William (Bill) M. Regan
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Bill is a partner in Hogan Lovells' global Financial Services Litigation Practice Group. He has more than 16 years of experience representing financial institutions in both civil litigations and regulatory enforcement actions. Recently, Bill has represented some of the world's largest international financial services firms in U.S. legal proceedings concerning repurchase agreements, RMBS valuations, hedge-fund linked derivatives, futures, commercial credit facilities, trading accounts, and real estate and construction loans.
In addition to his work for financial services firms, Bill is a member of Hogan Lovells' corporate and shareholder litigation subgroup. At both the trial court and appellate levels, Bill has extensive experience in all types of securities litigation matters, including class actions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933, stockholder derivative suits, SEC investigations, internal and special committee investigations, and M&A and corporate governance disputes. These matters have involved investors or whistleblowers alleging, among other things, accounting improprieties, overly optimistic earnings forecasts, false representations concerning the likelihood of FDA approval, and failure to disclose risks associated with newly developed technologies.
Bill has been recognized as a leading securities litigator by The Legal 500 United States from 2013-2015.