Eric S Klinger-Wilensky
USA Guide 2023
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Eric S Klinger-Wilensky
Practice Areas
Eric advises corporations on a broad array of transactions, including business combinations, acquisitions and divestitures, spin-offs and split-offs, and capital raises. He also advises generally on matters of corporate governance.
A major focus of his practice is representing public companies in M&A transactions as well as special committees of independent directors in considering transactions involving potential conflicts of interest. With nearly two decades of experience, Eric has led the Morris Nichols team on some of the firm’s largest and most complex special committee representations, including several involving controlling stockholder take-private transactions.
He has repeatedly served on drafting committees of the Delaware State Bar Association’s Council of the Corporation Law Section, including as a lead drafter of legislation that ultimately became Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which facilitated and led to an increase in the use of two-step mergers.
Career
Law Clerk to Chancellor William B. Chandler III and Vice Chancellor John W. Noble, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2003-2004
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association, Business Law Section: Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee (former chair), Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Two-Step Merger Agreement Task Force (co-chair), Diversity Committee (LGBT Involvement Subcommittee, former vice chair); Delaware State Bar Association, Corporation Law Section and Lawyer Assistance Committee
Publications
Co-edited the ABA’s “Model Tender Offer Agreement” treatise.
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School
JD, cum laude, Order of the Coif
2003
Hofstra University
BA, social sciences, summa cum laude
2000