Beau is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group and the Securities & Commodities Litigation Service Group. He focuses his practice on the representation of hedge funds, commodity pool operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors (CTAs), introducing brokers (IBs), and futures commission merchants (FCMs). He provides both transactional and litigation services to clients in the securities and futures and commodities industries, and also has extensive commercial-litigation experience.
In addition to his legal experience, Beau offers clients a perspective informed by his real-world business experience as the chief compliance officer for a successful hedge fund, CPO, and CTA. As a result, he has navigated the complex web of laws and regulations that apply to hedge funds, CPOs and CTAs both as an attorney and as a client. Beau is a licensed Series 3 commodities representative.
Beau has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict, and has arbitrated a number of matters before the NASD, NYSE, and other self-regulatory organizations. Additionally, he has represented public companies in connection with internal investigations relating to financial reporting and disclosure issues. Beau’s recent litigation victories include:
Successfully defending a public company against a class action suit where the potential liability was approximately $1 billion
Successfully defending a client against +1,000 lawyer firm in a high-profile civil rights trial after being appointed by the federal court to undertake the representation approximately one month before the trial began
Not only defeating NASD arbitration claims for temporary and permanent injunctions against a municipal-bond client, but actually obtaining an award for damages and sanctions against the plaintiff who was represented in the securities arbitration by another +1,000 lawyer firm
Obtaining a seven-figure settlement (equal to 100% of the client’s damages) in less than one week by using an obscure equitable attachment procedure
Winning three jury trials in three separate cases in a single four-month period