Meredith Nelson handles a broad range of complex litigation matters.
Meredith earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review.
Prior to joining Selendy Gay, Meredith served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gregory H. Woods for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 2021, Meredith was a recipient of Profiles in Diversity Journal's Women Worth Watching award.
Meredith’s representations include:
- Fortis Advisors, the former shareholders of revolutionary robotic surgery startup Auris Health, in an earnout dispute with its acquiror, Johnson & Johnson. Our clients alleged that Johnson & Johnson breached the merger agreement and defrauded the shareholders, resulting in its failure to achieve certain earnout milestones. After four years of litigation—including approximately 70 depositions, nine experts, and a 10-day trial—the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled on September 4, 2024, that Johnson & Johnson owed the former shareholders more than $1 billion in damages. The Court’s 145-page decision set a major precedent and is the largest earnout-related damages award in Delaware history.
- SaveOnSP, which offers cost-saving strategies for self-funded employers, defending against a suit brought by Johnson & Johnson for tortious interference and violations of New York’s General Business law, concerning copay assistance strategies.
- UMB Bank as Trustee under a Contingent Value Rights (“CVR”) Agreement in a lawsuit against Bristol Myers Squibb seeking $6.4 billion on account of BMS’s breach of a diligent efforts clause and failure to pay out holders of CVRs that were issued in connection with BMS’s acquisition of Celgene.
- Foreign representatives of a fund in proceedings in bankruptcy court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to recover billions of dollars in redemption payments from hundreds of entities.
