Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Michael Allen

Mike is chair of Richards Layton’s Corporate Advisory Group and vice chair of the firm’s Corporate Department. In addition, Mike is a member of the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and, in that capacity, participates in the annual review and drafting of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. He advises corporations, officers, directors, board committees, and stockholders in connection with a wide variety of transactional and advisory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, proxy contests, stockholder meetings, and corporate governance issues. Mike regularly renders legal opinions on matters relating to Delaware corporate law and is a sought-after speaker on Delaware legal practice and developments. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Registered Funds Advisory Group Transactional Committees Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Steve Bigler

Director at Richards, Layton & Finger, Steve Bigler provides counsel on all aspects of Delaware corporate law matters in the full range of corporate transactions, including statutory compliance, structuring, fiduciary duty, and governance. His clients include private and public corporations of all sizes and stages and their founders, boards of directors, board committees, and venture capital and private equity firms, as well as the prominent law firms that counsel them. Steve has considerable experience analyzing and drafting preferred stock terms, merger and investment agreement terms, and other corporate documents governed by Delaware law. He had a lead role in drafting provisions implementing a number of innovative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law, including: Sections 204 and 205, permitting ratification of defective corporate acts (adopted in 2013) Section 122(17), permitting advance waivers of corporate opportunities (adopted in 2000) Section 251(g), permitting holding company reorganizations without a stockholder vote (adopted in 1995) Steve was one of the original group of venture capital lawyers who drafted the NVCA model venture financing documents, and he currently serves on the National Venture Capital Association GC Advisory Board and participates in updating those documents annually. While a member of the ABA Corporate Laws Committee, Steve was involved in drafting several additions to the MBCA, including provisions adding a statutory ratification procedure and provisions permitting the formation of public benefit corporations. He was also involved in drafting several new sections of the 7th edition of the Corporate Directors Guidebook. Steve served as president of Richards Layton from 2008-2011. He was a member of the ABA Corporate Laws Committee from 2014-2020 and is currently a member of the Tri-bar Legal Opinion Committee. Steve is a frequent speaker on DGCL developments and practice issues. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Transactional Committees Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Robert L. Burns

Robert Burns, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, has litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, fiduciary duty, appraisal, and contractual disputes in Delaware’s state and federal courts. Focusing primarily on corporate and commercial litigation, he represents Delaware corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and their officers, directors, and managers. Very active in pro bono and civic matters, Rob has served as a child attorney, worked pro bono on the firm’s Protection from Abuse team, and received the Delaware National Guard’s Distinguished Service Medal for helping to represent two charities associated with the Delaware National Guard. PRACTICES Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Investigative & Demand Committees Arbitration & Mediation

Susan Hannigan Cohen

Richards, Layton & Finger director Susan Hannigan Cohen focuses on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court. Representing Delaware corporations and alternative entities and their officers, directors, and managers, Sue handles disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate control, fiduciary duties, and statutory and contractual issues. She is particularly experienced in stockholder derivative and class actions, as well as in representing committees of boards of directors formed to perform internal investigations. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions

Mark D. Collins

Mark D. Collins, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, is recognized as a leading bankruptcy lawyer both in Delaware and throughout the U.S. Mark has been involved in hundreds of significant bankruptcy cases in Delaware. He has received Chambers’ prestigious Star Individual ranking every year since 2012, with Chambers reporting that Mark “gets strong results for his clients, and his work ethic and skill are top class.” Mark has served as counsel to hundreds of large, troubled companies, secured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, creditors’ committees, boards of directors (including special or independent committees), and acquirers of businesses and assets in large corporate chapter 11 cases, pre-packaged chapter 11 cases, chapter 15 cases, and out-of-court restructurings. He is a frequent lecturer at national corporate restructuring and bankruptcy seminars. PRACTICES Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring

F. Peter Conaty Jr.

F. Peter Conaty Jr. is “a real expert in local estate planning” with a “tremendous reputation” (Chambers HNW). Peter focuses his practice on income taxation of trusts and estates, probate, wealth preservation, and planning matters involving estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Clients report, “Peter is excellent…. He’s really smart and a really good attorney to work with—he’s interested in coming up with a solution” (Chambers HNW). Peter represents high-net-worth individuals in sophisticated estate planning matters, as well as individuals and corporate fiduciaries in connection with estate and trust administration. He also advises clients on Delaware trust law, including directed trusts, dynasty trusts, and all aspects of the validity, construction, and administration of Delaware trusts.

