Carter Gantt
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Carter Gantt

Associate

Email

carter.gantt@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 713 354 4876

Offices

Houston

V-CARD
Carter's practice focuses on representing companies across a wide range of industries in complex civil litigations, regulatory proceedings, and internal investigations.

Carter has experience representing clients in a wide variety of matters, including securities and derivative litigations, breach of contracts disputes, and investigations before the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Special litigation committee of Fortune 100 pharmaceutical distributor in investigation into alleged wrongdoing in association with distribution of opioids. 
  • Special litigation committee formed by the board of an oil and gas company to evaluate a series of shareholder demand letters concerning allegations of corporate malfeasance.
  • Potential foreign bribery and corruption of foreign agents for multinational sportswear brand.
  • Online retailer in investigation into alleged misstatements made in its securities filings in front of the SEC.
  • Shipbuilder in putative antitrust class action alleging unlawful agreements not to “poach” employees in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Virginia.
  • Insurance provider in antitrust suit related to allegations of algorithmic price fixing. 
  • Generic pharmaceutical company in securities class action relating to an acquisition.

Pro bono

  • Conducted an independent investigation into allegations of sexual assault of a minor on behalf of USRowing.
  • Represented prisoners in conditions of confinement case against county correctional facilities in New York. 
  • Represented inmate in his appeal of a 1983 suit in the Fifth Circuit. 

Published Work

 

  • Co-author, "Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Stockholder Demand for Corporation to Supplement Its Section 220 Production with Searches and Production of Email," The M&A Lawyer, October 2023
  • Co-author, "Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Breach of Contract Claims Against Buyer, Finding Seller Retained Post-Closing Liability Related to Certain Product-Liability Litigations," The M&A Lawyer, May 2023
  • Co-author, "Delaware Court of Chancery Grants Plaintiff Attorney's Fees Award Under Corporate Benefit Doctrine for Demand to SPAC Board Leading to Adjusted Voting Structure in Connection with Merger," The M&A Lawyer, February 2023

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, Texas

Academic

Vanderbilt University Law School J.D.

Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology

Southern Methodist University B.A., History and Political Science,cum laude B.S., Anthropology,cum laude

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.