Shamah, Adam

Adam Shamah

Counsel

adam.shamah@lw.com
    Shamah, Adam

    Adam Shamah

    Counsel

    adam.shamah@lw.com

    Profile

    Adam Shamah is a trial lawyer who represents clients in high-stakes, complex commercial litigation.

    Mr. Shamah combines his client commitment and trial-focused intensity to guide market-leading technology companies, financial institutions, and multinational public corporations in:

    • Complex commercial disputes
    • Class actions
    • M&A litigation 
    • Securities litigation

    He approaches each stage of a dispute with a trial-oriented mindset and crafts responsive litigation strategy that matches clients’ commercial objectives.

    A recognized leader at the firm, Mr. Shamah serves on Latham’s global Ethics Committee. 

    Mr. Shamah maintains an active pro bono practice, including successfully petitioning a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a hard-of-hearing client.

    Before joining Latham, Mr. Shamah clerked for Judge I. Leo Glasser of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

    Experience

    Mr. Shamah’s experience includes representing:

    Trials

    • DXC Technology in a post-merger accounting dispute against Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, achieving a US$666 million award for DXC after a two-week trial
    • A Fortune 500 company in a post-M&A dispute arbitration, successfully defeating a US$1 billion claim and winning a full US$70 million counterclaim after trial
    • Sorrento Therapeutics in two complex arbitrations involving intellectual property licensing agreements
    • Larry Ellison and Safra Catz in a shareholder derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, alleging breach of fiduciary duty in connection with Oracle’s 2016 NetSuite acquisition
    • An international talent and media agency in various commercial disputes

    Class Actions, Securities, and M&A Disputes

    • Eaton and its senior executives in a putative class action alleging securities fraud claims based on alleged nondisclosure of tax consequences of a corporate transaction, helping to win complete dismissals of two complaints
    • Weatherford International and certain of its current and former officers in a US$2 billion securities fraud class action alleging defendants’ misrepresentations concerning the company’s debt, its plan to address that debt, and to seek chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, helping to win complete dismissal
    • A global media and marketing firm agency in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action alleging that a retirement plan offered imprudent investment options
    • A global entertainment company in a class action alleging false advertising and deceptive trade practices stemming from internet sales of concert tickets
    • A leading broker-dealer in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration proceedings
    • A global technology company in a joint venture dispute

    Investigations

    • An international financial institution in government investigations and related antitrust class actions regarding allegations of a conspiracy to fix prices of financial products
    • A global insurance company in a government investigation into potential information exchanges and price-fixing agreements
    • A healthcare company in an internal investigation into alleged accounting improprieties

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York

    Education

    • J.D., New York University School of Law, 2014
      cum laude
    • BS, Binghamton University, 2011
      cum laude

    Languages Spoken

    • English

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