Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP handles M&A litigation, takeover battles, and proxy contests, as well as class actions and books-and-records applications. The team regularly represents institutional investors, including private equity firms and hedge funds, as well as large public companies in corporate governance and stockholder disputes in Delaware. Wilmington-based practice head Michael Barlow specializes in fiduciary litigation, corporate governance, and commercial disputes arising under Delaware law. Barlow also represents parties in litigation arising under limited liability company and limited partnership agreements. Practice head Andrew Rossman is based in New York and is well regarded for his extensive trial expertise in complex commercial litigation, including M&A, contests for control, securities and shareholder claims, and bankruptcy.
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Key clients
- American Rail Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Oaktree and EGI.RailUSA, LLC v International Rail Partners, LLC et al.
- Desktop Metal, Inc.
- TPG Real Estate
- Tesla Inc. directors Elon Musk, Robyn M. Denholm, Antonio J. Gracias, James Murdoch, Linda Johnson Rice, Brad W. Buss, and Ira Ehrenpreis.
- Shareholder Representative Services, LLC, solely in its capacity as representative of the former Securityholders of Syntimmune, Inc.
- Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan, on behalf of a certified class of former Class V common stockholders of Dell Technologies, Inc.
- BitGo, Inc
- Joint Stock Company Commercial Bank PrivatBank
- Two Six Technologies / The Carlyle Group
- Centerview Partners Holdings LP
- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and William P. FoleyAmerican
- Dr. Mark H. Rachesky, MHR Fund Management, MHR Holdings LLC, MHR Capital Partners Master Account LP, MHR Holdings, LLC, MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC, MHR Institutional Partners II LP, MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP, MHRC II LLC, and MHRC LLC
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Practice head
Michael Barlow; Andrew Rossman