Daniel J. Schwartz
Lawyers
Represents financial institutions and professional services firms in federal and state securities matters, class actions and complex commercial litigation.
- Daniel represents financial institutions and professional services firms in federal and state securities matters, class actions and complex commercial litigation. In addition, he has represented clients in a variety of regulatory, criminal, antitrust and bankruptcy matters.
Experience
Recent Representations
- Representing Binance in a putative federal securities class action involving cryptocurrency
- Dismissal of federal and state class action litigation against XP Inc., along with directors, officers and shareholders, concerning the company’s U.S. initial public offering
- Morgan Stanley in multiple litigations nationwide relating to residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) transactions
- Dismissal of a putative class action against a major investment bank brought by investors in a $1.2 billion CDO transaction backed by subprime mortgage assets
- Partial summary judgment for an investment bank in a contractual dispute with a monoline insurer over coverage for credit losses on a $1 billion CDO transaction
- Defending a major New York law firm in a putative securities fraud class action arising from investments in a purported international Ponzi scheme
- A major investment bank in securities class actions and related matters arising from alleged conflicts of interest between equity research and investment banking
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in securities class action and related litigation relating to Tyco International, Ltd.
- Frontier Airlines in litigation with its unions over collective bargaining agreements in connection with Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings
- Pharmaceutical companies in antitrust litigation and licensing disputes
- Institutions and individuals in civil regulatory and criminal investigations by FINRA, the SEC, and other federal and state regulators
Insights
Education
J.D., New York University School of Law
- cum laude
- Notes Editor, New York University Law Review
A.B., History and Literature, Harvard University
- magna cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, E.D. New York
- U.S. District Court, S.D. New York
- U.S. Supreme Court