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Michael B Tumas

Michael B Tumas

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Michael B. Tumas concentrates his practice in the area of corporate law with specific emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, issues of internal governance, and commercial transactions involving Delaware corporations and other business entities. Michael’s practice often involves counseling boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors regarding their duties, fiduciary and otherwise. In addition, he advises clients with respect to responding to unsolicited acquisition proposals, stockholder activist approaches and other preparedness matters, board governance and other corporate law matters. Michael also has extensive experience in representing both sellers and buyers in negotiated acquisitions of divisions, assets and businesses.

A longtime participant in firm committees and management, Michael is a former chair of the firm’s Executive Committee as well as a former practice leader of the Corporate Group.

Personal

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.; The State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - Delaware

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Individual Editorial

Michael Tumas is widely regarded as a leading practitioner in the Delaware corporate market. His high-level transactional capabilities see him acting on major M&A matters.

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