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Corinne Elise Amato
Managing Director

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Litigation
  • General Litigation

CORINNE ELISE AMATO practices in the area of corporate and commercial litigation.  Her practice primarily involves mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other complex corporate governance and business matters in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Corinne is a magna cum laude graduate of both Franklin & Marshall College and Widener University School of Law.  While attending law school, she served on the administrative board of The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, was a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Gregory M. Sleet, United States District Court Judge for the District of Delaware.

Corinne was admitted to practice in the State of Delaware in 2007.  She has been recognized in the 2014-2017, 2022 and 2023 editions of Super Lawyers, named in The Best Lawyers in America© in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and Chambers rated.  Corinne is also a frequent speaker at corporate law seminars, including seminars sponsored by the Tulane Institute of Corporate Law and Practising Law Institute (PLI).

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

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In re CBS Corp. S’holder Class Action & Deriv. Litig., Cons. C.A. No. 2020-0111 (Del. Ch.), pursued breach of fiduciary duty claims arising out of the merger of CBS and Viacom; resolved just short of trial for a $167.5 million derivative payment.

Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corp. C.A. No. N19C-12-214 (Del. Super. Ct., CCLD), defended Rite Aid against claims of fraud, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment; jury returned a “clean sweep” verdict for Rite Aid.

Arkansas Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alon USA Energy, Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0453 (Del. Ch.), challenged the stock-for-stock merger of Alon USA and Delek US Holdings on behalf of Alon’s public stockholders; resolved with a cash payment of $44.75—an increase of more than 10% of the value of the merger consideration.

In re Facebook, Inc. Class C Reclassification Litig., Cons. C.A. No. 12286 (Del. Ch.), challenged a stock reclassification that would have maintained Mark Zuckerberg’s voting control of Facebook while reducing his economic stake; obtained the withdrawal of the transaction on the eve of trial.

In re Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. S’holders Litig., Cons. C.A. No. 10865 (Del. Ch.), sought to enjoin the stock-for-stock merger of Globe Specialty Metals and Grupo FerroAtlántica; resolved with a $32.5 million cash payment to the class and enhanced corporate governance protections.

Recent Speaking Engagements

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  • Co-Moderator and Panelist, April 4, 2023, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, “The Chiefs: Past and Present” and “Delaware Law Update”
  • Panelist, March 23, 2023, 35th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, “Delaware Developments”
  • Panelist, May 26, 2022, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Delaware Law Developments 2021: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know, “Fiduciary Litigation”
  • Panelist, March 18, 2022, 34th Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, “Delaware Developments During COVID and Challenges to Closing the Deal”
  • Panelist, May 20, 2021, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Delaware Law Developments 2021: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know, “Recent Developments in Delaware Law”
  • Moderator, January 22, 2021, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Mergers & Acquisitions 2021: Advanced Trends and Developments, “Judicial Perspectives in Mergers & Acquisitions”
  • Panelist, March 5, 2020, 32nd Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, “Delaware Developments”
  • Panelist, February 7, 2020, 24th Annual Rubenstein-Walsh Seminar on Ethics & Professionalism 2020, “Dealing with the Difficult Client in the Court of Chancery”
  • Panelist, January 10, 2020, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Mergers & Acquisitions 2020: Advanced Trends and Developments, “Delaware Litigation Developments Part 1”
  • Panelist, June 14, 2019, Delaware State Bar Association, Bench and Bar Conference, “Chancery Law: The Road to Equity is Paved with Preparation – Chancery Changes and Judicial Exchanges”
  • Panelist, May 9, 2019, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Delaware Law Developments 2019: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know, “Recent Developments in Delaware Law”
  • Panelist, March 15, 2019, 31st Annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, “Delaware Developments”
  • Panelist, November 29, 2018, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Directors’ Institute on Corporate Governance (Sixteenth Annual), “Trends in Criminal and Regulatory Enforcement – A Candid Conversation with Top Current and Former Officials”
  • Panelist, May 31, 2018, Practising Law Institute (PLI), Delaware Law Developments 2018: What All Business Lawyers Need to Know, “Recent Developments in Delaware Law”

Professional Activities:

  • Co-Chair, Court of Chancery Rules Committee
  • Member, Corporation Law Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association
  • Member, Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee
  • Member, Advisory Board of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance
  • Member, American Bar Association including Business Law and Litigation Sections
  • Member, Past Executive Committee Member and Past Secretary, Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court
  • Past Associate Member, Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware

Bar Admissions:

  • Delaware
  • Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the District of Delaware
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education:

  • Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 2004)
  • Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2007)

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