Frederick L. Cottrell III

A leading force in Delaware’s IP bar, Fred Cottrell has “phenomenal knowledge of the judges and courts” (Chambers USA). Fred regularly handles significant IP litigation before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and in Delaware’s state courts. Clients cite his “incredibly deep knowledge,” calling him a “standout trial attorney” (Chambers USA). Fred’s practice also includes several other areas of litigation, including antitrust, products liability, and commercial law. Acclaimed as “an outstanding litigator” (Chambers USA, 2025), Fred has represented such industry giants as: Google Micron Technology Advanced Micro Devices Apple 10x Genomics Universal Robots Gilead L’Oréal A prominent figure in Delaware District Court practice, Fred participated in a recent panel on IP practice with several judges handling such cases. He is past chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Division Advisory Committee for the Delaware Superior Court and past co-chair of the Delaware District Court’s IP Advisory Committee. Fred has spoken at numerous seminars in his fields of practice, including at the Federal Circuit Bar Association on the use of injunctions in patent cases and at the ABA spring meeting on judicially assisted ADR. He has also been a frequent speaker on Delaware District Court practice. PRACTICES Intellectual Property Commercial Litigation

Brock E. Czeschin

Brock Czeschin represents Delaware corporations, alternative entities, and their directors and managers in complex corporate litigation matters. Brock has litigated numerous disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and also regularly advises clients on governance and transactional issues relating to Delaware corporations and alternative entities. Brock’s practice includes: Representing corporations and their directors in class, derivative, and direct actions involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty Representing Delaware alternative entities and their managers in litigation involving control disputes, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, and alleged breaches of contract Advising Delaware limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and their managers regarding the application of fiduciary duty concepts in the alternative entity context PRACTICES Registered Funds Advisory Group Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions

Doneene K. Damon

Chair of the firm’s Corporate Trust and Agency Services Group, Doneene Damon focuses her practice on formation and operational issues relating to Delaware statutory trusts and Delaware and New York common law trusts in all types of commercial and business transactions, representing issuers, underwriters, investors, and trustees. She advises clients on the use of common law trusts, statutory trusts, owner trusts, master trusts, series trusts, and titling trusts in connection with capital markets transactions. Her practice includes representing banks and trust companies in connection with their trust and agency services under Delaware and New York law in various commercial transactions, including their roles as trustee, collateral agent, verification agent, custodian, master servicer, depository agent, securities intermediary, paying agent, registrar and transfer agent, and exchange agent. She also served as primary Delaware counsel in a series of first-to-market structured finance transactions employing the use of blockchain distributed ledger technology. Doneene’s varied corporate trust transactional practice includes asset-backed securities, including auto loans and leases, credit cards, student loans, consumer loans, residential mortgages, home equity loans, equipment leases, litigation settlements, insurance policies, and intellectual property collateralized loan obligations cross-border leasing transactions mutual funds and exchange traded funds health care receivables liquidation trusts voting trusts independent director and independent manager private equity funds defeasance transactions capital securities and hybrid capital securities royalty trusts PRACTICES Legal Opinions Corporate Trust & Agency Services Structured Finance

Catherine G. Dearlove

Catherine Dearlove, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, represents Delaware corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, and their officers, directors, and managers in M&A disputes, derivative and class actions, and corporate control disputes. Catherine’s clients also rely on her advice regarding complex corporate governance and fiduciary issues. In addition, Catherine advises special committees in internal investigations and transactional matters, has served as a party-appointed neutral arbitrator, and has testified as an expert witness on Delaware corporate law issues. Catherine is a frequent panelist and speaker at professional conferences addressing issues of Delaware corporate law and governance and has published articles and book chapters on current topics in Delaware corporate law. Practices Investigative & Demand Committees Arbitration & Mediation Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory Commercial Litigation

Raymond J. DiCamillo

Director at Richards, Layton & Finger, Ray DiCamillo is chair of the firm’s Corporate Department. He has successfully litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, statutory, and contractual disputes in Delaware’s state and federal courts. Ray also provides non-litigation counsel, advising Delaware business organizations and their fiduciaries and constituents. Ray advises corporate boards and board committees with respect to governance, litigation, investigational, and transactional issues. Noted for his knowledge of the Delaware Court of Chancery, Ray has lectured on Court of Chancery practice as well as fiduciary duties and governance in Delaware corporations. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Commercial Litigation Bar Admissions United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2001 United States District Court, District of Delaware, 1994 Delaware, 1993

