Delaware Court of Chancery Allows Merger-Based Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims to Proceed Against Target Company CEO, Financial Advisor, and Acquirer Stemming from Sale of Presidio, Inc. | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 29, 2021, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss a shareholder class action stemming from the 2019, $2.2 billion sale of Presidio, Inc., an IT solutions provider specializing in digital infrastructure and cloud and security solutions, to BC Partners Advisors L.P. (“BCP”), a private-equity firm. In Firefighters’ Pension System of the City of Kansas City v. Presidio, Inc., a shareholder of Presidio filed suit against Presidio’s CEO, its board of directors, Apollo Global Manage...
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