Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its Securities Litigation Practice with the addition of shareholder John Lukanski, who will work out of the firm’s Florham Park office.
Lukanski joins the firm from Reed Smith LLP, where he was a partner and led the firm’s broker-dealer and investment adviser practice.
David Jay and David Oppenheim, co-managing shareholders of Greenberg Traurig’s office, welcomed him to the team.
“Welcoming John, and talented lawyers like him, is an important part of our plan for strategic growth in New Jersey,” they said in a joint statement. “We are certain that John’s ability to advocate for clients in complex and challenging securities litigation and internal and regulatory investigations will greatly assist us as we strive continually to serve them at the highest level.”
On a nationwide basis, Lukanski has managed a wide range of matters, including internal reviews, regulatory investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and state regulators, complex FINRA Rule 4530 and U4/U5 disclosure issues, and litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Lukanski’s work covers a broad spectrum of issues, including fraud-related matters, supervision, review and retention of electronic communications, manipulative order entry activity, unauthorized trading and Ponzi schemes. He also works on cases involving sales practices, structured products, gifts and entertainment issues, variable annuities, fee-based accounts, and ETF, UITs and options trading.
Lukanski said he is eager to join the team.
“Greenberg Traurig’s stellar reputation in the broker-dealer and securities litigation spaces, the firm’s impressive client list, and depth and breadth of impressive litigators and regulatory lawyers, made joining an easy decision to make,” he said. “Both my clients and I will benefit from the firm’s collaborative global platform of legal talent rooted in the concept of local strength with global reach.”
William Briendel and Tracy Gerber, co-chairs of Greenberg Traurig’s Securities Litigation Practice, welcomed Lukanski to the firm.
“John’s extensive experience and ability to work nationwide and on a variety of complex matters will be of tremendous value to our clients and deep bench of highly sophisticated securities litigators,” they said in a joint statement. “His commitment to exemplary client service fits perfectly with ours.”
Greenberg Traurig LLP has more than 2,750 attorneys in 47 locations in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, Latin America and Asia.
