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Alejandro (“Alex”) Moreno is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the Firm's San Diego office. He is the firm’s 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow.
Areas of Practice
Alex practices general business and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He is also experienced in private dispute resolution and arbitration, including FINRA arbitration, and has succeeded on behalf of his clients after full arbitration and brokered favorable pre-arbitration settlements. Alex also handles appeals in the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit.
Alex represents clients in the banking and finance, mortgage, cannabis, hospitality, technology and telecommunications, restaurant and franchise, energy and extraction, and healthcare industries. He defends consumer class actions, securities litigation and shareholder derivative suits, cross-border litigation, and litigation for high-net-worth individuals and companies with a need for Spanish speaking counsel. Alex has prevailed as named counsel in complex securities fraud class actions under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and has defended derivative claims involving California, Nevada, and Delaware corporations. He is also experienced in the law of receivership and has managed the legal affairs of businesses placed into receivership.
Start-up companies turn to Alex to formalize their corporate governance, set up effective employee equity compensation plans, and analyze potential conflicts of interest to help them ramp up to Series A funding.
Alex lived for two decades in Mexico and Spain and applies his familiarity with Latin American culture to successfully solve legal disputes for Latin American clients. For example, he has successfully resolved labor disputes involving primarily Spanish speaking workforces. Alex has also led and organized fact gathering investigations for U.S. companies with factories in Latin America.
A prolific writer, Alex regularly contributes to various legal blogs discussing developments in the law affecting public companies, issuers of securities, banking and finance regulations, the enforceability of arbitration agreements and class action waivers, and companies with business in Latin America.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Alejandro E. Moreno
- CFPB Issues Compliance Bulletin On Confidentiality of Supervisory Information - (Posted On Monday, March 23, 2015)
- Contracts: No Change Of Position, No Estoppel - (Posted On Friday, January 09, 2015)
- Sovereign Litigation in Latin America: Top Five Issues To Think of When Doing Business With a Latin American Country - (Posted On Monday, August 18, 2014)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Underscores Heightened Pleading Standard Necessary to Support a Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duty In Connection With a Merger - (Posted On Monday, May 12, 2014)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Grants Summary Judgment Dismissing Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims In Absence of Evidence of Directors’ “Conscious Disregard” of Fiduciary Duties - (Posted On Friday, March 21, 2014)
- If It’s Not In Writing, It Didn’t Happen: Oral Promises To Modify A Loan Are Not Enforceable - (Posted On Wednesday, January 29, 2014)
- Doing Business In Latin America: Does Your Local Supplier Have Best Practices In Place So That Your Company Can Avoid Liability Under The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)? - (Posted On Saturday, August 03, 2013)
- Delaware Chancery Court Establishes Procedural Framework for Obtaining Business Judgment Review for Going Private Transaction Sponsored By Majority Stockholders - (Posted On Wednesday, June 26, 2013)
- California Court of Appeal Recognizes That Wide Discretion Granted to a Board of Directors Under the Business Judgment Rule May Be Tempered By a Corporation's Private Contractual Obligations to Its Shareholders/Members - (Posted On Sunday, February 17, 2013)
- California Court Holds That Borrowers May Enjoin A Foreclosure If A Lender Fails To Meet Servicing Guidelines - (Posted On Monday, February 04, 2013)