Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Ellisa Habbart, director of The Delaware Counsel Group, is set to co-moderate the Delaware State Bar Association’s annual seminar which is taking place Thursday, June 9th from 1:00-5:15 PM. This two-part event will explore the significant corporate law decisions from the Delaware Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery in the prior year. Part two will focus in detail the proposed 2022 amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, The Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act as well as an important change to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. To register for this hybrid event please click here.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  The Delaware Counsel Group LLC (“DCG”) is often asked to provide advice on Delaware law to parties involved in multinational transactions. DCG has been a member of project finance teams providing Delaware opinions to global banks with respect to the borrowers, guarantors and/or pledgors. Often, DCG is asked to draft various pledge and guaranty agreements used in transactions all over the world, or to provide legal opinions and advice concerning international mergers and acquisitions. From Bulgarian banks to English real estate developers and major motion picture financiers, Ellisa Opstbaum Habbart has been advising on Delaware law and Delaware entities used in international transactions for nearly two decades.
• Business Disputes
  The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers is published by Who’s Who Legal, the official research partner of the International Bar Association and a strategic research partner of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law. Who’s Who Legal has been identifying the foremost legal practitioners in 31 areas of business law since 1996. Its lists feature over 10,000 of the world’s leading private practice lawyers in over 100 countries.
• Business Transactions
  Limited Liability Company (“LLC”), Delaware Statutory Trust (“DST”), Limited Partnership (“LP”), General Partnership (“GP”), Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”) – all are considered alternative business entities and all can be used in sophisticated business transactions.  Such transactions include real estate finance deals, acquisitions, and securitizations. The Delaware Counsel Group LLC (“DCG”) advises on each of these Delaware entities to global banks, in-house counsel of Fortune 500 companies, and op AmLaw 100 firms.  In addition, our firm renders Delaware legal opinions on formation, authorization, and enforceability issues involving these entities and the transactions into which they enter.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Well-regarded group noted for its high-quality counsel to national and international clients in the alternative entities space. Recognized for its highly adept work in complex transactions involving statutory trusts, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and REITs. Also noted for its work with SPVs, advising clients on their formation, governance

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law