Corporate transactions can have significant financial consequences for shareholders, and this area has shaped much of Juan Monteverde’s legal career. Based in New York City, he has focused on shareholder rights while handling disputes connected to mergers, buyouts, and other control transactions. His work has contributed to the recovery of millions of dollars for shareholders. He was also involved in proxy compensation disclosure during the post-Dodd-Frank era, working to ensure executives provided a complete picture of their payouts.
Juan E. Monteverde founded Monteverde & Associates PC and currently leads the firm from its office at the Empire State Building. Working alongside attorneys experienced in related areas of law, he focuses the practice on protecting shareholders from corporate fraud and wrongdoing.
The firm generally represents shareholders who have experienced financial losses following corporate fraud or an inadequately priced merger. Its work extends from trial and appellate courts to matters before the U.S. Supreme Court. Monteverde and his team seek to protect their clients while pursuing accountability from corporations. His personal motto, “no one is above the law,” summarizes the principle behind his courtroom work.
Monteverde gained experience at several firms before establishing his own practice. From 2010 to 2016, he spent six years at Faruqi & Faruqi LLP, where he worked as a partner and chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation Department.
Faruqi & Faruqi is a national firm focused on class action litigation for investors and consumers. His position provided experience in complex litigation and stockholder-related matters.
Previously, Monteverde spent three years as an associate at Levi & Korsinsky. There, he represented victims of securities and consumer fraud and mutual fund abuse. His work also covered ERISA violations and shareholder rights involving corporate control changes or takeovers. Earlier, he worked at Smith, Mazure, Director, Wilkins, Young & Yagerman, handling construction law, civil rights cases, product liability, and other civil litigation matters.
Monteverde also spent three years during law school as a summer associate at Diaz Reus LLP. The firm handled complex commercial cases and government investigations for international and domestic clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to global banks.
Monteverde earned his Juris Doctor with distinction from the St. Thomas University School of Law in 2005. During his studies, he served as a staff editor of the Law Review and president of Plead the 5th, the official law school newspaper. He also tutored students in constitutional law, property law, ethics, and other law-related subjects.
Before attending law school, Monteverde earned his Bachelor of Science in business and finance from California State University, Northridge, from 2000 to 2002.
Monteverde has maintained a publication history that began during his education. He regularly publishes on executive compensation and speaks at the American Bar Association, PLI, ACI, and other conferences addressing merger cases and executive compensation.
His charitable involvement includes contributions to Planned Parenthood, the ASPCA, UNIS, Harvest Central West, and various food pantry efforts in New York City.
Monteverde is a member of the bar in New York and the Southern District, Eastern District, and Western District of New York, Eastern District of Wisconsin, District of Colorado, and the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 9th circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Super Lawyers recognized Mr. Monteverde as a Rising Star in 2013, 2017-2019, and as a Super Lawyer in 2022-2024. Martindale-Hubbell named Mr. Monteverde a top-rated lawyer for six straight years from 2017 to 2022.
Monteverde’s case history includes a $17.4 million cash settlement in Re Envision Healthcare Corp. in 2021 and a $6.5 million cash settlement in Riche v. Pappas. As lead counsel in Re Hansen Medical, Inc., he obtained a $7.5 million post-close cash settlement. As co-lead counsel in Re Jefferies Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, a $70 million post-close settlement was achieved.
In Varjabedian v. Emulex Corp., 888 F.3d 399 (9th Cir. 2018), Monteverde created a 5-to-1 circuit split that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. This result was preserved when a writ of certiorari was dismissed as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court in Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019).
Although his professional life developed in New York City, Juan Monteverde’s story began in Barcelona, Spain, where he was born. Outside the courtroom and his responsibilities at the firm, he enjoys boating and reserves part of his personal life for spending time with his wife and two children.
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