The National Law Journal has named Partner Anthony Maneiro a Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar as part of its Elite Trial Lawyers awards for 2024.
Anthony E. Maneiro
Partner
- Chicago
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211 West Wacker Drive
Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60606 - 312.767.5180
Biography
Biography
Anthony E. Maneiro is a partner practicing out of our Chicago office who concentrates on securities, commodities, and antitrust matters.
Mr. Maneiro was selected for the Federal Bar Council American Inn of Court for the Inn and is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association, where he serves on the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee.
Mr. Maneiro joined the firm in 2016.
Mr. Maneiro joined the firm in 2016.
- Grove City College (B.A. magna cum laude, 2010)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc 2011)
- Boston University School of Law (J.D., LL.M. 2016)
- Massachusetts State Bar
- New York State Bar
- Illinois State Bar
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2025
New York Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers, Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar, 2024
Super Lawyers Rising Star - Antitrust Litigation, 2019-2022, 2024-2025
New York Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers, Rising Star of the Plaintiffs’ Bar, 2024
Super Lawyers Rising Star - Antitrust Litigation, 2019-2022, 2024-2025
Experience
Some of Mr. Maneiro’s antitrust and commodities experience includes:
- Co-lead counsel in In re Credit Default Swaps Auctions Litigation, a class action brought by the firm and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico alleging antitrust violations and market manipulation in the credit default swaps market. The case is ongoing.
- Representation of the exchange-based class in In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case alleging that defendant banks colluded to misreport and manipulate LIBOR. The case resulted in settlements totaling $190.45 million, which combined represent the largest recovery in a “futures-only” commodities class action litigation.
- Special fiduciary representation for the exchange-based class in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation for a putative class of participants who traded futures and options in the FX market. The case has already resulted in partial settlements of more than $2.3 billion.
- Counsel in the benchmark antitrust litigation In re Commodity Exchange, Inc., Gold Futures and Options Trading Litigation, on behalf of a putative class of gold derivative traders. The case has resulted in settlements of $152 million.
- Selected by the Court as co-lead counsel in In re J.P. Morgan Treasury Futures Spoofing Litigation, alleging that defendants manipulated U.S. Treasury futures for more than a decade and that this conduct contributed to the bank’s recent $920 million settlement with the DOJ, CFTC, and SEC. The case has a putative settlement of $15.7 million.
- Representation of exchange-based investors in Shak v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., alleging monopolization and manipulation of the silver futures market in violation of federal antitrust and commodity exchange laws. The parties successfully reached a private settlement. The case preceded a related Department of Justice criminal investigation into J.P. Morgan that remains ongoing.
- Court-appointed discovery committee co-chair in In re Effexor XR Antitrust Litigation for a putative class of direct purchasers of brand name and generic equivalents of extended-release venlafaxine hydrochloride capsules against drug manufacturers. Among the claims, Defendants are alleged to have delayed market entry of generic versions and entered into reverse payment settlements.
- Court-appointed executive committee member and class counsel in In re Cattle Antitrust Litigation, representing cattle producers and cattle futures traders. The suit alleges that the “Big 4” meatpacking firms conspired to suppress prices for fed cattle and manipulated live cattle futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- Representation of a putative class of exchange-based investors in Dennis v. The Andersons, Inc. et al., alleging monopolization and manipulation of Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures contracts in violation of federal antitrust and commodity exchange laws.
- Counsel in In re Deutsche Bank Spoofing Litigation on behalf of a putative class of investors alleging manipulation through “spoofing” of U.S. Treasury futures traded on the Chicago Board of Trade and Eurodollar futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- Counsel in M&N Trading, LLC v. BofA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, et al alleging that BofA Securities, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, and others used a manipulative device called "spoofing" to cause artificial prices for U.S. Treasury Securities, Treasury futures contracts, and options on U.S. Treasury Futures between October 2014 through February 2021.
- Court-appointed to the executive committee and class counsel in In re Bank of Nova Scotia Spoofing Litigation, alleging that defendants manipulated precious metals futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange, Inc.
- Representation of exchange-based investors in Anastasio v. Total Gas & Power North America, Inc., alleging price manipulation of physical natural gas as well as price manipulation of natural gas futures and other derivative natural gas contracts.
- Representation in a shareholder derivative lawsuit against officers and directors of HSBC Holdings and its subsidiaries, alleging that HSBC ran money laundering operations out of New York City. The litigation settled for $72.5 million, the then-largest foreign derivatives settlement ever reached and one of the largest insurer-funded cash payments achieved in a U.S. derivatives lawsuit.
- Representation in an individual securities fraud action alleging that in marketing their auto-loan ABS securitizations to investors, TCF Bank and Gateway One materially misrepresented the key metric used by investors to evaluate and price the securitizations’ certificates.
- Representation of a whistleblower in Anonymous, et ano. v. Moody's Corporation, et al., No. 103997/2012 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. and First Dept.), alleging millions of dollars of tax fraud using a sham captive insurance company for over a decade regarding domestic and international transactions. The litigation settled for $8.5 million.
Cases & Investigations
- Case / Company Name
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Name
M&N Trading, LLC v. BofA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, et al.,
24-cv-1229 (N.D. Ill.) - Type Commodities, Antitrust
- Status Pending
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In re Credit Default Swaps Auctions Litigation,
No. 21-cv-00606 (D.N.M.). - Type Antitrust, Commodities
- Status Pending
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We are acting as lead counsel on behalf of the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and the New Mexico State Investment Council alleging that leading credit default swap (CDS) dealers took part in a more than decade-long, multibillion-dollar scheme to manipulate the benchmark prices used to value credit default swap contracts at settlement.
