John Gueli, a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice, has over two decades of experience in corporate and commercial litigation and has represented and advised clients on a wide variety of matters.  His practice has a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, securities litigation, shareholder litigation, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Mr. Gueli was a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard J. Cardamone of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Mr. Gueli worked in the firm’s Los Angeles office from 1993 through 1998 and was elected partner in 2001.

• Current and former independent directors of Wells Fargo in shareholder derivative litigation relating to sales practices
• Madison Square Garden Special Litigation Committee in connection with shareholder derivative claims challenging CEO’s compensation
• Nikko Asset Management in securities litigation arising from employee stock option plan
• Countrywide in securities litigation related to RMBS trusts
• First Franklin in litigation related to RMBS
• Merrill Lynch in litigation related to CDOs
• Merrill Lynch in litigation with Allegheny Energy arising from Allegheny’s purchase of Merrill Lynch’s energy trading business
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. in litigation with Northeast Utilities arising from the termination of the parties’ multi-billion dollar merger agreement
• Boston Scientific in shareholder derivative and federal securities class action litigation relating to certain of the company’s medical devices
• Guidant Corporation in litigation relating to its terminated merger agreement with Johnson & Johnson
• Merrill Lynch in arbitration to specifically enforce an alleged agreement to sell an exchange seat
• Hilton Group, PLC in litigation resulting from failed negotiations to sell various of Hilton Group’s North American gaming interests
• Viacom Inc. in securities litigation stemming from Viacom’s acquisitions of Paramount and Blockbuster
• Citibank against claims it aided and abetted an alleged Ponzi scheme
• A hedge fund against claims arising from its sale of certain of its holdings
• Oneida Ltd. in trade dress infringement and antitrust actions arising from Oneida’s sales of foodservice glassware
• Citicorp in trademark infringement action challenging proposed use of “Citigroup” name
• Spencer Trask Intellectual Capital in litigation asserting theft of trade secrets related to Spencer Trask’s en masse hiring of engineers and funding of a start-up venture in the photonics field
• Underwriters in securities class actions arising from the initial public offering of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.
• A major foreign bank following the arrest of an employee for allegedly misappropriating information from the Federal Reserve
• A major investment bank following the arrest and guilty plea of a former employee to charges of conspiring to falsify financial records