Villi Shteyn

Villi Shteyn focuses his practice on securities litigation. Villi has been recognized as a Super Lawyers® Rising Star from 2021 through 2025. Villi worked on individual securities lawsuits concerning BP’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which proceeded in In re BP p.l.c. Secs. Litig., No. 4:10-md-2185 (S.D. Tex.) and were resolved in 2021 in a confidential, favorable monetary settlement for all 35 Firm clients, including public and private pension funds, money management firms, partnerships, and investment trusts from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, the Netherlands, and Australia. He also worked on a successful 2021 settlement for investors in a case against the Chinese company ChinaCache.

Villi pursued claims against Deutsche Bank for its lending activities to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and was involved in the Firm’s class action litigation against Arconic, arising from the deadliest U.K. fire in more than a century. He also represented investors in a case against AT&T for widespread fraud related to the rollout of DirecTV Now, as well as against Frutarom for fraud related to widespread bribery in Russia and Ukraine.

Villi represented Safra Bank in a class action against Samarco Mineração S.A., in connection with the Fundao dam-burst disaster, which is widely regarded as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history. He also represented investors against Recro Pharma in relation to their non-opioid pain-relief product IV Meloxicam, and against online education companies 2U and K12. Villi also worked on a consumer class action against Apple, Inc. in relation to alleged slowdowns of the iPhone product.

Prior to joining Pomerantz, Villi was employed by a boutique patent firm, where he worked on patent validity issues in the wake of the landmark Alice decision. During his tenure, he helped develop international patent maintenance tools for clients and assisted in pursuing injunctive relief for a patent-holding client against a large tech company.

Villi graduated from The University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2017). In 2014, he graduated summa cum laude from Baruch College with a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs.

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