Matthew E. Fischer primarily practices in the areas of corporate, commercial and alternative entities litigation; he also advises directors regarding M&A related litigation, internal investigations, shareholder derivative suits and class actions.
In addition, he has represented corporations and/or directors in takeover disputes, corporate injunctive proceedings, appraisal actions, advancement / indemnification suits, and litigation arising under various sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Representative Matters
- National Amusements and Shari Redstone in litigation with CBS over a proposed dilutive dividend
- Kindred Healthcare and its directors in class action litigation over its acquisition by Humana/TPG/Welsh Carson
- SoftBank in litigation related to the Sprint/Clearwire merger
- Senior Housing Capital in commercial litigation against CalPERS
- Suntory Holdings in shareholder litigation over its acquisition of Beam Inc.
- Simon Property Group in commercial litigation
- Intel in shareholder litigation challenging its acquisitions of Altera and McAfee
- Wal-Mart Stores in shareholder proposal litigation
- Lorillard and its board in class action litigation related to Reynolds’ acquisition of Lorillard
- Bank of America in shareholder litigation over its merger with Merrill Lynch
- Dollar Thrifty and its board relating to its merger with Hertz
- Alpha Natural Resources in connection with litigation surrounding its acquisition of Massey Energy Company
- J. Crew directors in litigation challenging its buyout
- Cogent and its directors with respect to 3M’s acquisition
- The controlling stockholder of Delphi Financial Group in litigation challenging the acquisition of Delphi by Tokio Marine
- Emulex and its board relating to Broadcom’s hostile offer
- XO Communications shareholders challenging an asset sale proposed by its controlling shareholder Carl Icahn
- BlueScope Steel and Butler Manufacturing in appraisal litigation
- PeopleSoft and its directors in connection with Oracle's hostile offer
- Hallwood Realty Partners related to Carl Icahn's hostile bid for the partnership
- Hewlett-Packard Company in litigation brought by Walter Hewlett relating to the HP-Compaq merger
- Baxter HealthCare Corporation in a commercial dispute with Aventis Behring
News
- August 17, 2023
- June 1, 2023
- August 18, 2022
- June 1, 2022
- May 25, 2022
- August 19, 2021
- July 12, 2021
- May 20, 2021
- August 20, 2020
- April 23, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- April 25, 2019
- October 11, 2018
- August 15, 2018
- May 23, 2018
- September 30, 2013
Events & Speaking Engagements
- March 25, 2022
- February 5, 2019
- April 21, 2017
- April 22, 2016
- May 1, 2015
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1992; Recipient American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Research and Writing, 1990, Real Property Security, 1991, and Federal Jurisdiction, 1992
James Madison University, B.A., cum laude, 1989
Bar & Court Admissions
- Delaware, 1992
Pennsylvania, 1993
Professional Activities and Honors
Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading practitioner in the area of Chancery litigation
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Corporate Law, 2013 - present
Named to the Delaware Super Lawyers list, 2012–present
American Bar Association; Business Law Section, LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee; Chair of Litigation Subcommittee
Board of Editors, The Delaware Law Review