Leonard Chazen

Len Chazen is a corporate and securities lawyer, with particular expertise in corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.  He has had extensive experience advising boards and board committees about their corporate governance responsibilities; helping bidders, targets, and arbitrageurs and other investors evaluate, devise or overcome takeover defenses; advising clients on the SEC proxy rules and assisting them in the conduct of proxy contests; and providing securities law advice to public issuers. 

Representative Matters

• Represented audit committees of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and the NYSE Group Inc.
• Advised Polygon Investment Management Limited on U.S. securities laws and corporate law issues related to its investment positions.
• Advised special committees of independent directors of Adelphia Communications Corporation and Tyco International Ltd.

Previous Experience

• Reichmann International and Soros Real Estate Advisors, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
• Tishman Speyer Properties, General Counsel and Managing Director
• Bureau of the Budget, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of New York, General Counsel (1972-1973)

Memberships and Affiliations

• Legal Aid Society, Director (1990-1994)
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Securities Regulation (1977-1979)

Publications and Speeches

• "Did The Dell Majority-Of-The-Minority Clause Go Too Far?," Law360 (7/22/2013), Author
• "Event-Driven Investors Don't Always Vote 'Yes'," Law360 (5/31/2013), Author
• "The Search for Deterrence: Derivatives Clauses in Shareholder Rights Plans," The International Comparative Legal Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions (2012), Co-Author