Kevin M. Coen > Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP > Wilmington, United States > Lawyer Profile
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP Offices
CHASE MANHATTAN CENTER, 18TH FLOOR
1201 NORTH MARKET STREET
WILMINGTON, DE
DELAWARE
United States
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Kevin M. Coen
Work Department
Corporate & Commercial Litigation
Position
A partner at Morris Nichols, Kevin’s extensive trial experience and diverse litigation practice cover a mix of complex corporate and business disputes. He focuses on shareholder class and derivative actions, alternative entity disputes, and other challenges to mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, as well as complex commercial disputes and non-compete litigation.
Kevin’s litigation practice concentrates on cases pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery, Delaware Superior Court and U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, and he often handles expedited trials and preliminary injunction hearings. For more, visit his bio at https://www.morrisnichols.com/lawyers-kevin-m-coen.
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Delaware State Bar Association
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2005, Villanova University School of Law
- Associate Editor, 2003-2005, Villanova Law Review
- A.B., psychology, 2002, Dartmouth College
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
For many ‘the best across the board business law firm in Delaware‘, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP is acknowledged as one of the standout Delaware firms and whether it is handling cases as lead counsel or as co-counsel with a national or international firm, it continues to build an impressive track record of success. Standout partners Megan Ward Cascio and Kevin M. Coen lead the practice. Coen, along with veteran litigator William M. Lafferty and the highly regarded Susan Waesco, acted for directors Purple Innovation, Inc. in connection with a proposal to take the company private and a proxy contest from 2022 to 2023. The parties settled on the eve of trial. The firm’s deep bench of talent includes Thomas Briggs, who handled a high-stakes case for directors of Premier, Inc.; John DiTomo, who acted as counsel to IAC Holdings Inc. in a dispute challenging the 2020 reverse spinoff of Match.com; the vastly experienced Kenneth J. Nachbar
; and David Teklits, who recently advised directors of electric carmaker Mullen Automotive, Inc.