Gregory Taylor
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Gregory Taylor

Associate

Email

gregory.taylor@aoshearman.com

Phone

+1 212 848 4419

Offices

Washington DC

V-CARD
Greg has assisted companies and individuals in high-stakes commercial disputes and regulatory matters across a variety of industries, including media, technology, renewable energy, finance, and cryptocurrency.

Greg’s practice spans all phases of litigation from pre-litigation advisory matters to motion practice, discovery, settlements, trial, and appeals. He has assisted clients with matters in both state and federal court at the trial and appellate court levels, and in connection with cross-border and domestic investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Greg worked at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, where he managed or supported grant-funded programs in Latin America and the Middle East to strengthen the rule of law, access to justice, and judicial independence. He also served in the Peace Corps in El Salvador. Greg continues to believe strongly in the importance of service and maintains an active pro bono practice.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • A technology company and certain of its officers and directors in a putative class action alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as parallel derivative lawsuits based on the same underlying events.
  • Executives and corporate owners of a cryptocurrency exchange in a putative class action alleging civil RICO and tort claims in connection with the alleged theft of cryptocurrency.
  • A financial institution at a trial in a dispute brought by a Latin American company alleging misrepresentations in the course of entering currency hedging contracts.
  • A media company and certain of its officers and directors as appellees in a putative class action alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933.
  • A telecommunications company and certain of its officers in a putative class action alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • A renewable energy company and certain of its officers and directors in shareholder litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty claims in state court, and a parallel federal securities class action, in connection with a take-private merger transaction.
  • The underwriters of an IPO in a class action alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933.
  • A financial institution in a SEC investigation in connection with a deSPAC merger transaction.

Published Work

  • Gregory Taylor & Christopher Weeks, 2020, Compelled Identity: EEOC Policy to Reclassify Ethnicity as a Free Speech Violation, American University Law Review Forum
  • Gregory Taylor, 2019, Dillon's Rule: A Check on Sheriff s Rule: A Check on Sheriffs’ Authority to Enter 287(g) Agreements, American University Law Review

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted only in New York; practice limited to matters before federal courts and federal agencies

Courts

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Academic

BA, Political Science, The University of Arizona, 2011

JD (Magna Cum Laude), American University Washington College of Law, 2021

Languages

English, Spanish
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.