Matthew E. Fischer

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

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