Kelly E. Farnan

Kelly Farnan, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses her practice on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation in Delaware’s state and federal courts. She has been involved in numerous bench and jury trials and has also been successful in resolving disputes in her clients’ favor through dispositive motions. Kelly focuses her IP litigation practice on complex patent disputes in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, representing national and international manufacturing, telecommunications, technology, and pharmaceutical companies. She has also represented clients in arbitrations under the Delaware Uniform Arbitration Act and by the American Arbitration Association. Kelly is active in the Delaware chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the association through which the Delaware district court interacts with the intellectual property bar. She is past president of the Delaware chapter of the FBA and is a past participant and coordinator of the Federal Trial Practice Seminar sponsored by the district court and the FBA. PRACTICES Arbitration & Mediation Intellectual Property Commercial Litigation Administrative Law

Steven J. Fineman

Steven Fineman, director and assistant general counsel of Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses his practice on intellectual property and commercial litigation. Steve has experience litigating complex disputes in all of Delaware’s state and federal courts, including appeals to the Delaware Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has substantial experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation. His clients have included large pharmaceutical companies as well as technology and communications companies. Steve co-authored a chapter in ANDA Litigation: Strategies and Tactics for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigators. PRACTICES Intellectual Property Commercial Litigation

Kevin M. Gallagher

Richards, Layton & Finger director Kevin Gallagher primarily litigates complex corporate control, corporate governance, contractual, and other commercial disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Delaware Supreme Court and the federal courts of Delaware. His practice focuses on litigation and advisory matters relating to Delaware business organizations and their fiduciaries. Kevin’s matters routinely involve disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions, stockholder class actions, stockholder derivative lawsuits, and disputes among boards of directors and significant stockholders. His recent matters also include statutory appraisal proceedings, corporate dissolution matters, advancement proceedings, and books and records actions. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions

Mark J. Gentile

Richards, Layton & Finger director Mark J. Gentile is one of Delaware’s leading advisors on complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and corporate governance issues. He represents major corporations and their officers, directors, board committees, and stockholders. Mark is an appointed member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Corporate Laws. He is a sought-after speaker on aspects of Delaware corporate law at seminars around the country. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Transactional Committees Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Robert B. Greco

Robert Greco, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, advises corporations, boards and committees on M&A transactions and corporate governance matters involving public and private corporations. Rob advises clients on a broad range of transactions and corporate governance matters involving Delaware corporations, including mergers, acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions and other business combinations, hostile takeovers, rights plans, proxy contests and stockholder meetings, charter and bylaw amendments, internal restructurings, equity and debt financings, dividends, stock repurchases and redemptions, and dissolutions. As part of his practice, Rob renders legal opinions on various matters of Delaware law. Rob is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the ABA Business Law Section and frequently writes and presents on emerging Delaware corporate law issues. Rob’s works include A Corporate Governance Solution to the Inefficiencies of Entire Fairness, a recent article in The Business Lawyer proposing a novel solution to address recent Delaware cases confirming the entire fairness standard’s broad application to controller transactions through standing demand review committees of independent directors. Rob has written on corporate law issues in numerous other publications, including as a contributor to the leading Delaware corporate law treatise The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations. As co-author of chapter 7 of this prominent treatise, Rob has written extensively on all aspects of stockholder meetings under Delaware law. Rob’s other articles have been published in The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Insights, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Business Law Today, Directors & Boards, The CLS Blue Sky Blog and other legal publications. Among them are Drafting Minutes and Preparing Disclosures in the Post-Corwin Era, which reviews modern best practices for corporate minute taking in light of Delaware law developments and trends, and Determining and Disclosing the Effect of Broker Non-Votes, which provides important technical guidance for corporate practitioners on an often-scrutinized part of proxy statements. While Rob principally counsels on transactional matters, he is frequently involved in litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery as part of his practice. Rob’s involvement in Delaware litigation has included assistance with post-transaction litigation support and advising and developing litigation strategy on complex issues of corporate and contract law. In the widely covered appeal Moelis & Co. v. West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund, Rob represented an esteemed group of law professors who filed an amicus brief in favor of reversal based on Delaware’s traditional ripeness principles. Rob has also prepared and overseen petitions in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking the validation of defective corporate acts pursuant to Section 205 of the DGCL. Outside of court, Rob has extensive experience ratifying defective corporate acts pursuant to Section 204 of the DGCL. A graduate of Columbia Law School, Rob received Columbia’s Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law after studying at the University of Oxford during law school. Rob attended Oxford as part of the Columbia-Oxford Alliance in Law and Finance, where he participated in a program taught jointly by Oxford’s Faculty of Law and Saïd Business School. While a law student, Rob worked as an intern for the Honorable Paul A. Crotty of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Investor Protection Bureau of the New York State Office of the Attorney General. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Transactional Committees Corporate Governance Corporate Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate & Chancery Litigation

