Eric S Klinger-Wilensky

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Eric counsels corporations and special committees in the context of potential transactions; aids corporations and investors in structuring capital investments; and advises generally on corporate governance issues. He also provides corporate-related advice in the context of transaction and governance litigation, and has been involved in many precedent-setting M&A and other corporate cases decided by the Delaware courts over the past fifteen years.

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); Delaware State Bar Association, Corporation Law Section

Publications

Co-edited the ABA’s “Model Tender Offer Agreement” treatise.

Personal

University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD, cum laude, 2003); Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Hofstra University (BA, summa cum laude, 2000)