Alejandro (“Alex”) Moreno is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the Firm's San Diego office. He is the firm’s 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow.
Areas of Practice
Alex practices general business and commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He is also experienced in private dispute resolution and arbitration, including FINRA arbitration, and has succeeded on behalf of his clients after full arbitration and brokered favorable pre-arbitration settlements. Alex also handles appeals in the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit.
Alex represents clients in the banking and finance, mortgage, cannabis, hospitality, technology and telecommunications, restaurant and franchise, energy and extraction, and healthcare industries. He defends consumer class actions, securities litigation and shareholder derivative suits, cross-border litigation, and litigation for high-net-worth individuals and companies with a need for Spanish speaking counsel. Alex has prevailed as named counsel in complex securities fraud class actions under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and has defended derivative claims involving California, Nevada, and Delaware corporations. He is also experienced in the law of receivership and has managed the legal affairs of businesses placed into receivership.
Start-up companies turn to Alex to formalize their corporate governance, set up effective employee equity compensation plans, and analyze potential conflicts of interest to help them ramp up to Series A funding.
Alex lived for two decades in Mexico and Spain and applies his familiarity with Latin American culture to successfully solve legal disputes for Latin American clients. For example, he has successfully resolved labor disputes involving primarily Spanish speaking workforces. Alex has also led and organized fact gathering investigations for U.S. companies with factories in Latin America.
A prolific writer, Alex regularly contributes to various legal blogs discussing developments in the law affecting public companies, issuers of securities, banking and finance regulations, the enforceability of arbitration agreements and class action waivers, and companies with business in Latin America.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Alejandro E. Moreno
- California Court of Appeal Addresses Derivative Standing and Failure of Oversight Claims Under Delaware Law - (Posted On Wednesday, April 06, 2022)
- Consumer Fees Find Themselves in the Crosshairs: The CFPB Seeks Public Input on Alleged “Junk Fees” in the Consumer Financial Services Industry - (Posted On Thursday, February 03, 2022)
- The CFPB Study Shines Spotlight on Banking Fees as a Presage to Greater Regulatory Scrutiny of Consumer Banking Fees - (Posted On Monday, December 06, 2021)
- Delaware Supreme Court Holds that Equity Dilution and Expropriation Claims May Only Be Brought Derivatively, Overruling Prior Precedent - (Posted On Friday, October 01, 2021)
- Facebook Defeats Shareholder Suit Challenging Alleged Failures In Its Diversity and Inclusion Practices - (Posted On Friday, April 09, 2021)
- Delaware Supreme Court Provides Important Guidance Regarding Section 220 Demands, Rejecting Several Limiting Principles Frequently Offered By Corporations Resisting Stockholder Inspection Demands - (Posted On Wednesday, December 23, 2020)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies that Management Cannot Unilaterally Curtail a Director’s Access to Corporation’s Privileged Information - (Posted On Wednesday, September 09, 2020)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Applies the Internal Affairs Doctrine to Deny Stockholder Inspection Rights Under a Foreign State’s Law - (Posted On Tuesday, August 18, 2020)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Strictly Construes Right to Discovery of Stockholders Represented By a Contractually Created “Shareholder Representative” - (Posted On Friday, May 29, 2020)
- Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Pleading ‘With Particularity’ Under Rule 23.1 - (Posted On Wednesday, April 29, 2020)