Aaron is a litigation associate who focuses his practice on post-closing M&A disputes, shareholder and partnership conflicts, and complex commercial litigation. He represents clients across financial services, private equity, healthcare, and technology industries in high-stakes matters arising from acquisitions, governance matters, and other business conflicts. Aaron has experience handling disputes involving purchase agreements, representations and warranties, earnouts, and fiduciary duty claims in state and federal courts and in arbitration.
Aaron works closely with clients to navigate sensitive post-transaction and shareholder disputes, helping them assess risk and develop practical, business-oriented strategies for resolution. He has significant experience representing clients in arbitration proceedings arising from complex commercial and contractual matters. His practice also includes cross-border asset recovery efforts and international arbitration, where he assists clients in tracing and recovering assets and enforcing rights across jurisdictions.
During law school, Aaron interned for The Honorable George A. O’Toole, Jr. in the District of Massachusetts and for the District Attorney’s office in Nashville, Tennessee. Aaron was also an editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review.
Aaron served as a Summer Litigation Associate at Mintz, where he drafted memoranda, motions, and research summaries in addition to working with a team of four Mintz attorneys for arbitration.
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Second Circuit Clarifies the Circumstances in Which Presumptions Can Be Used To Support Federal Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuits
August 22, 2023 | Blog | By Jason Vigna, Aaron R. Megar
The Supreme Court Solidifies the Securities Act’s Tracing Requirement For Section 11 Plaintiffs
June 9, 2023 | Blog | By Doug Baumstein, Jason Vigna, Ellen Shapiro, Aaron R. Megar
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the “tracing” requirement for private plaintiffs to be able to assert Section 11 claims pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, holding that plaintiffs asserting such securities fraud claims must show that they own stock that was issued pursuant to an allegedly misleading registration statement—even though such tracing may be impossible in the context of a direct listing. In effect, the decision likely protects future direct listings from Section 11 liability so long as the direct listing does not involve a “lock-up period” pursuant to which unregistered and registered shares enter the market at different times.
News & Press
Mintz secured a judgment of more than $13 million on behalf of the private equity buyer of a software company in an acquisition dispute involving breach of contract and fraud claims. The judgment marks a comprehensive victory for our client, which prevailed on all claims.
How The U.S. Supreme Court’s Upcoming Decision In Slack v. Pirani May Tilt The Legal Playing Field Between Investors And Issuers
April 28, 2023
Members Douglas P. Baumstein and John Condon, and Associates Patrick McDonough and Aaron Megar co-authored an article published in the May 2023 Issue of The Banking Law Journal. The article provides an in depth review of the case Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani.
Recent Insights
Mintz secured a judgment of more than $13 million on behalf of the private equity buyer of a software company in an acquisition dispute involving breach of contract and fraud claims. The judgment marks a comprehensive victory for our client, which prevailed on all claims.
