Katten Expands Securities Litigation Team With Gidon M. Caine

Today, Katten welcomed the addition of Gidon M. Caine to its team as a securities litigation partner, bolstering the firm’s elite litigation offerings. “Reuniting with Gidon after all these years is a pleasure. We previously collaborated at another firm many years back.

I’ve been pursuing him for a while,” stated Bruce G. Vanyo, who co-chairs the Securities Litigation practice at Katten. “Gidon brings over three decades of expertise in strategic legal counseling and is adept at managing the considerable reputational and financial risks that companies encounter during investigations and litigation, which is invaluable for our clientele.”

Based in Silicon Valley, Caine specializes in various aspects of securities and corporate governance disputes. Gidon M. Caine has a wide range of legal skills. He handles many types of cases, including lawsuits involving shareholders, legal actions against company executives for not fulfilling their duties, and cases about company mergers and acquisitions. He has also led major trials as the main attorney, such as in the Delaware Court of Chancery, representing very large companies.

Caine works with various clients such as company boards, directors, officers, and special committees, mainly in Silicon Valley’s technology and life sciences industries. He also manages cases involving internal and government investigations, issues with venture funds, and other complex business legal matters.

Recognized by Chambers USA in the Securities Litigation sector, Caine is a respected authority in the legal field. He often shares his insights with the media and speaks at Stanford Law School Directors’ College panel discussions. Caine focuses on the complexities and challenges of being on boards of special purpose acquisition vehicles (SPACs). He also teaches at the University of California Berkeley School of Law and the Practicing Law Institute. Additionally, he writes critical legal analyses on major court decisions.

Katten is a full-service law firm with around 700 attorneys in the United States, London, and Shanghai. It offers high-quality legal services to clients both locally and internationally. The firm specializes in corporate law, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit, and private wealth.

Katten represents various clients, from public and private companies to government and nonprofit entities and individuals.

More information about Katten is available at katten.com.