Proven in Practice

Experience That Delivers

At Takumi Partners LLP, our attorneys have spent decades handling complex, high-value disputes across industries and jurisdictions, as well as advising companies during internal investigations and Board and corporate matters.

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Where Experience Meets Execution

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Decades of high-stakes litigation experience

Strategic thinking informed by modern technology

Precision, focus, and disciplined execution

Representative Matters

The matters below represent a selection of the firm's experience. Client identities are disclosed only where permitted. Additional matters available upon request.

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    • $17 million jury verdict for investors in a derivative case involving a real estate syndication

    • Defense verdict for a corporate board in derivative case involving a reorganization

    • Unanimous California Supreme Court decision establishing standing requirement and choice of law test in derivative suits involving Delaware corporations

    • Successful defense of public boards at the pleading stage in dozens of shareholder derivative suits

    • Successful defense of public companies in dozens of securities class action suits

    • Successful defense of a public company in a case brought by a former executive involving the taxation of equity compensation

    • Defense counsel in one of the first cases establishing the pleading standard under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

    • Co-lead defense counsel of a Fortune 500 company in multiple federal antitrust class action suits

    • Successful defense of corporate boards in dozens of cases seeking to enjoin public company mergers

    • Pre-suit settlement of antitrust claims against a standards setting organization, allowing an innovative technology to continue in use

    • Innovative settlement structure for a class action suit that reduced the settlement payout while providing broad releases and protections against future litigation

    • Pre-suit resolution governmental investigations involving publicly traded companies

    • Advised public company boards on fiduciary duties in merger and acquisition and similar transactions

    • Served as interim general counsel to a public company

    • Counsel board members and company executives on fiduciary duties and corporate governance

    • Review corporate disclosures and offering documents for litigation risk and compliance with disclosure requirements

    • Advise fund managers on corporate governance and litigation avoidance

    • Provide internal training on insider trading avoidance and document retention

    • Counsel companies and investors on investor inspection demands

    • Resolution of Securities and Exchange Commission investigation of accounting practices involving a Fortune 100 company before the issuance of a Wells Notice

    • Resolution of federal grand jury and Securities and Exchange Commission investigations of a senior executive of a company that pled guilty in a major Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case without an indictment or Wells Notice

    • Led internal public company investigations involving corporate executives

    • Representation of public company audit committees in internal investigations

    • Representation of the board of a governmental agency in an internal investigation

    • Led internal corporate investigations in response to government subpoenas and inquiries

    • Respond to FINRA and SEC insider trading investigations

    • Negotiated professional franchise agreements

    • Negotiated and conducted diligence for professional team purchase

    • Negotiated and reviewed player, agent, third party, stadium and NIL agreements

    • Negotiated and reviewed sponsorship agreements

    • Advised on matters related to emerging leagues

    • General sports franchise business matters

    • Negotiated long term parking contract for a municipal stadium

    • Participated in event security service contract bid selection for a municipal stadium

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