Clients with major transactions routinely face shareholder and other litigation seeking to block or enforce a deal. As experienced and business-savvy litigators, we are able to fend off many such cases, often breaking new legal ground in the process.
Publications
Ability to Take High-Stakes Cases to Trial Distinguishes Paul, Weiss in Delaware, Partners Tell Law360
Litigation partners Andrew Gordon, Jaren Janghorbani and Andy Bouchard spoke with Law360 in a feature on Paul, Weiss’s Delaware practice.
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Claims That SPAC Directors, Sponsor Breached Fiduciary Duties Survive Motion to Dismiss
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held on a motion to dismiss that it was reasonably conceivable that the directors of a special purpose acquisition company and its sponsor breached their fiduciary duties.
Awards & Recognition
Paul, Weiss Named a Law360 2022 “Regional Powerhouse” in Delaware
Law360 recognized Paul, Weiss as a 2022 “Regional Powerhouse” in Delaware for its pivotal work handling some of the biggest, most high-profile matters in the state.
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CDK Global Defeats Motion to Enjoin $8.3 Billion Merger With Brookfield
Paul, Weiss secured the denial of a preliminary injunction motion seeking to halt the $8.3 billion merger between CDK Global, Inc. and Brookfield.
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Nuance Wins Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Stemming from $19.7 Billion Sale to Microsoft
Paul, Weiss secured the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit and related motion for attorneys’ fees brought in connection with Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of our client, Nuance Communications, Inc., a provider of speech and imaging software.
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Andy Bouchard Discusses Delaware Court of Chancery in Am Law Q+A
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Litigation partner Andy Bouchard was featured in a Q+A in The American Lawyer’s latest “Litigation Daily” column.
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Delaware M&A Quarterly: Winter 2022
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In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we discuss several decisions of significance to the M&A practice issued during the fourth quarter of 2022.
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QAD Defeats Preliminary Injunction Against Shareholder Vote in Challenge to Thoma Bravo Merger
Representing a special committee of the board of QAD Inc., Paul, Weiss fended off a stockholder’s preliminary injunction motion seeking to block a shareholder vote on QAD’s $2 billion merger with private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
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Alexia Korberg to Discuss Enforcing Corporate Agreements in Practising Law Institute Program
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Litigation partner Alexia Korberg will present a session on “When the Deal Goes Wrong: Enforcing Corporate Agreements and the Importance of Boilerplate,” as part of the Practising Law Institute’s Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements 2023 program.
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Goldman Sachs Wins Dismissal of Aiding and Abetting Claim in Delaware Chancery Court
Paul, Weiss won a victory for Goldman Sachs at the Delaware Court of Chancery, when Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III dismissed a claim that Goldman aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty in its role as a financial advisor to Genomic Health, Inc.
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Delaware Court of Chancery Enforces Unambiguous Terms of Advance Notice Bylaw
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a board’s rejection of a stockholder nomination notice due to noncompliance with the unambiguous terms of the corporation’s advance notice bylaw relating to stockholder nominations of directors.
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What SPAC Sponsors, Directors and Officers Can Do to Mitigate Their Litigation Exposure
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- Securities Litigation
- Financial Institutions
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
- White Collar & Regulatory Defense
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Finance
- Susanna M. Buergel
- Jessica S. Carey
- Geoffrey R. Chepiga
- Lewis R. Clayton
- Andrew J. Ehrlich
- Brad S. Karp
- Daniel J. Kramer
- Gregory F. Laufer
- Raphael M. Russo
- Audra J. Soloway
- Daniel S. Sinnreich
- Robert J. O'Loughlin
- SPACs
The explosive growth in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) is starting to generate significant amounts of litigation. In this alert, we survey notable SPAC litigation trends and recommend what SPAC sponsors, directors and officers can do preemptively to minimize litigation exposure.
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Citigroup Wins Dismissal of Aiding and Abetting Claim In Delaware Chancery Court
Paul, Weiss won the dismissal of a claim that our client, Citigroup, aided and abetted alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in its role as a financial advisor to Tesaro, an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company.
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Symbiont Wins Victory and $70 Million Damages Award in Delaware Chancery Court
Paul, Weiss secured a resounding victory for Symbiont.io, Inc. in its lawsuit against Ipreo Holdings, LLC, IHS Markit Ltd. and certain of their affiliates in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
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Chancery Judge Rules Boston Scientific Must Complete Channel Medsystems Deal
Paul, Weiss won a major trial victory for client Channel Medsystems in the first case since the Delaware Supreme Court’s landmark 2018 decision in Fresenius v. Akorn to evaluate whether a merger party was justified in terminating a merger agreement on Material Adverse Event (MAE) grounds.
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