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Alec Zadek

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Alec is a versatile commercial litigator and strategic business advisor with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance. He represents public and private clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, in a wide variety of industries in a range of business issues and risk mitigation strategies.

On the corporate litigation side of his practice, Alec has extensive experience representing clients with respect to disputes arising from the purchase or sale of a business and disputes between shareholders of closely held corporations. When his clients are not involved in litigation, Alec serves as a trusted advisor to directors and officers and other senior level executives charged with making complex strategic decisions related to corporate governance and business operations. In this role, Alec provides holistic guidance based in a deep understanding of the client’s business, helping them to navigate legal hurdles and potential pitfalls down the road.

Alec also has experience representing primary and excess insurers with respect to coverage disputes arising under directors and officers, representations and warranties, professional liability, and general liability policies.

Alec is devoted to the Boston community and representing the interests of those who have been disenfranchised by our legal system. Specifically, he has represented numerous sex trafficking survivors and survivors of domestic violence pro bono. He has also championed legislative reforms to help sex trafficking survivors obtain post-conviction relief. Alec's efforts have been recognized by local and national organizations, including the Boston Business Journal, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

In 2009 and 2010, Alec was an assistant district attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where he took almost a dozen cases to trial for offenses ranging from indecent assault and battery to operating under the influence of alcohol. On behalf of the Commonwealth, Alec successfully argued the appeal Commonwealth v. Maker, SJC-10761, 2011 WL 711566 (Mar. 3, 2011), before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. During law school, he was the news editor of the Virginia Law Weekly.

Alec is a versatile commercial litigator and strategic business advisor with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance. He represents public and private clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, in a wide variety of industries in a range of business issues and risk mitigation strategies.

Experience

Complex Business Advisory & Dispute Resolution

  • Represented a private equity backed buyer of a software company with respect to claims of fraud and breach of contract arising from the sellers’ misconduct in the sale of the business.
  • Represented a private equity firm in expedited litigation in Delaware Chancery Court with respect to claims of fraud against the founders of an acquired business.
  • Represented the general partner of a hedge fund and its members in a dispute with a former employee who claimed to own a minority interest in the general partner.
  • Represented a minority shareholder when he was frozen out of his business by the majority shareholder who forced the company into bankruptcy to avoid liability. Obtained a resounding win on summary judgment as to the remedy for the minority shareholder.
  • Represented a major eCommerce provider in a commercial dispute with a former customer.
  • Represented the ousted founder of an automation company in a fiduciary dispute.
  • Represented a telecommunications service provider in general commercial litigation and corporate litigation matters.
  • Represented a majority shareholder in a dispute with a minority shareholder resulting in a successful mediation.
  • Represented a partnership in a dispute with a former partner regarding compensation.
  • Represented a majority shareholder of a residential property development company in a dispute with a minority shareholder.
  • Obtained multimillion-dollar judgement on behalf of Sandy Alexander, Inc., a marketing communications firm, in a bet-the-company litigation against a manufacturer for breach of contract.
  • Part of the team that won over $8 million for the owners of an iconic Boston restaurant that was forced to close and file bankruptcy due to a long-term state-funded construction project that had a negative effect on the number of customers. After a three-week trial, the jury awarded our client the full amount we requested.
  • Represented numerous clients in post-merger indemnification disputes.
  • Represented directors, officers, and shareholders of companies in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, professional services, engineering, architecture, and financial services in numerous breaches of contract claims, specifically related to breaches of fiduciary duty.
  • Successfully secured a judgement of more than $13 million on behalf of a private equity firm in an acquisition dispute involving complex breach of contract and fraud claims.

Insurance Disputes

  • Represented numerous insurers with respect to post-closing M&A disputes concerning coverage provided by representations and warranties policies, including in arbitration and litigation.
  • Represented an insurer with respect to a dispute concerning coverage under a professional liability policy for an insurance broker’s alleged negligence in the procurement of a director and officer liability policy.
  • Represented an insurer with respect to a dispute concerning the allocation method among standard occurrence-based CGL policies for a long-term progressive injury.
  • Represented insurers with respect to hundreds of claims concerning coverage under CGL policies, including in state and federal courts across the country.
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viewpoints

Q&A with Nikki Bell, Founder and CEO of LIFT (Living in Freedom Together)

January 28, 2022 | Article | By Kianna S. Phillips, Sofia Nuño, Alec Zadek

Associates Kianna Phillips and Sofia Nuño recently spoke with firm client Nikki Bell to talk about her experience with prostitution and trafficking and the legislation that Mintz drafted.

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As parties to merger or acquisition agreements carefully review their agreements to see what, if any, impacts the COVID-19 pandemic may have, the recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Newmont Mining Corp. v. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. provides meaningful guidance for the interpretation of Material Adverse Effect (“MAE”) provisions in agreements governed by New York law.
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In Boyle v. Zurich American Insurance Company, SJC-11791 (Sept. 14, 2015), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed an award of $2,250,000 plus interest against an insurer for failing to defend its insured on a $50,000 policy and for failing to make reasonable efforts to settle the suit. 
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News & Press

Press Release Thumbnail Mintz

Mintz is pleased to announce that 143 attorneys were recognized in the 2027 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. The firm had 104 attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers and 39 recognized in Ones to Watch. In addition, four Mintz attorneys received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designation, an honor awarded to only one attorney per practice area and geographic region.

Press Release Thumbnail Mintz

Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.

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Events & Speaking

Speaker
Mar
12
2026

New Exposures, New Playbook: Tariffs, Trafficking and More

DRI 2026 Insurance Coverage & Claims Institute

Loews Chicago | Chicago, Illinois

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Speaker
Jun
12
2019

American College of Corporate Directors

Boston Area Director Education Forum 2019

Dedham Hilton Hotel Dedham, Massachusetts

Panelist
Sep
13
2018

Shhh: Just Between You and Me!

Protecting the Attorney-Client Privilege

Mintz - 1 Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111

Moderator
Jan
23
2017
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Alec is a versatile commercial litigator and strategic business advisor with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance. He represents public and private clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, in a wide variety of industries in a range of business issues and risk mitigation strategies.

Recognition & Awards

  • Chambers USA: Insurance in Massachusetts (2025 – 2026)

  • Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Governance Law (2026 – 2027)

  • Benchmark Litigation: Future Stars (2024 – 2026)

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Super Lawyer – Closely Held Business (2022 – 2025)

  • Benchmark Litigation: 40 & Under Hot List (2021 – 2022)

  • Legal 500: Recommended Lawyer – General Commercial Disputes (2026)

  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Closely Held Business (2013 – 2021)

  • Harvard Business School, 2020 Young American Leaders Program

  • American College of Corporate Directors, Professional Director Certification (June 2019)

  • Boston Business Journal: 40 Under 40 (2018)

  • 2018 Adams Pro Bono Publico Award 

  • Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award (2018)

  • Boston Business Journal: Emerging Leader (2015)

  • Richard Mintz Pro Bono Award (2014)

  • Kids In Need of Defense, Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (March 2013)

  • Boston Bar Association, Public Interest Leadership Program (2013)

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Alec is a versatile commercial litigator and strategic business advisor with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance. He represents public and private clients, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies, in a wide variety of industries in a range of business issues and risk mitigation strategies.

Involvement

  • Secretary, PLUS New England Chapter Committee
  • Member, Business Associates Club
  • Co-chair, Boston Bar Association, Human Trafficking Sub-Committee
  • Member, Boston Bar Association, Delivery of Legal Services Steering Committee
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