Jordan Benson

Jordan Benson is an associate in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, securities litigation, and M&A related litigation. Jordan also counsels clients on regulatory compliance and regulatory inquiries, due diligence, regulatory disclosures, and litigation risk management. He joined Goodwin in 2018.

Jordan’s recent representations include:

• Defending the former directors of a publicly-traded corporation in Delaware Court of Chancery litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty claims arising out of the company’s sale to a private equity firm
• Defending a publicly-traded corporation and its former directors in a securities class action case concerning the sale of the corporation to private equity buyers in a take-private deal
• Defending a publicly-traded REIT and its directors in connection with shareholder litigation in which a class of certain shareholders sought a preliminary injunction enjoining consummation of a proposed transaction. The court ultimately denied the shareholders’ motion for a preliminary injunction in its entirety and later granted a motion to dismiss
• Representing an investment bank in an arbitration proceeding involving a dispute with a client regarding payment of the investment bank’s fee
• Representing a life sciences company in a confidential commercial arbitration with another life sciences company concerning a technology license agreement
• Representing various companies and their directors and officers in shareholder litigation in state and federal court
• Representation of numerous public companies in FINRA investigations and merger-related litigation, particularly in the life sciences and technology industries

From 2019 to 2020, Jordan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mark L. Wolf, Senior District Judge for the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts.