Lawyer Who Helped Musk Beat Defamation Suit Takes on Tesla’s Investors

  • Trial over Tesla’s acquitision of SolarCity to begin in March
  • Alex Spiro’s former clients include Jay-Z and Robert Kraft
Alex Spiro, attorney to Elon Musk, departs federal court in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2019.Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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A Manhattan trial lawyer who helped Elon Musk defeat a defamation lawsuit by a British caver is now set to defend the Tesla Inc. CEO in a fight with shareholders.

Alex Spiro, a partner in the New York office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, joined Musk’s legal team Monday, according to a filing in Delaware Chancery Court where Musk is scheduled to go on trial.