Juan Monteverde practices law in New York City and has a strong background in shareholder rights. Throughout his career, he has earned a reputation for opposing deals involving a change in control, such as mergers or buyouts, and securing millions of dollars for shareholders. In the post-Dodd-Frank period, he was also a pioneer in proxy compensation disclosure, pushing for the executives above to fully disclose their income.

Monteverde is the founding partner of Monteverde & Associates PC, which has offices in the Empire State Building. He is the leader of a group of accomplished lawyers who are also experts in his field. The goal of Monteverde & Associates is to defend shareholders against malfeasance and business mistakes.

Clients are frequently stockholders who have suffered financial losses due to corporate wrongdoing or regular consumers who have fallen prey to false or overtly deceptive advertising. The team can advocate for clients and ensure businesses are held responsible at every level, from local trial and appellate courts to the U.S. Supreme Court. No one is above the law, which is his credo, captures his real character in court.

From 2010 until 2016, Juan Monteverde spent six years as a partner and the head of the department handling mergers and acquisition litigation at Faruqi & Faruqi LLP before establishing his own business. He is proud to fight for the little guys, going up against major corporations that think they are above the law.

A national law company called Faruqi & Faruqi, which specializes in class action lawsuits for consumers and investors, played several important roles in influencing Monteverde's legal knowledge. The trial team often celebrated significant successes thanks to the firm's dedication to sophisticated litigation in several important stockholder-adjacent specialties.

During his three years as an associate at Levi & Korsinsky, Monteverde represented mutual fund fraud, consumer fraud, and securities fraud victims. In other cases, the protection of shareholders' interests during corporate takeovers or changes in corporate ownership was examined, as well as ERISA breaches. Before this, he was employed at the liability defense company Smith Mazure Director Wilkins Young & Yagerman, which specialized in civil litigation. His expertise included product liability, civil rights litigation, and construction law.

While attending law school, Juan Monteverde worked as a summer associate for Diaz Reus LLP for three years. This firm specializes in creative legal strategies in challenging business disputes and official investigations for domestic and foreign clients, including Fortune 500 companies and international banks.

After attending from 2003 to 2005, Monteverde received his law degree from St. Thomas University. He excelled in obtaining his Juris Doctor while engaging in various extracurricular pursuits. He served as president of Plead the 5th, the official law school newspaper, in addition to his roles as staff editor of the Law Review and editor of significant publishing decisions. He worked as a tutor in his free time, specializing in constitutional law, property law, and ethics.

He attended California State University, Northridge, from 2000 to 2002 to earn his Bachelor of Science in business and finance before starting law school.

Juan Monteverde maintained a significant publishing record throughout his academic career and law practice. In addition to speaking appearances with the American Bar Association, PLI, ACI, and conferences devoted to merger cases and the issues surrounding CEO remuneration, he often writes on executive compensation.

In addition to Planned Parenthood, the ASPCA, UNIS, Harvest Central West, and a number of other food pantry initiatives in New York City, Monteverde frequently donates to causes that he is passionate about.

In addition to the numerous federal districts listed above, Monteverde is a member of the bars in New York, the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the District of Colorado, and the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 9th Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Super Lawyers named Juan Monteverde a Rising Star in 2013, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The company increased its recognition by adding the title of Super Lawyer in Securities Litigation by 2022. Additionally, from 2017 through 2022, Monteverde received the highest legal rating from Martindale-Hubbell for six consecutive years.

He won a $7.5 million post-close cash settlement in Re Hansen Medical, Inc., a shareholder dispute where Monteverde served as lead counsel. Re Jefferies Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, in which I served as co-lead counsel, resulted in a $70 million post-close settlement.

In the 9th Circuit, Monteverde is also credited with improving the law for stockholders making claims under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act. Varjabedian v. Emulex Corp., 888 F.3d 399 (9th Cir. 2018), which resulted in a significant victory for Monteverde, lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Monteverde then preserved this victory by successfully arguing that the United States Supreme Court's issuance of a writ of certiorari was improperly granted. Varjabedian v. Emulex Corp., 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019).

Although Monteverde was originally from Barcelona, Spain, he finally relocated there to pursue his profession. He has a keen interest in his own country and enjoys spending time with his wife, Alexandra, during his free time.