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Benjamin Lajoie

Benjamin Lajoie

Partner

One Financial Center
Suite 3500
Boston, MA 02111
T 617.217.4609
330 Madison Avenue
27th Floor
New York, NY 10017
T 212.413.9000
F 646.428.2610
benjamin.lajoie@nelsonmullins.com
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Benjamin helps businesses – financial institutions, employers, contractors, manufacturers, startups, as well as investment/asset managers, hedge funds, private funds, investment advisers, shareholders, officers, and others – in commercial, financial services, and securities litigation and arbitration. He defends and prosecutes business torts, fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, as well as contract, securities, trade secret, UCC,...

Benjamin helps businesses – financial institutions, employers, contractors, manufacturers, startups, as well as investment/asset managers, hedge funds, private funds, investment advisers, shareholders, officers, and others – in commercial, financial services, and securities litigation and arbitration. He defends and prosecutes business torts, fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, as well as contract, securities, trade secret, UCC, shareholder, fiduciary duty, and licensing disputes, and other claims stemming from failed business deals. Ben skillfully navigates complex disputes with many variables, from counterclaims to cross-claims to subpoena enforcement actions and related issues. His strategic approach to client advocacy and representation yields repeat clients who turn to him for help with critical decisions.

Ben further counsels and defends clients in connection with federal and state government investigations and enforcement actions, including the SEC and CFPB.

Ben serves as outside general counsel for some clients and runs point on litigation for others. He is strategic, responsive, and clients rely on him to be their “path of least resistance” to a favorable outcome.

Benjamin Lajoie

shareholder, fiduciary duty, and licensing disputes, and other claims stemming from failed business deals. Ben skillfully navigates complex disputes with many variables, from counterclaims to cross-claims to subpoena enforcement actions and related issues. His strategic approach to client advocacy and representation yields repeat clients who turn to him for help with critical decisions.

Ben further counsels and defends clients in connection with federal and state government investigations and enforcement actions, including the SEC and CFPB.

Ben serves as outside general counsel for some clients and runs point on litigation for others. He is strategic, responsive, and clients rely on him to be their “path of least resistance” to a favorable outcome.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters

  • Represented manufacturer in defense and counterclaims involving unfair and deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with business relations by competitor in federal court
  • Represented contractor in business dispute involving complex issues of contract formation, choice of law, and tolling principles
  • Represented institutional investors, including hedge fund, investment adviser, and officer, in state and federal government enforcement actions, including SEC fraud defense
  • Represented bank in defense of fraud claims in bankruptcy adversary proceeding
  • Represented manufacturer in prosecution of vendor equipment fraud claims in federal court
  • Represented company in connection with investigation and response to government subpoena and cease and desist letter
  • Represented mortgage servicing company in defense of putative class action alleging federal statutory violations (TILA, FDCPA, and RESPA)
  • Represented financial entities, including NY-based institutional asset manager, in complex, multi-party litigation involving secured transaction dispute and competing interests, guarantees, counterclaims, contract and tort claims, and UCC remedies
  • Represented global fertilizer company in defense against large farm alleging crop damage in federal court
  • Represented quasi-government entities in mass action brought by hundreds of plaintiffs asserting Fifth Amendment Inverse Condemnation claims.
  • Represented beneficiaries in breach of fiduciary duty class action against institutional trustee
  • Represented indemnity holder in dispute with former employer involving non-compete and non-solicitation dispute in Massachusetts
  • Represented foreign and domestic manufacturer in anticompetitive dispute with global testing laboratory and certification agency involving disparate treatment of competitors
  • Represented Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical companies in disputes with vendors in Massachusetts state court
  • Represented medical device companies in corporate legal work, including drafting and negotiating contracts, incorporation, formation and organization of subsidiary, capitalization and fundraising in various rounds, licensing and protecting of intellectual property, advising and papering in connection with surgeon consultants, hospitals and research laboratories, co-development, co-marketing, or other strategic collaboration and investment opportunities, advising and ensuring GDPR and other privacy law compliance, corporate restructuring, corporate compliance, advising of internal policies and trainings, compensation plans, board consents, and navigation of investor relationships

Previous Professional Experience

  • Partner, Boston office of national law firm (2023—2025)

  • Attorney, Boston office of national law firm (2015—2023)

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters

  • Represented manufacturer in defense and counterclaims involving unfair and deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with business relations by competitor in federal court
  • Represented contractor in business dispute involving complex issues of contract formation, choice of law, and tolling principles
  • Represented institutional investors, including hedge fund, investment adviser, and officer, in state and federal government enforcement actions, including SEC fraud defense
  • Represented bank in defense of fraud claims in bankruptcy adversary proceeding
  • Represented manufacturer in prosecution of vendor equipment fraud claims in federal court
  • Represented company in connection with investigation and response to government subpoena and cease and desist letter
  • Represented mortgage servicing company in defense of putative class action alleging federal statutory violations (TILA, FDCPA, and RESPA)
  • Represented financial entities, including NY-based institutional asset manager, in complex, multi-party litigation involving secured transaction dispute and competing interests, guarantees, counterclaims, contract and tort claims, and UCC remedies
  • Represented global fertilizer company in defense against large farm alleging crop damage in federal court
  • Represented quasi-government entities in mass action brought by hundreds of plaintiffs asserting Fifth Amendment Inverse Condemnation claims.
  • Represented beneficiaries in breach of fiduciary duty class action against institutional trustee
  • Represented indemnity holder in dispute with former employer involving non-compete and non-solicitation dispute in Massachusetts
  • Represented foreign and domestic manufacturer in anticompetitive dispute with global testing laboratory and certification agency involving disparate treatment of competitors
  • Represented Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical companies in disputes with vendors in Massachusetts state court
  • Represented medical device companies in corporate legal work, including drafting and negotiating contracts, incorporation, formation and organization of subsidiary, capitalization and fundraising in various rounds, licensing and protecting of intellectual property, advising and papering in connection with surgeon consultants, hospitals and research laboratories, co-development, co-marketing, or other strategic collaboration and investment opportunities, advising and ensuring GDPR and other privacy law compliance, corporate restructuring, corporate compliance, advising of internal policies and trainings, compensation plans, board consents, and navigation of investor relationships

