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    Adam S. Paris

    Partner

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    Adam Paris is a member of S&C’s Litigation Group and has been a partner of the Firm since January 2006. Prior to joining S&C, Mr. Paris was a Law Clerk to Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and, before that, to Chief Judge Marilyn Huff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

    Adam has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on a variety of complex business litigation matters, with particular concentration on antitrust/unfair competition matters, mergers & acquisitions litigation, complex commercial litigation, and securities litigation. He regularly appears in federal and state courts throughout the country, has first-chaired civil jury and bench trials and handled domestic and international arbitrations through hearings on the merits. Adam’s antitrust practice has included the defense of private class action litigation, criminal investigations by the Department of Justice, and merger clearances (including six multi-billion-dollar transactions) before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice.

    Regarded as one of the country’s leading litigators, Adam is regularly recognized by such authorities as Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. Adam has been repeatedly named a BTI Client Service All-Star, an award which honors lawyers who have “mastered the art of superior client service,” and was selected for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2022 “Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s” list. In 2020, Adam was recognized by the National Law Journal as a “Litigation Trailblazer” for delivering successful outcomes in some of S&C’s highest-stakes antitrust and competition cases, including serving as lead trial lawyer in a crucial court battle for Pabst Blue Ribbon. Adam has also served on Law360’s Competition Editorial Advisory Board (2022).

    Adam has an abiding commitment to pro bono legal and community services. In addition to litigating a number of pro bono matters throughout his career at S&C, Adam serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations committed to providing legal, educational and cultural services to disadvantaged and underserved communities in Los Angeles.

    • Director, Friends of the Los Angeles Law Library
    • Director, Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation
    • Director, Western Center for Law & Poverty
    • Trustee, The Country School

    Adam is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Chemical Society (ACS).

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    Experience

    Experience

    Select Recent Matters: Antitrust

    • Ally Financial in antitrust class actions relating to trading of GameStop and other stocks in so-called “short squeeze” purchases
    • Argos USA in antitrust class action litigation arising from alleged price-fixing and bid-rigging in the ready-mix concrete industry
    • Lion Capital in coordinated antitrust MDL civil and related criminal litigation concerning alleged price-fixing in the packaged seafood industry seeking over $1.5 billion in damages
    • Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation as antitrust counsel to NSSMC in connection with the operation of a number of its United States joint ventures
    • Pabst Brewing Co. in its three-week jury trial against MillerCoors in a $500 million contract/unfair competition lawsuit, arising from breach of the parties’ Brewing Agreement
    • RPX Corp. in an antitrust/IP dispute brought by Xockets, alleging software licensing collusion with Microsoft and NVIDIA

    Select Recent Matters: Securities

    • B. Riley Financial in its state and federal securities litigation arising from an investment in Franchise Group
    • Canadian Pacific Railways Limited in bondholder litigation seeking over $500 million arising from an alleged mandatory redemption of contested notes, and affirmed on appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    • Cronos Group in an Audit Committee investigation spanning several years, involving two restatements and SEC/OSC enforcement proceedings
    • Edison International in a special litigation committee review of stockholder demands and related litigation arising from the decommission of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
    • Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation as counsel to NSSMC in connection with the operation of a number of its United States joint ventures and transactions

    Select Recent Matters: Complex Commercial/M&A

    • AB InBev in a contract dispute with Constellation Brands over certain Modelo products
    • Freedom Foods Pty Ltd in a JAMS International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) arbitration arising from a trade secrets dispute with Blue Diamond Growers
    • Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group in seeking to recover $1.93 billion withheld by the FDIC and in connection with various investigations arising out of Silicon Valley Bank’s closure
    • Tadano Ltd. in litigation arising from its $200 million acquisition of Manitex International
    • United Rentals in litigation arising from its $2 billion acquisition of Ahern Rentals, Inc.
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    News

    News

    • S&C Secures Appellate Victory for Canadian Pacific in Mandatory Redemption Dispute

      March 3, 2025
    • S&C Obtains Appellate Victory for Barclays in LIBOR Antitrust Case

      January 15, 2025
    • S&C Advises SVB Financial Group Through Successful Plan of Reorganization

      November 7, 2024
    • S&C Advises Tadano in All-Cash Acquisition of Manitex International Valued at $223 Million

      September 16, 2024
    • S&C Advises Lundin Mining in Joint Acquisition of Filo for C$4.1 Billion

      August 14, 2024
    • S&C Obtains Dismissal of Securities Claims Against Allianz SE and U.S. Affiliate

      March 19, 2024
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1997
    • Yale University, B.S., 1994

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
    • California

    Clerkships

    • The Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999
    • The Honorable Marilyn L. Huff, United States District Court, Southern District of California, 1997-1998
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