Bio

Jason Halper is the co-chair of Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group, head of the Corporate and Financial Services Litigation Practice, and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He also leads the firm’s climate change litigation and advisory practice. In three decades of practicing in the areas of financial services and securities law, complex commercial disputes and corporate governance, clients consistently return to engage Jason because of his track record of obtaining results that meet each client's unique needs -- as described in Chambers USA, he "takes the time and energy to really understand the client” and "focuses on what is important." Jason also is an experienced trial lawyer. A member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois, he has tried cases to jury verdict or other decision in federal and state courts, regulatory tribunals and arbitrations around the country, including among others, the Southern District of New York, the District of Columbia, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of Ohio, and the Western District of Oklahoma; the Delaware Court of Chancery; state courts in California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York; and arbitration panels under the auspices of FINRA, NYSE, AAA, JAMS and others. Jason is a Lecturer in Law, focusing on corporate governance, climate change, compliance and ethics, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and a frequent speaker and author. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance and a regular Guest Contributor to the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.