Previous Professional Experience

  • Partner, Boston office of national law firm (2023—2025)

  • Attorney, Boston office of national law firm (2015—2023)

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The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

Professional Activities

  • Boston Bar Association
    • Steering Committee, Business and Commercial Litigation Section (2021 – Present)
    • Steering Committee, Multidistrict Litigation and Class Actions Section (2016–2021)
  • American Bar Association, Committee Member – Business Torts & Unfair Competition Litigation, Securities Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Class Actions & Derivative Suits (2023–Present)
  • American Subcontractors Association, Attorneys’ Council (2024–Present)
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Member (2023–Present)
  • Legal Mentor Network, Regional Co-Chair (2024–Present)
  • Venture Deals, Kauffman Fellows & Techstars (2021)

Benjamin helps businesses – financial institutions, employers, contractors, manufacturers, startups, as well as investment/asset managers, hedge funds, private funds, investment advisers, shareholders, officers, and others – in commercial, financial services, and securities litigation and arbitration. He defends and prosecutes business torts, fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practices, as well as contract, securities, trade secret, UCC,... shareholder, fiduciary duty, and licensing disputes, and other claims stemming from failed business deals. Ben skillfully navigates complex disputes with many variables, from counterclaims to cross-claims to subpoena enforcement actions and related issues. His strategic approach to client advocacy and representation yields repeat clients who turn to him for help with critical decisions.

Ben further counsels and defends clients in connection with federal and state government investigations and enforcement actions, including the SEC and CFPB.

Ben serves as outside general counsel for some clients and runs point on litigation for others. He is strategic, responsive, and clients rely on him to be their “path of least resistance” to a favorable outcome.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Representative Matters

  • Represented manufacturer in defense and counterclaims involving unfair and deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with business relations by competitor in federal court
  • Represented contractor in business dispute involving complex issues of contract formation, choice of law, and tolling principles
  • Represented institutional investors, including hedge fund, investment adviser, and officer, in state and federal government enforcement actions, including SEC fraud defense
  • Represented bank in defense of fraud claims in bankruptcy adversary proceeding
  • Represented manufacturer in prosecution of vendor equipment fraud claims in federal court
  • Represented company in connection with investigation and response to government subpoena and cease and desist letter
  • Represented mortgage servicing company in defense of putative class action alleging federal statutory violations (TILA, FDCPA, and RESPA)
  • Represented financial entities, including NY-based institutional asset manager, in complex, multi-party litigation involving secured transaction dispute and competing interests, guarantees, counterclaims, contract and tort claims, and UCC remedies
  • Represented global fertilizer company in defense against large farm alleging crop damage in federal court
  • Represented quasi-government entities in mass action brought by hundreds of plaintiffs asserting Fifth Amendment Inverse Condemnation claims.
  • Represented beneficiaries in breach of fiduciary duty class action against institutional trustee
  • Represented indemnity holder in dispute with former employer involving non-compete and non-solicitation dispute in Massachusetts
  • Represented foreign and domestic manufacturer in anticompetitive dispute with global testing laboratory and certification agency involving disparate treatment of competitors
  • Represented Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical companies in disputes with vendors in Massachusetts state court
  • Represented medical device companies in corporate legal work, including drafting and negotiating contracts, incorporation, formation and organization of subsidiary, capitalization and fundraising in various rounds, licensing and protecting of intellectual property, advising and papering in connection with surgeon consultants, hospitals and research laboratories, co-development, co-marketing, or other strategic collaboration and investment opportunities, advising and ensuring GDPR and other privacy law compliance, corporate restructuring, corporate compliance, advising of internal policies and trainings, compensation plans, board consents, and navigation of investor relationships

Previous Professional Experience

  • Partner, Boston office of national law firm (2023—2025)

  • Attorney, Boston office of national law firm (2015—2023)

Education

  • University of New Hampshire School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (2015)
    • Managing Editor, UNH Law Review
  • Bates College, BA, Psychology

Admissions

  • Massachusetts,
  • New Hampshire,
  • New York,
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • Boston Bar Association
    • Steering Committee, Business and Commercial Litigation Section (2021 – Present)
    • Steering Committee, Multidistrict Litigation and Class Actions Section (2016–2021)
  • American Bar Association, Committee Member – Business Torts & Unfair Competition Litigation, Securities Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Class Actions & Derivative Suits (2023–Present)
  • American Subcontractors Association, Attorneys’ Council (2024–Present)
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Member (2023–Present)
  • Legal Mentor Network, Regional Co-Chair (2024–Present)
  • Venture Deals, Kauffman Fellows & Techstars (2021)