John D. Hendershot

John Hendershot, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses his practice on corporate litigation in Delaware’s state and federal courts. He regularly handles matters involving: fiduciary duties of directors statutory appraisal rights advancement and indemnification rights statutory rights to inspect books and records commercial and contract law PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Tara J. Hoffner

Tara Hoffner, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, represents trustees, banks, trust companies, and administrative service providers in asset-backed securities transactions and structured finance transactions. She counsels clients on securitizations, debt issuances, equipment and project finance transactions, leveraged lease transactions, trust preferred transactions, liquidating trusts, litigation trusts, and collateral agency, escrow, custody, paying agent, and registrar roles. Tara’s experience in trust, trustee, and service provider representation spans virtually all asset classes and transaction structures, and she has represented trustees, administrators, paying agents, escrow agents, and custodians and acted as Delaware trust counsel in some of the world’s most complex and significant Delaware trust transactions. Serving as special Delaware counsel in Delaware statutory trust and common law trust transactions of all types, Tara’s broad opinion practice encompasses statutory trusts, series trusts, federal and state banking institutions, trustees, common law trusts, and other matters of Delaware law. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Corporate Trust & Agency Services Structured Finance

Travis S. Hunter

Director at Richards, Layton & Finger, Travis Hunter is an accomplished trial attorney who has successfully handled significant cases in all of Delaware’s state and federal courts. He has particular expertise in handling large commercial disputes in the Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD), serving as trial counsel in some of the largest cases ever filed in that division. Travis routinely litigates complex disputes involving: intellectual property and trade secrets cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum business contracts mergers and acquisitions insurance coverage products liability Travis has also acted as trial counsel in large arbitrations filed with the American Arbitration Association. Travis serves on the Delaware Superior Court’s Rules Committee and the CCLD Rules Committee and is active in the American Bar Association’s Section of Commercial and Business Litigation. He has also completed the Federal Trial Practice Seminar sponsored by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. PRACTICES Arbitration & Mediation Commercial Litigation Fiduciary Litigation Intellectual Property

Kenneth E. Jackman

Kenneth Jackman, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses on transactional and advisory matters involving publicly traded limited partnerships and limited liability companies. He provides advice to boards of directors and board committees on a wide variety of matters, including governance, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and sales of assets. Ken also advises directors and managers of limited partnerships and limited liability companies regarding their fiduciary duties. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Fund Finance Private Equity Funds Transactional Committees Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory Structured Finance Bar Admissions Delaware

Daniel Kaprow

Dan Kaprow focuses his practice on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court involving corporate governance, corporate control, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, fiduciary duties, contractual disputes, and other commercial disputes. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions Bar Admissions Delaware, 2016 United States District Court, District of Delaware, 2017

Bernard J. Kelley

A “go-to guy for complex Delaware partnership matters” (Chambers USA), Bernard Kelley is chair of the Business Department. With more than 30 years of experience in the organization and operation of Delaware alternative entities, Bernie handles a wide variety of transactional matters involving Delaware limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and statutory trusts. Bernie’s practice includes investment fund formation matters, structured finance transactions, joint venture transactions, entity governance, mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary duty issues, contract interpretation issues, and entity dissolutions. Bernie renders legal opinions and provides litigation support in connection with disputes involving Delaware alternative entities. He also represents banks and trust companies in commercial transactions and regulatory matters, including before Delaware state regulatory authorities.

Rudolph Koch

Rudy Koch, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, litigates complex corporate and commercial disputes in Delaware’s state and federal courts and is “known by the courts as a real litigator” (The Legal 500). His practice focuses on stockholder class actions, derivative lawsuits, contested mergers and acquisitions, corporate control disputes, complex contractual disputes, appraisal actions, and books and records actions. Rudy also advises managers, general partners, corporate boards, and committees with respect to governance, litigation, internal investigations, and control disputes. He has extensive trial and appellate experience. Rudy frequently sits on panels about Delaware corporate law, including at the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, and has been published in The Business Lawyer; The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation; Insights: The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor; Business Law Today; and the Cornell Law Review. He has also lectured on corporate governance, class action litigation, and executive compensation. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Arbitration & Mediation Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions Commercial Litigation

Elisa Erlenbach Maas

Elisa Mass, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, is the chair of the firm’s Limited Liability Company and Partnership Advisory Group. She advises clients on the strategic use of Delaware entities to achieve their business goals, providing counsel and legal opinions on matters involving Delaware limited partnerships, general partnerships, and limited liability companies. Elisa regularly handles transactions involving some of the world’s largest banking institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and billion-dollar private equity funds. Her practice includes advising clients on investment fund, joint venture, structured finance, preferred securities, and cross-border transactions. She also provides counsel with regard to formation, governance, operations, mergers and acquisitions, conversions, divisions, and dissolutions of Delaware partnerships and LLCs. Elisa is a frequent speaker and panelist on issues concerning these Delaware entities. PRACTICES Fund Finance Legal Opinions Private Equity Funds Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory Structured Finance

