Lewis H Lazarus

Practice Areas

Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation

Corporate Governance Counseling

Special Committee Representation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Contract Litigation

Corporate Advice

Business Torts

Non-Compete and Trade Secret Protection

Legal Opinions

Distressed Entity, Insolvency Counseling

LLC, LP, Partnership Litigation

Career

Lewis Lazarus focuses his practice on corporate governance and commercial matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery. He has been lead counsel in trials arising out of mergers and acquisitions, including cases involving the entire fairness standard of review, appraisal, books and records actions, actions to compel annual meetings, and actions to determine who rightfully are the managers of a Delaware entity. As a result of his knowledge and familiarity with these and related cases, Lewis often advises special committees and boards in conflict-of-interest transactions. He has counseled boards, companies, or special committees in conflict-of-interest transactions totaling over $7 billion in the last several years.

Professional Memberships

Delaware Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission, Co-Chair (2017- ); Member and Chair, Subcommittee on Judicial Branch Coordination in Helping Pro Se Litigants (2014 - 2017)

Delaware Supreme Court, Board on Professional Responsibility, 2007; Vice-Chair, (2008-2013)

Delaware State Bar Association, Council of the Corporation Law Section

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Directors and Officers Liability Committee, Past-Chair (Chair, 2012-2015)

Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court

The Office of the Child Advocate, Delaware, Guardian ad litem on behalf of dependent and neglected children (2004-present)

Federal Bar Association