BENJAMIN NAGIN, co-leader of the firm’s global Antitrust and Competition group, represents clients in their most complex and hard-fought antitrust, class action and commercial litigation matters. He serves as lead counsel in cutting-edge antitrust matters, which include high-profile disputes and investigations related to financial services, payment systems, technology, artificial intelligence, life sciences, and agreements affecting labor. Ben has been recognized by Chambers USA for Antitrust and listed in the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers in America for Antitrust Law and Commercial Litigation and “Super Lawyers” for Antitrust Litigation. Ben has extensive trial experience in state and federal courts, including in the Southern District of New York, bankruptcy courts and the New York State Commercial Division. Ben was recently named The American Lawyer’s “Litigator of the Week” for his leading role in the successful defense of Cantor Fitzgerald in an antitrust class action regarding forfeiture-for-competition provisions.
According to client statements to Chambers USA, Ben “displays a level of innovation and thoughtfulness, making him the person you want to call on anything antitrust.” Clients also told Chambers USA that Ben is “knowledgeable, practical, and results oriented,” and “informative even in difficult situations,” noting that he “draws upon his deep experience as a litigator to offer practical and commercially-savvy advice. He has decades of experience in big ticket cases.” They also emphasized that Ben is “very skilled in financial services and knows where things are going.”
Elsewhere, clients say Ben’s “strategic thinking, command of the law, attention to detail and professionalism are unparalleled. He is the lawyer you want and need when you are faced with a thorny dispute.” Another client has commented that Ben is “creative, savvy and practical” and “the lawyer you want in a dog fight.” According to clients in 2018, Ben is “quick to understand the commercial imperatives, always strategic in outlook” and has “an operating style that is pragmatic and easy to work with. If you have a complex commercial dispute, you want Ben on your side.” Clients with significant antitrust matters described Ben as knowing the “antitrust issues cold” and having “unparalleled strategic thinking and responsiveness.”
In his pro bono practice, Ben has been a leader in reversing wrongful death penalty convictions. In a case in Alabama, Ben served as lead counsel and obtained the reversal of a wrongful capital murder conviction and death penalty sentence. During the final appearance in the case, the Alabama State Court Judge stated to Ben and his team that “your legal analysis throughout this process has been infallible and your courtroom demeanor has been impeccable. . . . I’m sincerely humbled by your dedication to the goal of truth and justice.”