Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Corporate Litigation

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

Select Experience

Counsel to Stericycle, Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives, Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to Mindbody, Inc. in appraisal litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to directors of Mindbody, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to General Motors Company in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to AbbVie Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court

Counsel to a transaction committee of Annie’s Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Annie’s by General Mills and related litigation

Counsel to Expedia Inc. in derivative litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to United States Cellular Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to MoneyGram International, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to directors of Southwall Technologies Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to Viking Pump, Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery, Delaware Superior Court, and Delaware Supreme Court

Counsel to directors of Allegro Development Corp. in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court

Counsel to ConAgra, Inc. in litigation in the Delaware Superior Court

Counsel in a confidential Court of Chancery arbitration

Counsel to the special committee of the board of Norfolk Southern

Counsel to Selectica Inc. in litigation in the Court of Chancery upholding the use of an NOL rights plan

Counsel to CVS Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to Broadcom Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery relating to its proposal to acquire Emulex

Counsel to Nokia Corporation in litigation in the Court of Chancery

Counsel to directors of The Walt Disney Company in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court

Counsel to The Hartford Life Insurance Company in litigation in the Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court

Leadership

Federal Securities Institute, Co-Chair

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Delaware, Board Member

Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Board Member

Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1991: Dickinson Law Review; Woolsack Society

Drew University, B.A., 1988