Adani Hires Top Wall Street Lawyer in Sign SEC Case Will Advance

Gautam Adani has hired a prominent Wall Street lawyer to defend him against fraud allegations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as the regulator presses to advance its stalled case.

India’s second-richest person recently tapped Robert Giuffra Jr., to be his lawyer in the SEC’s lawsuit, court filings show. Giuffra, who represents prominent clients in high-stakes financial cases as co-chair of white-shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, is also working on President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his criminal conviction.

The SEC’s lawsuit, filed in November 2024, alleges that Gautam and his nephew Sagar Adani violated ...