Matthew Murphy

Matthew Murphy focuses primarily on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery involving fiduciary duties, corporate governance and control, contractual disputes, and other commercial disputes. He has also advised on transactional matters involving Delaware limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations, and special committees, and has advised on a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, secured transactions, and securitization and structured finance transactions. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions

Matthew Perri

Director at Richards, Layton & Finger, Matthew Perri focuses on litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court and represents committees of boards of directors formed to perform investigations. Matt primarily represents Delaware corporations and alternative entities and their officers, directors, and managers, including in derivative and stockholder class action lawsuits. He frequently handles claims involving mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, fiduciary duties, statutory appraisal, statutory books and records, and complex commercial or contractual issues. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Mergers & Acquisitions

Srinivas Raju

Srini Raju, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, handles complex advisory, governance, transactional, and litigation matters involving Delaware corporations and alternative entities, including large public company M&A transactions. He has litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, and contractual disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court. Srini also regularly advises corporate boards, special committees, and general partners regarding transactions and governance issues. A frequent speaker on fiduciary duty and governance issues, Srini is co-author of two seminal treatises of Delaware law: Lubaroff & Altman on Delaware Limited Partnerships and Special Committees: Law and Practice. He has also published numerous articles, including articles published in The Business Lawyer and the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Transactional Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Blake Rohrbacher

Blake focuses his practice on litigation, as well as advisory and transactional matters, relating to Delaware corporations and alternative entities. Described as “a genius, the best writer in Delaware” (The Legal 500), Blake litigates corporate control, governance, M&A, fiduciary, statutory, and contractual disputes in the Delaware courts. He also advises corporate boards and board committees regarding governance, fiduciary duties, and mergers and acquisitions. He has particular expertise in Delaware law regarding nonprofit and nonstock corporations. Blake serves on the Court of Chancery Rules Committee by appointment of the chancellor. He served on the drafting subcommittee responsible for the 2010 nonstock amendments to Delaware’s General Corporation Law. He also assisted in drafting the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. In 2023, Blake was appointed to the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council of the Third Judicial Circuit. Some of Blake’s first-chair litigation representations include Oracle, Boeing, BlackBerry, Papa John’s, theBalm Cosmetics, Standard General, AmTrust Financial Services, Quiznos, AssuredPartners, KKR & Co., Fox News Network, Banco Santander, RBC Capital Markets, Synchronoss Technologies, US Mobile LLC, Verdesian Life Sciences, 24 Hour Fitness, Riverstone National, Caraustar Industries, Dentons, Roper Technologies, and Verizon. A frequent writer and speaker on topics of Chancery litigation and Delaware corporate law, Blake is co-editor of The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations, a co-author of Delaware Nonstock Corporations, a co-author of Fundamentals of Corporate Governance: A Guide for Directors and Corporate Counsel, and a co-author of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. He is also the author of Delaware Uniform Citation, published by the Litigation Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Arbitration & Mediation Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Lisa Schmidt

Lisa Schmidt, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses her practice on advising and representing Delaware corporations, their directors, and other constituencies in corporate litigation. She has successfully litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, appraisal matters, and contractual disputes in the Delaware courts. Lisa also advises corporations, their directors, and special committees on corporate governance and fiduciary duties. Lisa is the co-chair of the Federal Securities Institute. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Corporate & Chancery Litigation Arbitration & Mediation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions

Nathaniel Stuhlmiller

Nate Stuhlmiller, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, focuses his practice on transactional matters involving Delaware corporations, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and corporate finance, and providing advice on a variety of fiduciary duty issues. While his practice involves the full spectrum of Delaware corporate law advice, Nate’s deep expertise and experience in areas requiring specialized skills and knowledge have made him an invaluable counselor to corporations, boards of directors, and investors. These areas include extensive experience in negotiating merger agreements, ratifying and validating defective corporate acts and putative stock issuances, implementing and administering stockholder rights plans, and dissolving corporations under Delaware law. Nate is a trusted advisor to special committees and has substantial experience guiding committee members through the process of negotiating and evaluating controlling stockholder and other conflict transactions. Nate has published numerous articles and delivered presentations throughout the country on matters involving Delaware corporate law and corporate governance. PRACTICES Legal Opinions Transactional Committees Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate & Chancery Litigation