Nate Bear is a distinguished attorney with two decades of experience counseling institutional investors and litigating the issues of securities fraud, investment fraud, corporate governance, and fiduciary duties on a global basis.

Nate rose from contract attorney to equity partner at one of the world’s leading complex class action firms, undertaking significant securities fraud cases both domestically and outside of the United States. As a respected advisor to institutional investors around the world, he played a key role in recovering over $1 billion; Nate has also successfully represented corporations and their directors and officers defending SEC matters and shareholder disputes.

Nate is frequently sought after for speaking engagements at conferences worldwide due to his broad experience and thought leadership. In the wake of the Morrison decision, Nate’s analysis of the global expansion of securities litigation was translated and published as a chapter in Dutch-language financial textbook, Goud Geld: De staat van de financiële sector, “De opkomst van wereldwijde procesvoering over effecten [The Rise of Global Securities Litigation]”

Outside of the United States, Nate’s experience includes Australian class actions, potential group actions in the United Kingdom, settlements in the European Union under the Wet Collectieve Afwikkeling Massaschade (WCAM), the Dutch Collective Mass Claims Settlement Act, as well as representative actions in Germany utilizing the Kapitalanlegermusterverfahrensgesetz (KapMuG), the Capital Market Investors’ Model Proceeding Act, and the Wet Afwikkeling Massaschade in Collectieve Actie (WAMCA), the Dutch Act on redress of mass damages in a collective action.

Nate attended UC Berkeley on an Alumni Scholarship, then began his professional career as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, using technology to solve complex business problems. He earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and served as judicial extern to the Hon. Richard D. Huffman of the California Court of Appeals.