Demet Basar – Wolf Haldenstein

Demet Basar

Demet Basar is a partner at Wolf Haldenstein. Ms. Basar’s practice is primarily concentrated in complex securities and derivative litigations on behalf of institutional and individual clients, and consumer protection class actions. She is a member of the Firm’s Investor Protection and Consumer Protection practice groups.

REPRESENTATIONS

• Represents investors, including public and labor pension funds, in complex securities fraud class actions and derivative litigations in federal and state courts.
• As co-chair of the firm’s Madoff Recovery Litigation Task Force, successfully represented hundreds of investors in various Madoff feeder funds in class actions which recovered over $300 million for wronged investors.
• Secured “best practices” corporate governance reforms in securities class action alleging proxy violations by a major global bank.
• Served as lead or co-lead counsel in cases involving mergers and acquisitions, including In re American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, which resulted in a $14.3 million settlement.
• Served as lead or co-counsel in consumer protection cases.
• Represented counties in various states in class actions to recover unpaid recording fees from mortgage servicers and others.
• Prosecuted securities class actions against issuers and sellers of CDOs, swaptions and other synthetic securities.
• Part of lead derivative counsel team in the Mutual Fund Market Timing Litigation with combined class and derivative settlements totaling over $300 million.
• Successfully represented investors in individual actions against investment managers.
• Represented plaintiffs in private business litigations in state court.
• Provided advice, counsel and training materials to “lo-bono” community law firm representing mid to low income families and individuals.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

New York – Profesyonel Hizmetler