Blake Rohrbacher is a partner in the Paul, Weiss M&A Litigation practice group, where he focuses on litigation relating to Delaware corporations and alternative entities. Rohrbacher litigates corporate control, governance, M&A, stockholder class action, derivative, fiduciary, statutory and contractual disputes in the Delaware courts, principally in the Court of Chancery.
Rohrbacher serves on the Court of Chancery Rules Committee by appointment of the Chancellor of the Court of Chancery. He also served on the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council of the Third Judicial Circuit (2023-2026). Rohrbacher served on the drafting subcommittee responsible for the 2010 nonstock amendments to Delaware’s General Corporation Law. He also assisted in drafting the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. Rohrbacher is a member of the American Law Institute.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2027 | M&A Litigation, Chancery |
Rohrbacher’s significant representations include:
- QuarterNorth Energy Inc. in litigation related to its acquisition by Talos Energy Inc., including successfully defeating a motion for preliminary injunction.
- The Boeing Company in litigation alleging fraud in connection with statements about the 737 MAX airplane, including obtaining dismissal and defending that dismissal on appeal.
- Oracle Corporation in derivative litigation challenging the acquisition of NetSuite, including defeating a post-trial claim for attorney’s fees.
- News Corporation in Section 220 litigation, including obtaining dismissal and defending that dismissal on appeal, which established important principles regarding statutory compliance.
- The special committee of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. in class action litigation challenging a going-private transaction.
- MHR Institutional Partners IV LP in obtaining dismissal of litigation regarding the sale of Erickson Incorporated.
- Quiznos subsidiaries in defeating a multimillion-dollar indemnification suit brought by former executives.
- AssuredPartners, Inc. in litigation regarding acquisition by GTCR.
- Strata Decision Technology, L.L.C. and Roper Technologies, Inc. in obtaining a preliminary injunction in litigation regarding a non-compete agreement.
- Standard General L.P. and Standard General GP LLC in litigation regarding an acquisition of Standard Diversified, Inc. by Turning Point Brands, Inc.
- The demand committee of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. in securing the dismissal of demand refusal litigation.
- Riverstone National, Inc. in combined appraisal and fiduciary litigation challenging merger with Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC.
- RBC Capital Markets, LLC in class and derivative litigation challenging a rights offering.
- Hartmann North America in securing the dismissal of a contract dispute.
- The independent directors of Premier, Inc. in stockholder derivative litigation challenging a TRA payment.
- Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC, Verdesian Life Sciences, LLC, and its board of managers in direct and derivative litigation regarding an acquisition, including securing dismissal of derivative claims and direct claims for breach of the operating agreement.
- Lyondell Chemical Company, in obtaining reversal, on appeal, of a denial of summary judgment in litigation challenging a sale to Basell AF, in a seminal opinion regarding standards of good faith.