Nicholas Dennany

Associate at Bleichmar Fonti & Auld

Nicholas J. Dennany is an Associate in the Firm’s New York Office where he plays a key role in advising public pension funds and other institutional investors on potential legal claims.

Nick focuses his practice on investigating and analyzing pending and potential securities fraud and derivative claims and assists the Firm advise and recommend strategies to its clients to ensure that their rights are protected.

Nick is also a member of the Firm’s litigation team and has more than a decade of litigation experience. Nick recently litigated In re MF Global Holdings Limited Securities Litigation in connection with the company’s dramatic collapse on October 31, 2011. Judge Marrero in the Southern District of New York sustained plaintiffs’ complaint in its entirety, and the parties engaged in a complex discovery process involving the production of over 46 million pages of documents and dozens of depositions coordinated across multiple MF Global litigations. Plaintiffs secured settlements totaling over $234 million, resolving claims against MF Global’s former officers and directors, underwriter defendants, and MF Global’s outside auditor.

Nick also recently contributed to the Firm’s discovery efforts in In re Genworth Financial Inc. Securities Litigation. The case alleged that Genworth misled investors about the true state of its deteriorating long-term care insurance business. On May 1, 2015, U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer denied defendants’ motion to dismiss. The parties reached a settlement of $219 million, establishing a record for securities litigations in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Prior to joining the firm, Nick was a Staff Attorney at Labaton Sucharow LLP, where he was a member of the team that successfully litigated and ultimately secured significant settlements in In re Broadcom Corp. Securities Litigation ($173.5 million settlement) and In re NovaGold Resources Inc. Securities Litigation ($28 million CDN).

Timeline

  • Associate

    Current role