Bio

M. Adel Aslani-Far focuses his practice on cross-border and domestic public company mergers and acquisitions (including take-private transactions), corporate governance, and shareholder activism and takeover defense. He counsels large multinational corporations and other buyers and sellers on negotiated and hostile public M&A and take-private transactions, private investments in public entities (PIPEs), as well as a broad range of private acquisitions and joint ventures around the world, in a broad range of industries including, among others, bio-pharmaceuticals, life sciences and medical devices; technology, media and telecommunications; energy and financial services. He also regularly counsels public company boards, board committees, and senior management on corporate governance and strategic planning, including shareholder activism and takeover defense preparedness and in defending against proxy contests and negotiating settlements with many of the most prominent activist funds. In addition, Mr. Aslani-Far has deep experience advising special committees of boards of directors in conflict of interest transactions.