K. Tyler O'Connell

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Morris James LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Recent Representative Matters: Representing corporate directors in expedited election dispute
  Defending former managers of Delaware limited liability company in fiduciary duty litigation
  Defending financial sponsor against claims for aiding
  abetting alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with change of control transaction
  Prosecuting a private arbitration brought to enforce a settlement agreement
  Advising corporate directors in connection with a contested annual meeting to elect directors, assisting with the conduct of the meeting
  defending the corporation in related litigation
  Prosecuting claims on behalf of investors in private Delaware corporation for securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty
  breaches of an exclusive marketing agreement
  Prosecuting an acquirer's claims for seller's post-closing breaches of non-competition obligations
  Advising private equity firms
  the directors
  managers of their portfolio companies in connection with the payment of dividends in recapitalization transactions
  Representing selling stockholders in post-closing indemnity dispute for release of funds held in escrow
  Defending an issuer of notes against claims for alleged breaches of a trust indenture
  Other Representations: Successfully prosecuting an expedited advancement action brought by a former director
  officer of a publicly-held Delaware corporation. Blankenship v. Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc., 2015 WL 3408255 (Del. Ch. May 28, 2015).
  Successfully representing the acquirer of a startup medical company in a bet the company case to decide the ownership of certain intellectual property. ReCor Medical, Inc. v. Warnking, 2013 WL 3760022 (Del. Ch. May 31, 2013), aff'd, 2014 WL 457786 (Del. Feb. 3, 2014).
  Securing a novel contempt order permitting client, a significant investor in defendant Delaware corporation, to put his shares in the company, followed by the appointment
  representation of a receiver to seize company assets in the British Virgin Isl
  s, Hong Kong, China,
  New York to obtain payment for the client's shares. Deutsch v. ZST Digital Networks, Inc., C.A. No. 8014-VCL (Del. Ch. Mar. 20, 2013) (Order).
  Successfully prosecuting fiduciary duty claims on behalf of former minority members of a Delaware limited liability company who were subjected to a squeeze-out transaction. Auriga Capital Corp. v. Gatz Properties, LLC, 40 A.3d 839 (Del. Ch. 2012), aff'd, 59 A.3d 1206 (Del. 2012).
  Successfully prosecuting appraisal claims by institutional investors in a publicly traded corporation following a going-private transaction. Global GT, L.P. v. Golden Telecom, Inc., 993 A.2d 497 (Del. Ch. 2010), aff'd, 11 A.3d 214 (Del. 2010).