Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Investigative and Demand Committees/ Corporate and Chancery Litigation/ Mergers and Acquisitions

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.

Publications

Conclusive Presumption of Good Faith in MLP Agreements—Delaware Business Court Insider | July 3, 2013

The Delaware Supreme Court provided helpful guidance on the operation of the conclusive presumption of good faith in master limited partnership agreements in three recent decisions: Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy, Norton v. K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P., and Gerber v. Enterprise Products Holdings LLC.

Recognition The Legal 500, 2024 The Best Lawyers in America, 2026, 2025, 2024 Benchmark Litigation, 2025, 2021 Super Lawyers, 2019, 2018, 2017 Bar Admissions Delaware, 2009 District of Delaware, 2010

Education Villanova University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2009 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal Order of the Coif Loyola College in Maryland, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004 Clerkships The Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 2009-2010