Nicole Jerry | Lawyers

Country Of Admission

United States

Services

Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Overview

Nicole’s practice focuses on representing public companies and corporate executives in complex litigation and regulatory matters. Nicole is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer, and has litigated high-stakes disputes, including in the areas of contract law, antitrust and competition law, cybersecurity law, securities fraud, shareholder claims brought in connection with M&A transactions, and employment law. She also represents clients in investigations, including by the Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and state regulators. Nicole’s clients span a variety of sectors, including in the banking, insurance, technology, healthcare and life sciences, and mining industries.

Nicole has worked in Linklaters’ New York office since 2012.

In 2016, she spent six months on secondment with Linklaters’ London Financial Regulatory Group.

Work Highlights

Recently Nicole has represented:

Corebridge Financial in a number of data breach class actions centralized as a multidistrict litigation in Massachusetts federal court
The CEO of a publicly-traded biotechnology company in an action brought by the Department of Justice alleging conspiracy, insider trading, securities fraud and wire fraud charges, and won acquittal on the most serious felony charge
GLAS Trust Company in Delaware Chancery and New York state court proceedings concerning GLAS’s rights under a $1.2 billion loan agreement, which included a trial in Delaware Chancery and a subsequent ruling affirming GLAS’s actions taken under the loan agreement
Sibanye-Stillwater as trial counsel, winning a Delaware shareholder appraisal trial, following Sibanye’s acquisition of Stillwater Mining Company, in Delaware Chancery with the Chancery decision affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court
Société Générale in antitrust and CEA class actions and opt-out litigation arising from allegations of manipulation of foreign exchange markets
A significant Japanese financial institution in cross-jurisdictional regulatory proceedings

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Beyond the Office

Nicole has been deeply engaged in pro bono work. She represented ten restaurant workers in a Fair Labor Standards Act case that concluded in trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, prevailing on nine out of ten claims.

Education and Qualifications

Nicole holds a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from Cornell Law School. While at Cornell, she edited the Journal of Law and Public Policy. Nicole obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology (magna cum laude) from The College of William and Mary.

Nicole is a member of the New York Bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Overview

Nicole has worked in Linklaters’ New York office since 2012.

In 2016, she spent six months on secondment with Linklaters’ London Financial Regulatory Group.

Work Highlights

Recently Nicole has represented:

Corebridge Financial in a number of data breach class actions centralized as a multidistrict litigation in Massachusetts federal court

The CEO of a publicly-traded biotechnology company in an action brought by the Department of Justice alleging conspiracy, insider trading, securities fraud and wire fraud charges, and won acquittal on the most serious felony charge

GLAS Trust Company in Delaware Chancery and New York state court proceedings concerning GLAS’s rights under a $1.2 billion loan agreement, which included a trial in Delaware Chancery and a subsequent ruling affirming GLAS’s actions taken under the loan agreement

Sibanye-Stillwater as trial counsel, winning a Delaware shareholder appraisal trial, following Sibanye’s acquisition of Stillwater Mining Company, in Delaware Chancery with the Chancery decision affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court

Société Générale in antitrust and CEA class actions and opt-out litigation arising from allegations of manipulation of foreign exchange markets

A significant Japanese financial institution in cross-jurisdictional regulatory proceedings

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