Timothy Blakely is a litigation partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office and a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White-Collar Criminal Defense practice group. Mr. Blakely’s practice is focused on government and internal investigations and complex commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on securities litigation. His experience includes representing numerous public companies, and their officers and directors, in securities class actions, derivative lawsuits, insider trading cases, government investigations, regulatory proceedings, arbitrations, internal investigations, and other complex litigation matters. Mr. Blakely has represented multinational and Chinese clients in various industries, including telecommunications, biotechnology, publishing, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. Mr. Blakely is a regular speaker on topics involving cross-border shareholder litigation, securities enforcement and investigations, and risk mitigation.
Mr. Blakely also is a member of the firm’s FCPA + Anti-Corruption Task Force. He conducts internal investigations of potential violations of anti-corruption laws, leads pre-acquisition anti-corruption related due diligence, and regularly provides advice, counseling, and training to clients about FCPA and anti-corruption related issues. Mr. Blakely recently was named to Global Investigation Review’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list of the world’s leading investigations lawyers under the age of 40.
Mr. Blakely graduated, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College in 1996, with an A.B. in Government. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2001 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Senior Editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Following his graduation from Penn, Mr. Blakely served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Blakely was an associate with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York.
Mr. Blakely is admitted to the bars of California, New York, and Maine, and as a solicitor in Hong Kong.
| Areas of Practice | 1) Litigation, 2) Securities Litigation, 3) Enforcement + White-Collar Defense | China and 4) FCPA + Anti-Corruption |
| Law School | University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2001) |
| Admitted Year | 2006 |
| Education | Bowdoin College (A.B., 1996) |
| Bar Member / Association | State Bar Of Maine, State Bar Of New York, State Bar Of California |
| Most recent firm | Morrison & Foerster LLP |
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