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Ellen Holloman is a partner in Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group. She focuses her practice on representing financial institutions, corporations and individuals in regulatory enforcement proceedings, corporate internal investigations and related civil litigation. She has significant experience in securities class action litigation and in representing clients in corporate governance matters, contract and post-acquisition disputes, and employment-related claims, including for enforcement of non-compete, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements. She also frequently handles litigation arising from bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters, and has represented creditors and secured and unsecured debtors in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings across a wide range of industries, including financial services, energy, shipping, licensing and apparel.
Ellen has represented clients as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts and in arbitrations around the world. She has first and second chair trial experience, and has argued motions in federal and state court, and participated in over one hundred depositions. Recently, she served as lead litigation counsel on behalf of a debtor licensing company in a three week trial that resulted in findings of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, aiding and abetting and unjust enrichment against the former principal of the debtor and a publicly-held company.
Ellen has extensive experience with cross border civil litigation and international law enforcement, including obtaining overseas discovery under the Hague Convention and investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She also has experience with Constitutional law matters, particularly First Amendment jurisprudence.
In addition to her civil litigation experience, Ellen also has significant experience with white-collar criminal defense matters, and has represented clients responding to regulatory inquires, requests and enforcement proceedings initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers, FINRA, Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the New York State Attorney General, New York Stock Exchange, European Commission, and the UK Serious Frauds Office, among others.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Ellen Holloman
- Securities Litigation Update: First Circuit Holds That Future-Focused Risk Disclosures Are Not Misleading Absent “Grand Canyon”-Level Threat to Company - (Posted On Tuesday, August 10, 2021)
- CFPB Suit Against Student Loan Trusts Dismissed - (Posted On Thursday, April 01, 2021)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Finds No Showing of Actionable Claim Required to Inspect Books and Records - (Posted On Wednesday, January 29, 2020)
- Corporate Governance Litigation & Regulation: A Periodic Review and Predictions for the Remainder of 2019 - (Posted On Thursday, May 23, 2019)
- M&A Update: The Delaware Supreme Court’s Decision in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc.—Calculating Fair Value in Statutory Appraisal Cases - (Posted On Monday, April 22, 2019)
- Forward Movement in the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Student Loan Litigation: What This Means for Securitization - (Posted On Friday, November 02, 2018)
- M&A Update: The Importance of a High-Quality Sales Process in Determining the Outcome of an Appraisal Proceeding - (Posted On Tuesday, August 07, 2018)
- Delaware Chancery Court Finds Absence of Controlling Stockholder Does Not Eliminate Possibility for Adequately Pled Corporate Overpayment Claims - (Posted On Thursday, August 02, 2018)
- SEC Publishes Three Releases: Choose One: Best Interest or Full Service - (Posted On Friday, April 27, 2018)