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Robert
Pietrzak
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ROBERT PIETRZAK, is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, co-head of Litigation in the firm’s New York office, global co-head of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Team and a member of the Executive Committee. His practice primarily involves the litigation in US courts of civil and governmental disputes for domestic and overseas financial institutions, including the defense of securities class actions and large contract actions. He has been counsel in regulatory proceedings and civil actions involving securities industry practices, bonds, public offerings, investment companies, antitrust claims and other major commercial and governmental disputes. He has represented defendants in some of the largest litigations in the US and has represented major Chinese corporations and institutions.
- The Legal Aid Society, Director
- New York University Center for Global Affairs, Advisory Board
- Review of Securities and Commodities Regulation, Editorial Advisory Board
- Fordham International Law Journal, Editorial Advisory Board
- New York City Bar Association, Securities Litigation Committee
- Futures Regulation Committee, former chair and member; Securities Regulation Committee, former member; Retail Financial Services Committee, former member
- American Law Institute
- The New York Bar Foundation
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Products Advisory Committee, former member
- Fordham University School of Law, former CLE faculty
- Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
- Member of Litigation Advisory Committee of former Bond Market Association
- National Committee on United States - China Relations