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Jeffrey J. Wild is Co-Chair of the firm's Capital Markets Litigation Group and Fiduciary Counseling & Litigation Group. He has more than 25 years of experience in complex, high stakes financial litigation and arbitration, and is the “go to” litigator for numerous major companies and other clients. Mr. Wild’s practice includes capital-markets litigation (including claims relating to Wall Street transactions), securities litigation, contract/fraud litigation, trust-and-estate litigation, and other financial/commercial litigation. He litigates in the state and federal courts of both New Jersey and New York. Mr. Wild is featured in the 2007-2011 editions of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; the 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions of Super Lawyers and the 2008 Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition.
Some examples of Mr. Wild’s litigation practice include the following:
- Citicorp Repo Litigation: In November of 2008, Mr. Wild was selected to represent Bayview Financial, a family of companies that has issued tens of billions of dollars in asset-backed securities, in a major litigation with Citicorp relating to a $65 million repurchase transaction and the financing for multiple "repo" facilities. The case, in which Citicorp is represented by Shearman & Sterling, is currently pending in New York Supreme Court.
- Auction-Rate Securities Claim Against Merrill Lynch: Mr. Wild was a lead litigator in a securities arbitration proceeding before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Merrill Lynch/Bank of America. The claim, which was settled in 2011, involved sales by Merrill Lynch of hundreds of millions of dollars or auction-rate securities (ARS) backed by subprime Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs).
- Tourneau, Inc.: Mr. Wild handles the largest litigation matters for Tourneau, Inc., the largest watch company in the world. For example, Mr. Wild secured a major victory for Tourneau by defeating shareholders-derivative claims before both the American Arbitration Association and the New York Supreme Court. Mr. Wild has also represented Tourneau in a successful insurance litigation after Tourneau’s World Trade center store was destroyed on 9/11, as well as litigation against Tourneau’s former insurance consultants and brokers.
- CIT Group v. Credit Suisse: Mr. Wild successfully represented three publicly-traded companies, CIT Group, PSEG Resources and Dana Corporation, in litigation against Credit Suisse relating to a $40 million investment in a CBO securitization transaction. This included: (1) winning an international arbitration against Credit Suisse, which was represented by Sullivan & Cromwell; and (2) in a related case in New York Supreme Court, securing the dismissal of all of Credit Suisse’s counterclaims with prejudice. Mr. Wild has also represented, and continues to represent, CIT Group in other high-stakes litigation matters.
- Epicor: Mr. Wild is lead litigator in the United States for Epicor Software Retail Solutions, a provider of point-of-sale software based in Quebec that does business worldwide. He has handled NSB’s federal-court litigation of all kinds.
- HUBCO/Hudson United Bank: Mr. Wild represented a publicly-traded bank in litigation against a former bank officer who claimed to be a whistle-blower, but was also accused of being bribed by one of the bank’s largest customers. Mr. Wild won key motions in the United States Bankruptcy Court For the District of New Jersey (after the former officer filed for bankruptcy), resulting in the officer having no compensable damages and therefore dismissing all claims.
- In re: Able Laboratories: Mr. Wild opposed a motion for class certification, under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, of claims by a putative class alleging fraud in connection with over $200 million of generic drugs. The Court declined to grant certification at the initial hearing, and shortly thereafter, a settlement was reached that avoided class-action certification.
- High-Profile Pro Bono Matters: Mr. Wild is on the Board of Trustees of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and has been interviewed by publications such as Metropolitan Corporate Counsel about a string of pro bono victories. These have included Mr. Wild’s securing of a former investment banker who had been held in “debtor’s prison” for years because of a failure to pay a civil judgment. Mr. Wild also led a pro bono team that obtained a landmark settlement against an adoption agency that resulted in an admission of HIV-positive discrimination. He also donates his time to Play For P.I.N.K., a charity that raises funds to fight breast cancer, and recently handled a matter in which he secured an open tallying of votes relating to the 2008 Presidential Election. Mr. Wild is currently donating his time representing a large group of homeless men, women and children in Ocean County.
Recent Speaking Engagements:
Co-panelist, West Legalworks' webcast, "The Future of Auction Rate Securities," October 20, 2008
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The Star Ledger profiles Jeffrey Wild and his pro bono work to help the homeless in Ocean County, New Jersey.,
The Star Ledger, January 20, 2012
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In a Huffington Post article, Jeffrey Wild comments on the need for emergency shelter for the homeless in Ocean County, New Jersey.,
Huffington Post, January 6, 2012
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Jeffrey Wild comments on the English Poor Laws which our firm will rely on in the January 6 hearing to decide whether residents of a tent city in Lakewood, New Jersey will be allowed to remain on the land.,
The London Times, December 24, 2011
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Columbia University School of Law
(J.D., 1985),
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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Cornell University
(B.A., 1982),
With distinction in all subjects
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New Jersey
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New York
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District of Columbia
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1986,
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
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1986,
New Jersey Supreme Court
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1986,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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1986,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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1986,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1986,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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2012,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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- Member, Board of Arbitrators, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), formerly NASD Regulation, Inc.
- Member, American Bar Association
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