Chicago Institutional Investor Lawyers

Shepherd Smith Edwards Has Extensive Handling Complex Investment Loss Recovery Claims Against Brokerage Firms

Chicago is considered a global financial hub with a vast array of institutional investors. Many view this bustling city as a capital for private equity, pension funds, alternative asset management, mega funds, real estate asset managers, venture capital funds, endowments, and more.

If you are an institutional investor in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois that has suffered losses because of the careless or wrongful actions of a financial advisor, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) can help. Contact our Chicago, IL securities law firm today to schedule your free case assessment.

Why Do Institutional Investors Need To Hire A Broker?

Chicago institutional investors are experienced in pooling and investing large sums of money, but they also may need the help of professional financial advisors. An institutional investor may hire a broker-dealer to:

• Efficiently execute block trades, including large transactions and smaller ones created from breaking up big orders to avoid moving market prices.
• Obtain specialized sector analysis or market sentiment information.
• Access certain markets.
• Manage margin loans or financing.
• Borrow shares for short-selling.
• Secure clearing and custody services.
• Obtain optimal pricing.
• Get valuation assistance.
• Keep your trades from becoming public knowledge.
• Provide investment advice regarding multi-layered transactions and complex or specialized investments.

Why Would An Institutional Investor Want To Sue Their Brokerage Firm?

Even savvy investors can fall victim to broker misconduct or negligence, including those involving:

• Unsuitable investment recommendations.
• Investment fraud.
• Unauthorized trades in your account.
• Front-running, which allows a brokerage firm to profit when they make their own trades before executing a large trade block for you.
• Best execution violations related to the failure to make trades for you under the best terms possible.
• Improper margin liquidation.
• Self-dealing.
• ISDA agreement violations.
• Overconcentrating your account to earn more in fees and broker commissions rather than because it was a smart strategy for you.
• Misappropriation.
• Misrepresentations and omissions.

Broker fraud or negligence can be grounds for the financial recovery of your investment losses from the liable financial advisor or their firm.

Why Hire Skilled Chicago Broker Fraud Lawyers To Represent Your Institutional Investor Loss Claim?

• As an institutional investor, you have a lot at stake, and so do your shareholders, board members, beneficiaries, and others that trusted you to manage their money and investments wisely. In some cases, millions or even billions of dollars in wealth or retirement funds may be impacted.
• Institutional investor claims can be complicated. They often involve sophisticated parties, complex financial products, massive losses, many victims, and specialized legal standards. It is important that you hire Chicago institutional investor fraud lawyersthat have the depth of experience and resources to provide you with robust and customized securities representation specific to your needs.
• Your brokerage firm will have their lawyers on retainer fighting for them and protecting their best interests. You want a securities law team that will do the same for you.

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Represents Institutional Investors Against US Brokerage Firms

• Our Chicago securities law firmhas a collective more than 100 years of experience in securities law and the securities industry.
• We have a strong record of going up against the largest Wall Street firms, as well as broker-dealers in Chicago’s financial district and elsewhere in the United States, to win awards or settlements for institutional investors.
• Many of us are former brokers who quit that job because we didn’t like the unsavory practices throughout the brokerage industry that benefited financial advisors while failing to protect investors.

Talk To Our Chicago Institutional Investor Loss Attorneys Today

When you work with us, you are retaining our entire firm to fight for you. Because Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Chicago Institutional Investor Lawyers works on a contingency basis, we are only paid if we secure your financial recovery.

Call  (312) 462-4176 or (800) 259-9010 or contact us online.

Our Chicago Institutional Investor Lawyers

141 W Jackson Blvd #3550A
Chicago, IL 60604