Jeroen van Kwawegen is a member of BLB&G’s Executive Committee and head of the firm’s corporate governance practice, overseeing all breach of fiduciary duty litigation against boards and senior executives on behalf of shareholders. Jeroen also leads BLB&G’s work representing European institutional investors in shareholder litigation, including securities class actions.
Over the course of his career, Jeroen has recovered more than four billion dollars for investors, improved corporate governance practices at numerous companies, and defended fundamental shareholder voting and franchise rights. He is co-leading the case against Tesla, which resulted in a groundbreaking decision nullifying Elon Musk’s $55 billion compensation package. Jeroen also represented a Swedish institutional investor in a securities class action against Wells Fargo, securing a $1 billion cash settlement. He previously represented a U.S. public pension fund in a stockholder derivative action against the board of directors of FirstEnergy Corp., resulting in a $180 million settlement and unprecedented corporate governance improvements. Jeroen is actively prosecuting several securities class actions, including cases against Meta Platforms and Qualcomm, as well as various breach of fiduciary duty actions involving Columbia Pipeline, Santander, Credit Suisse, Warner Brothers, MindBody, Continental Resources, and Sirius XM.
Recognized as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Jeroen has earned the title of Lawdragon “Legend” for being named to the publication’s lists 10 times or more. Forbes recognized Jeroen as one of America’s “Top 200 Lawyers,” The Legal 500 has identified Jeroen as a “great trial lawyer,” Benchmark Litigation distinguished him as a “Litigation Star,” and Law360 named Jeroen both a “Securities MVP” and a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar.” In recognition of his accomplishments in litigation and trial work, as well as his ethical reputation, Jeroen was named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only membership limited to 3,500 Fellows representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. For his achievements in corporate governance, he was also named a Fellow of The American College of Governance Counsel, an honorary association dedicated to advancing professional excellence in governance.
Jeroen serves as a board member of Legal Services NYC, a leading U.S. legal aid organization, and an advisory board member at both the Millstein Center at Columbia Law School and the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Carey Law School. He frequently speaks at bar association and industry events on shareholder litigation and corporate governance and regularly publishes on topics of interest to institutional investors.