The Mr. Monteverde has concentrated his legal practice on defending shareholder rights. Mr. Monteverde regularly handles high -profile merger cases that seek the highest value for shareholders and has secured damages and improved merger transactions during the process.
Mr. Monteverde has also broken new ground in challenging proxies related to compensation issues post Dodd-Frank Act for not providing accurate disclosure required for shareholders to make informed decisions. Knee v. Brocade Comm’ns Sys., Inc., No. 1-12-CV-220249. Slip op. on 2 (Cal. Super. Ct. Santa Clara Cnty. Apr. 10, 2012) (Kleinberg, J.) (enjoining the 2012 shareholder vote due to the fact that certain information regarding projected executive compensation (as in connection with an increase in equity plan shares that had a potential dilutive effect to shareholders) was not properly disclosed in the proxy statement).
The Mr. Monteverde has written articles on executive compensation. He also speaks regularly on behalf of ABA, PLI, ACI and other conferences about merger litigation or executive compensation issues.
Juan Monteverde has been selected from Super Lawyers in 2013 and 2017-2019 as a New York Metro Rising Star in Securities Litigation, an award which is given only to less than 2.5 percent of lawyers in one particular area. Mr. Monteverde has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell from 2017 to 2020 to be a Best Rated Attorney.
Below is a list of selected cases and achievements:
In Re Envision Healthcare Corp., Case No. 18-cv-01608-RGA-SRF (D. Del. 2021)(obtaining $17.4 million cash settlement)
Riche V. Pappas (US Geothermal buyout), 2018-0177 JTL (Del. Ch. 2020)(securing $6.5 millions cash payment)
In Re Hansen Medical, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Lead Case No. 16-cv-294288 (Santa Clara Cnty., CA 2019)(obtaining $7.5 million cash settlement post-close)
in Re Clubcorp Holdings Shareholder Litigation, Case No. A-17-758972-B (Dist. Ct. Cark Cnty., NV 2019)(obtaining $5 million post-close cash settlement)
In Re American Capital, Ltd. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. 422598-V (Rockwell Cty, MD 2018)(obtaining $17.5 million post close cash settlement)
In Re Jefferies Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, Cons. C.A. No. 8059-CB (Del. Ch. 2015)(obtaining as co-lead counsel $70 million following the close settlement)
In Re Force Protection, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. A-11-651336-B (Dist. Ct. Clark Cnty., NV 2015)(obtaining as co-lead counsel an amount of $11 million post-closing cash settlement)
In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. No. 7840-VCL (Del. Ch. 2014.) (obtaining in co-lead capacity $10.725 million post-close cash settlement)
In Re Harleysville Group, Inc. S’holders Litigation, C.A. 6907-VCP (Del. Ch. 2014)(obtaining important disclosures to stockholders pre-close and securing valuable relief post-close in the form of an Anti-Flip Provision that provides holders of former stocks with 25% share of any profits from a Qualifying Sale)