Described by sources in Chambers USA as “one of the rare lawyers who is fantastic with details but also big-picture strategy,” “thoughtful, commercial and very well steeped in securities law,” and who “thinks outside the box” to give “crisp commercial advice,” Litigation Partner Craig Waldman has extensive experience representing clients in high-profile securities litigation, including class and derivative actions, in courts throughout the country. Head of the Firm’s Asset Management Litigation Practice, Craig frequently represents leading private equity and corporate clients in transaction-related litigation, corporate governance matters, and corporate control litigations. Craig is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in Financial Services Litigation, and is also consistently recognized as a leading securities and M&A litigator by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation, and Law360. In 2024, Craig was recognized by Law360 as an “MVP” for Securities.
Updated Oct 2025Numerous issuers–including Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Envision Healthcare, Nielsen, Bumble, Homepoint, and Paysafe–in federal securities litigations.
LanzaTech Global in securing dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to enjoin and rescind a financing transaction.
Special Committee of Snap, Inc. in shareholder derivative litigation.
NN, Inc. in federal securities litigation brought in New York state court.
- Corporations and private equity sponsors, including Blackstone and KKR, in shareholder actions challenging multibillion-dollar transactions.
- Appellate
- Class action
- Commercial and transactions
- Commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution
- Securities
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Investment management
- Media
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Real estate
- J.D. cum laude - Cornell Law School - 2004
- B.A. magna cum laude - Tufts University - 2001
- Federal Bar Council
- New York City Bar Foundation
- Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
- New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- President’s Council, Tufts University
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - 2017
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - 2012
- New York - 2005
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York - 2005