in the acquisition of BJ’s Wholesale Club.
- Varian Semiconductor in its acquisition by Applied Materials.
- CNA Financial in its acquisition of CNA Surety.
- KKR, Centerview and Vestar in their acquisition of Del Monte Foods.
- Blackstone in its acquisition of the U.S. assets and platform of Centro Properties.
- The Special Committee of OdysseyRe in OdysseyRe’s acquisition by Fairfax Financial.
- Overseas Shipholding Group in its tender offer for OSG America.
- Alpharma in its acquisition by King Pharmaceutical.
- Blackstone in its acquisition of Equity Office Properties.
- Open Solutions in its acquisition by affiliates of Carlyle and Providence Equity Partners.
- KKR, Bain and Merrill Lynch in their $33 billion acquisition of HCA Inc.
- TD Banknorth in its acquisition by affiliates of Toronto-Dominion Bank.
- KeySpan in its acquisition by National Grid.
Antitrust
Paul has also been active in antitrust and competition matters, including cases alleging monopolization, price-fixing, and other restraints of trade. Recent representations include:
- JPMorgan Chase in litigation involving the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.
- KKR in a DOJ investigation related to consortium bidding in leveraged buyout transactions and a civil antitrust action alleging collusion among private equity firms.
- KKR and Centerview in defending against a civil antitrust action arising out of the acquisition of Del Monte Foods.
- HCA Inc. and Palmyra Park Hospital in litigation by the FTC, and related matters, seeking to enjoin the sale of Palmyra.
- Verizon Communications in the Trinko v. Verizon litigation.
- Drummond Company in an antitrust action against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
- Appleton Papers in civil and criminal antitrust matters.
Other complex commercial litigation matters include:
- Various clients in connection with post-closing purchase price adjustment disputes.
- Cooper Industries in defending against alleged fraudulent conveyance and related claims.
- Blackstone and Equity Office Properties in various breach of contract disputes arising from Blackstone’s acquisition of EOP.
- Law firms in defending against malpractice and related claims.
Paul joined Simpson Thacher in 1996. He received his J.D. summa cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1994, where he was also Editor-in-Chief of the Seton Hall Law Review. He received his M. Phil. with highest distinction in 1992 from the University of Glasgow and his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 1988. In 1994–95, Paul served as a law clerk to the Hon. William G. Bassler of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and in 1995–1996 he clerked for the Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.