Brian Rivas Boessenecker
Associate
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Overview
Brian Rivas Boessenecker is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson who focuses his practice on securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation in the Delaware Chancery and government investigations.
Brian also has experience in commercial litigation (representing both plaintiffs and defendants) and advising clients in regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission.
At the University of Chicago Law School, he was elected to the Order of the Coif and selected as a Kirkland and Ellis Scholar. During law school, Brian worked for a Chicago-based proprietary trading firm, was a member of the Latinx Law Student Association and led the law school’s Trivia Board.
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Experience
Litigation
Berkshire Hathaway in a billion-dollar dispute with Pilot Corporation regarding the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain. Two days before trial was set to begin in Delaware Chancery Court, the parties reached a settlement under which Berkshire acquired 100% of the company.
View, Inc. in federal securities and shareholder derivative litigation. Mehedi v. View, Inc., 2023 WL 3592098 (N.D. Cal. May 22, 2023) (dismissing for failure to state a claim).
Intel, Disney and a toy manufacturer in federal securities litigation.
PG&E in regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission.
BlackSand Capital LLC, owner of the Waikiki Galleria Tower in Honolulu, Hawai’i, in a suit against Galleria Tower’s primary tenant, DFS Group. Eight months after BlackSand filed suit, the parties reached a $150 million agreement to resolve the dispute.
Multiple clients in investigations by the SEC and DOJ.
More
- Pathfinder in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2025 Pathfinder program
- Lead Editor for the ABA Securities Litigation Committee
