Roberto M. Braceras

Mr. Braceras has successfully represented Fortune 50 corporations, top financial firms, leading universities and individuals in a wide variety of government investigations and civil litigation involving securities fraud, health care fraud, the False Claims Act (FCA), insider trading, environmental crimes, export violations and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Such representations have resulted in declined prosecutions and favorable judgments and settlements.

Mr. Braceras's representations include:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a high-profile internal investigation concerning donations from, and interactions with, Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Braceras led this investigation. 
• Wayfair, its CEO, and CFO in In re Wayfair, Inc. Sec. Litig. (D. Mass), a consolidated securities class action alleging our clients made misstatements and omissions regarding certain financial results. The case was successfully dismissed with prejudice at the motion to dismiss stage.
• Various private equity firms and their portfolio companies in post-closing and working capital disputes in Delaware Chancery Court and arbitrations.
• Partnership disputes for private equity firms and emerging companies in Delaware courts and in JAMs and AAA arbitration.
• Mutual fund service provider in an SEC investigation and enforcement matter involving mispriced securities.
• Jon Paul Rorech, a Deutsche Bank trader, in SEC v. Rorech, et al. (S.D.N.Y.), the first-ever insider trading case involving credit default swaps. After a month-long trial, the court dismissed all charges against Mr. Rorech.
• Richard Lane, the former President of the Worldwide Medicines division of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), in criminal, SEC, and private civil securities cases involving allegations of fraud in connection with so-called "channel stuffing" practices at BMS.
• Harvard University and MIT in National Association of the Deaf v. Harvard University and National Association of the Deaf v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Mass), class actions involving claims seeking greater digital accessibility.
• Harvard University in Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (D. Mass), Title IX claims brought by fraternities concerning Harvard’s policy to withhold certain benefits from members of single-sex organizations.
• Research misconduct investigations and related litigation on behalf of universities and research institutions. Such representations have included the successful dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging an internal research investigation. Mr. Braceras also successfully argued the appeal before the First Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in various civil litigation matters.
• Independent Directors of Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc., a public commercial mortgage REIT, in Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. v. Pine River Capital Management, L.P. a confidential, binding arbitration relating to the termination of Granite Point’s external manager and internalization of its management function. 
• Former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Mathew Martoma, against criminal and SEC allegations of insider trading in United States of America v. Mathew Martoma (S.D.N.Y.). Prosecutors alleged that Martoma participated in the largest-ever insider trading case, committing securities fraud by trading on shares of two pharmaceutical companies using non-public information, resulting in over $276 million in gains.
• Medical device companies and individual doctors accused of health care fraud, FCA violations, and claims involving the Anti-Kickback Statute.
• UniFirst Corporation in a multi-district litigation (MDL) involving hundreds of claims based on a meningitis outbreak caused by alleged criminal wrongdoing by the New England Compounding Center.
• PM USA, Inc. in Haglund v. PM USA, Inc., a wrongful death action in Massachusetts state court. After a month-long trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict. Mr. Braceras was recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for "scor[ing] a big win."
• Led numerous internal investigations involving the FCPA in Asia and India.