Chambers Spotlight Names gkn a Go-To Boutique for both Securities and Securities Litigation
On November 20, 2025, Chambers and Partners published its New York Spotlight guide to Securities and Securities Litigation for the second time and again recognized GKN in both categories. This year, GKN is one of eight firms ranked for Securities, one of 15 firms ranked for Securities Litigation, and just one of three firms ranked for both Securities and Securities Litigation.
On the transactional side, Chambers observes that GKN “expertly handles all kinds of debt and equity offerings” and ensures that its corporate clients comply with securities exchange and self-regulatory organization requirements, as well as reporting and disclosure requirements, and identifies Larry Nusbaum as a key contact.
For litigation, Chambers praises GKN’s “strong track record of representing investors, hedge funds, and investment advisory firms in state and federal court and in SEC and FINRA proceedings,” including for market manipulation, insider trading and other fraud cases, breach-of-fiduciary duty and shareholder disputes, and RICO cases, and identifies Marty Kaplan as a key contact.
The “Spotlight” guide is Chambers and Partners’s “champion[ of] outstanding boutique and mid-size firms that deliver partner-level attention, deep regional knowledge, and cost-effective solutions for sophisticated legal work” and “identifies firms that punch about their weight” by “combin[ing] the personal service and competitive rates of smaller practices with the sophisticated expertise typically associated with larger firms.”
The Chambers Spotlight Securities ranking table includes firms that “are a great choice of counsel for complex debt and equity transactions,” including “major bond and stock offerings” and “regulatory compliance and beneficial ownership filings.” Its Securities Litigation table “showcase[s] the top small firms handling shareholder disputes, contested M&A bids, and corporate governance claims,” as well as reorganizations and restructurings.