Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP advises publicly traded and privately held corporations, as well as private equity and venture capital investors, on issues of corporate governance and all Delaware aspects of corporate transactions, including M&A, spin-offs, and financings. The team is particularly well placed to assist clients in industries such as energy, technology, and finance. Daniel D. Matthews focuses on advising venture-backed and other privately held Delaware corporations and investors, with particular experience in stock financings and M&A matters. David A. Harris assists clients from global venture capital and private equity firms, with a focus on software investments.

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. is a top-choice Delaware counsel for national and international institutions and global corporations, given its expertise in private equity investment fund matters, structured finance, joint ventures, hedge funds, and cross-border transactions. The team is jointly led by Raymond DiCamillo and Bernard Kelley. Also leading the team, Michael Allen is well regarded for his acquisition expertise. Srinivas Raju handles complex advisory, governance, transactional, and litigation matters involving Delaware corporations and alternative entities. C. Stephen Bigler is noted for his counsel on Delaware corporate law issues, including fiduciary duty, governance, control issues, and disputes. The team is based in Wilmington.

Akerman LLP handles a variety of complex issues in Delaware corporate law, including corporate governance and control disputes, fiduciary duty litigation, M&A controversies, and alternative entity disputes. The firm’s client roster spans public and private corporations, private equity firms, boards of directors, and special committees. The team is jointly led by Lawrence Rochefort in West Palm Beach and Jason Oletsky in Fort Lauderdale. Also managing the team are Chicago-based Amy Doehring and Los Angeles-based Michael Weiss. Wilmington-based Andrew Dupre represents prominent investors and business entities in shareholder class actions, derivative suits, breach of contract disputes, and M&A-related litigation.

The team at Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC represents clients in complex commercial litigation, corporate governance matters, and M&A litigation. In addition to the Delaware Court of Chancery, the team has extensive experience litigating in the Delaware Superior Court and the Delaware Supreme Court. Practice head David Elsberg is well regarded for his extensive experience as a litigator. Rollo Baker leads the team, with experience litigating and trying complex commercial disputes, including matters concerning securities, corporate governance, M&A, and commercial real estate. Practice head Silpa Maruri has significant arbitration expertise and is known for her representation of clients in bet-the-company disputes. The team is based in New York.

K&L Gates assists Delaware corporations and alternative entities, such as limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, statutory trusts, and special purpose corporations, in a range of domestic and cross-border business and commercial transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, securitizations, structured finance, and venture capital. Wilmington-based practice head Scott Waxman is known for his expertise in the structuring, formation, and operation of Delaware alternative entities, particularly statutory trusts, limited liability companies, and limited and general partnerships. Waxman also assists clients with a wide variety of financings and joint ventures.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP handles M&A litigation, takeover battles, and proxy contests, as well as class actions and books-and-records applications. The team regularly represents institutional investors, including private equity firms and hedge funds, as well as large public companies in corporate governance and stockholder disputes in Delaware. Wilmington-based practice head Michael Barlow specializes in fiduciary litigation, corporate governance, and commercial disputes arising under Delaware law. Barlow also represents parties in litigation arising under limited liability company and limited partnership agreements. Practice head Andrew Rossman is based in New York and is well regarded for his extensive trial expertise in complex commercial litigation, including M&A, contests for control, securities and shareholder claims, and bankruptcy.