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+1 302 252 4465Provided by Ballard Spahr LLP
Ballard Spahr's Delaware Chancery Court group has a national reputation for advising businesses and litigating business entity disputes in the Delaware Chancery Court and other fora. We advise companies and their officers and directors on every type of securities and corporate governance claim—from derivative actions, shareholder class actions, and special committee representations to the more arcane issues falling under Delaware’s corporate and business entity statues. We represent clients during challenges to mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions as well as takeover battles, proxy contests, and changes of control.
Our team has the experience to understand the nuances of Delaware law and to anticipate how Chancery Court judges will react to claims, defences, fact patterns and tactical decisions. That insight is integral for Delaware entities and translatable to non-Delaware matters. Our attorneys have played a leading role in state court cases involving cutting-edge corporate governance issues.
Our group is particularly known for litigating complex disputes involving business entity valuation. The team regularly represents the fund that pioneered the investment strategy known as “appraisal arbitrage” - buying into targets of announced mergers in order to pursue the statutory right receive “fair value” as determined by the Court in lieu of the merger consideration.
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Ballard Spahr has an experienced group with significant depth in M&A and corporate governance issues. Its clients come from a range of industries including pharmaceuticals, banking and energy. The firm is able to represent both defendants and plaintiffs in derivative suits and class actions.
Ballard Spahr represented Campus Eye Management Holdings in a series of actions arising from the sale of the company to a private equity firm which, post acquisition, brought actions against the vendor for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
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The team was on top of every filing and very proactive.
They know their stuff and never give up.
Ballard Spahr provides deep insights, great advice, different perspectives, out-of-the-box thinking and tireless dedication.
The attorneys I have worked with at Ballard Spahr are very responsive and go the extra mile for their clients.
The team at Ballard Spahr is very responsive and on top of matters.
The team was on top of every filing and very proactive.
They know their stuff and never give up.
Ballard Spahr provides deep insights, great advice, different perspectives, out-of-the-box thinking and tireless dedication.
The attorneys I have worked with at Ballard Spahr are very responsive and go the extra mile for their clients.
The team at Ballard Spahr is very responsive and on top of matters.
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David Margules represents clients involved a range of contentious issues, including contract disputes, appraisal litigation and indemnification claims.
David Margules is a top M&A litigator.
David Margules is a first-rate attorney; he is very experienced, very responsive and provides lots of insights.
David is very creative and flexible in coming up with solutions.
David is particularly skilled at cross-examination.
He has very good judgment and common sense.
Elizabeth Sloan has extensive experience in shareholder disputes and fiduciary duty breaches.
Elizabeth is really great, I feel lucky to have found her to act as my advocate.
Elizabeth Sloan is extraordinary in all respects.
Elizabeth Sloan was very responsive and got her arms around the issue very fast, she moved quickly and got a really good result.
She is a wonderfully skilled courtroom advocate, her oral arguments are exceptional.