Biography
Biography
Javier Bleichmar leads BFA’s U.S. Case Evaluation and U.S. Securities Litigation teams. He brings a decades-long career of litigation success to his prosecution of large-scale securities class and shareholder actions on behalf of institutional investors. Over the course of his career, Javier has made significant recoveries for clients and the classes they represent while also securing landmark and sweeping corporate governance improvements.
As a result of Javier’s success, he has consistently been recognized as one of the nation’s leading plaintiff’s-side financial lawyers. He has been named a Titan of the Plaintiffs’ Bar by Law360, a SuperLawyer by Thompson Reuters, a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by Lawdragon, and has been “recommended” in the field of securities litigation by the Legal 500. Most recently, Javier has been profiled by The New York Law Journal, Forbes & Fortune, and CT Insider for the landmark outcomes he achieved.
Javier helped prosecute the Firm’s derivative stockholder action against Tesla’s Board of Directors in Delaware Chancery Court, resulting in a historic resolution valued at $919 million, which is among the largest such settlements in Delaware history (pending court approval). He also helped spearhead the securities class action against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., recovering $420 million for investors.
Other significant resolutions that Javier obtained include the $234 million recovery in In re MF Global Holdings Limited Securities Litigation on behalf of BFA client Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta in connection with MF Global’s collapse and bankruptcy. In addition, Javier recovered $129 million for investors in the securities class action against Granite Construction Inc. that involved the company’s restatement of financial results in 2020. Javier also successfully represented the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an action against Allianz Global Investors U.S., L.L.C. that centered on Allianz’s now-defunct Structured Alpha funds and that toppled one of Allianz’s U.S. subsidiaries.
Currently, Javier leads the BFA teams prosecuting the securities class actions against Bioventus Inc., TaskUs Inc. and Citigroup Inc. He also represents Plaintiff Hamilton Reserve Bank in a sovereign debt default action against Sri Lanka.
Javier has co-authored several articles concerning developments in the class action landscape as well as investor protection that have been published by the New York Law Journal, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, the National Council on Teacher Retirement, and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, among others. He has also frequently published works addressing new and important developments in the realm of securities class actions, and he has authored timely pieces with respect to developments in class and group action regimes outside of the United States.
Javier is a member of the National Association of Public Pension Plan Attorneys, and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems. He also serves as a Vice President of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy, a public policy research and educational foundation whose mission is to preserve, study, and enhance investor and consumer access to the civil justice system.
Prior to founding the Firm, Javier was a Partner at another plaintiffs’ securities firm.
Javier is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in French.
As a result of Javier’s success, he has consistently been recognized as one of the nation’s leading plaintiff’s-side financial lawyers. He has been named a Titan of the Plaintiffs’ Bar by Law360, a SuperLawyer by Thompson Reuters, a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by Lawdragon, and has been “recommended” in the field of securities litigation by the Legal 500. Most recently, Javier has been profiled by The New York Law Journal, Forbes & Fortune, and CT Insider for the landmark outcomes he achieved.
Javier helped prosecute the Firm’s derivative stockholder action against Tesla’s Board of Directors in Delaware Chancery Court, resulting in a historic resolution valued at $919 million, which is among the largest such settlements in Delaware history (pending court approval). He also helped spearhead the securities class action against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., recovering $420 million for investors.
Other significant resolutions that Javier obtained include the $234 million recovery in In re MF Global Holdings Limited Securities Litigation on behalf of BFA client Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta in connection with MF Global’s collapse and bankruptcy. In addition, Javier recovered $129 million for investors in the securities class action against Granite Construction Inc. that involved the company’s restatement of financial results in 2020. Javier also successfully represented the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an action against Allianz Global Investors U.S., L.L.C. that centered on Allianz’s now-defunct Structured Alpha funds and that toppled one of Allianz’s U.S. subsidiaries.
Currently, Javier leads the BFA teams prosecuting the securities class actions against Bioventus Inc., TaskUs Inc. and Citigroup Inc. He also represents Plaintiff Hamilton Reserve Bank in a sovereign debt default action against Sri Lanka.
Javier has co-authored several articles concerning developments in the class action landscape as well as investor protection that have been published by the New York Law Journal, National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, the National Council on Teacher Retirement, and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems, among others. He has also frequently published works addressing new and important developments in the realm of securities class actions, and he has authored timely pieces with respect to developments in class and group action regimes outside of the United States.
Javier is a member of the National Association of Public Pension Plan Attorneys, and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems. He also serves as a Vice President of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy, a public policy research and educational foundation whose mission is to preserve, study, and enhance investor and consumer access to the civil justice system.
Prior to founding the Firm, Javier was a Partner at another plaintiffs’ securities firm.
Javier is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in French.
PRACTICES & SERVICES
RECOGNITION
- Recommended in Securities Litigation by Legal 500
- Selected to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Guide
- Recognized as "Titan of the Plaintiffs" Bar by Law360
EDUCATION
Columbia University Law School
J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1998
Managing Editor, Journal of Law & Social Problems
University of Pennsylvania
B.A., 1992
Phillips Academy Andover, 1988
J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1998
Managing Editor, Journal of Law & Social Problems
University of Pennsylvania
B.A., 1992
Phillips Academy Andover, 1988
ADMISSIONS
New York (1999)
U.S. Supreme Court (2014)
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
U.S. District Courts:
U.S. Supreme Court (2014)
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
- Second Circuit (2010)
- Third Circuit (2021)
- Fourth Circuit (2012)
- Eighth Circuit (2010)
- Ninth Circuit (2010)
- Tenth Circuit (2013)
- Eleventh Circuit (2011)
U.S. District Courts:
- S.D.N.Y. (1999)
- E.D.N.Y. (1999)