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In re Effexor XR Antitrust Litigation,
No. 11-cv-5479 (D.N.J.). - Type Antitrust, Healthcare Fraud
- Status Pending
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Acting as lead counsel and head of the discovery committee to a putative class of direct purchasers of brand name and generic equivalents of extended-release venlafaxine hydrochloride capsules against drug manufacturers. Among the claims, defendants are alleged to have delayed market entry of generic versions and entered reverse payment settlements.
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Wacker v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
No. 15-cv-00994 (S.D.N.Y.). - Type Antitrust, Commodities
- Status Pending
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Representation of individual silver futures traders alleging manipulation of silver futures spreads. KM achieved a landmark appellate decision in this case establishing pleading standards for monopolization claims in futures markets. The case preceded a related Department of Justice criminal investigation into J.P. Morgan that resulted in an over-$920 million criminal penalty.
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CFTC v. Shak,
No. 14-cv-01632 (D.D.C.). - Type Commodities
- Status Pending
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Representation of a defendant in a case brought by the CFTC under the Commodity Exchange Act’s newest provisions for violations of an administrative order in the gold futures market.
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In re Bank of Nova Scotia Spoofing Litigation,
No. 20-cv-11059 (D.N.J.). - Type Commodities
- Status Settled
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As a court-appointed executive committee member, the firm has served in a leadership capacity in this case which alleges that defendants manipulated precious metals futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange, Inc. This matter is important in that it seeks to curb manipulative and abusive practices by dominant financial institutions and make metals futures markets more efficient.
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In re Cattle Antitrust Litigation,
No. 19-cv-1222 (D. Minn.). - Type Commodities
- Status Pending
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Court-appointed executive committee member and class counsel representing cattle producers and cattle futures traders in a lawsuit alleging that the “Big 4” meatpacking firms conspired to suppress prices for fed cattle and manipulated live cattle futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Name
In re Deutsche Bank Spoofing Litigation,
No. 20-cv-03638 (N.D. Ill.). - Type Commodities
- Status Pending
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Co-lead counsel on behalf of a putative class of investors in this trading markets manipulation case alleging manipulation through “spoofing” of U.S. Treasury futures traded on the Chicago Board of Trade and Eurodollar futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. This matter is important because it seeks to curb manipulative and abusive practices by dominant financial institutions and make Treasury futures markets more efficient.
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Dennis v. The Andersons, Inc.,
No. 20-cv-04090 (N.D. Ill.). - Type Antitrust, Commodities
- Status Pending
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Co-lead counsel of a putative class of exchange-based investors alleging monopolization and manipulation of Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures contracts in violation of federal antitrust and commodity exchange laws.
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Name
In re JPMorgan Treasury Futures Spoofing Litigation,
No. 20-cv-03515 (S.D.N.Y.). - Type Antitrust, Commodities
- Status Settled
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Lead counsel in an antitrust case alleging that J.P. Morgan unlawfully and intentionally manipulated U.S. Treasury Futures or Options on U.S. Treasury Futures traded on United States-based exchanges, including but not limited to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, including its subsidiary the Chicago Board of Trade, during the Class Period in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1, et seq. (the “CEA”) and the common law. The case resulted in a settlement of $15.7 million.
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Mason-Mahon v. Flint,
No. 602052/2014 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau Cty.). - Type Corporate Governance, Securities
- Status Settled
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KM represented an English investor in a shareholder derivative lawsuit against officers and directors of HSBC Holdings and its subsidiaries, alleging that HSBC facilitated money laundering operations out of New York City. In a matter of first impression, we established the right of English shareholders to bring derivative claims against English companies in New York state courts. The litigation settled for $72.5 million, the then-largest foreign derivatives settlement ever reached and one of the largest insurer-funded cash payments achieved in a U.S. derivative lawsuit.
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In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation,
No. 11-md-02262 (S.D.N.Y.). - Type Antitrust, Commodities
- Status Settled
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KM filed the first LIBOR manipulation lawsuit on behalf of investors and currently serves as court-appointed co-lead counsel for the exchange-based class alleging the fixing of prices of a benchmark interest rate. The case resulted in settlements totaling $190.45 million, which combined represent the largest recovery in a “futures-only” commodities class action litigation.
News
Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers has recognized five KM attorneys as New York Metro Super Lawyers and four as Rising Stars.
Kirby McInerney is proud to announce that Anthony Maneiro has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the fourth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his expertise in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs.
Law360 has published an article discussing a major positive decision for plaintiffs in In re: Credit Default Swaps Auctions Litigation, 1:21-cv-00606 (D.N.M.), a class action alleging major banks took part in a more than decade-long, multibillion-dollar scheme to manipulate the benchmark prices used to value credit default swap contracts at settlement.
Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers has recognized five KM attorneys as New York Metro Super Lawyers and five as Rising Stars.
The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP is proud to announce that the Hon. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted final approval of its $15.7 million settlement in In re JPMorgan Treasury Futures Spoofing Litig., No. 1:20-cv-03515 (S.D.N.Y.).
Kirby McInerney LLP has obtained a groundbreaking appellate decision against Moody’s Corporation, certain of its affiliates, and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. under the New York State False Claims Act.