George Bauer is a partner at BFA and represents institutional investors in complex securities and investment-related disputes.
George was a lead member of the team that litigated and resolved the firm’s derivative stockholder action against Tesla and its Board of Directors in Delaware Chancery Court, which resulted in the largest derivative settlement in the court’s history. He was also a member of the teams that prosecuted BFA’s cases against Granite Construction Inc., Allianz Global Investors U.S., L.L.C., Bioventus, Inc., and Elastos. George is currently on the teams litigating BFA’s securities cases against Enochian Biosciences, Inc., Twist Bioscience Corp., Toronto-Dominion Bank, CVS Health Corporation, UiPath, Inc., and Citigroup.
George has extensive experience managing all phases of complex civil litigation, from pre-suit investigation through motion practice, discovery, summary judgment, and trial. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate and later junior partner at a large global law firm, where he took and defended depositions, worked with expert consultants and witnesses, regularly appeared in court, and handled numerous internal investigations and investigations by both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. George has represented clients in connection with complex regulatory enforcement matters dealing with, among other things, securities fraud, commodities fraud, and foreign bribery issues, and has advised transactional teams on litigation and compliance related risks.
George earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as a student prosecutor in the Kings County District Attorney’s office and led the prosecution of misdemeanor domestic violence cases. He also interned at the New York City Police Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the Federal Trade Commission, and the New York Attorney General’s Office.