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Chancery

Delaware

13 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Martin Lessner

USA

Practice Areas

Practice is concentrated in the area of corporate law and corporate and commercial litigation, including involvement in many of the Delaware corporate law cases. Tried and won various complex multi-million dollar cases including corporate stock appraisal, breach of fiduciary duties, expedited mergers and acquisitions disputes, fraud, breach of contract, and books and records. Some of the major cases he has litigated include Appraisal of Columbia Pipeline, CSC v. Pulier, Roma, In re Celera, Montgomery Cellular, In re Ancestry.com, In re Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Yucaipa v. Riggio, In re Countrywide, Highfields v. AXA, Gore v. Wu, Kronenberg v. Katz, In re Pure Resources, and RGC v. Greka.

Career

Partner, Young Conaway. Admitted to Delaware Bar (1992); Clerked for The Honorable Carolyn Berger, Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (1992-1993)

Professional Memberships

Delaware State Bar Association, Corporate Law, Business Law and Litigation Sections; Rodney Inns of Court

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Martin Lessner demonstrates experience acting for corporate clients in disputes concerning stockholders, M&A and fiduciary duties. He is well versed in fraud and books and records issues as well.

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