[Not a valid template]Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP announced the addition of three Delaware attorneys to the firm. Robert L. Symonds, Jr. and Matthew J. O’Toole, formerly of the Delaware office of Stevens & Lee, and Thomas A. Mullen, formerly of Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., have joined the firm as partners.
“Bob, Matt, and Tom are independently recognized authorities on Delaware business law, structured finance and alternative business entities,” said chairman of the firm Donald J. Wolfe, Jr. “Their combined expertise significantly broadens and increases our capabilities in this area, and will allow us to expand our depth of knowledge to better serve our clients. We are thrilled that they have joined us.”
Symonds, O’Toole, and Mullen are all members of the drafting committee responsible for amendments to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act.
Symonds, one of the original drafters of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, joins Potter Anderson from the Corporate, Finance & Capital Markets Practice of Stevens & Lee. He has spent his nearly 30-year career serving as Delaware counsel to lenders, borrowers, investors, managers, trustees and other parties in domestic and international business transactions.
O’Toole also joins Potter Anderson from the Corporate, Finance & Capital Markets Practice of Stevens & Lee. He focuses his practice on the structure and use of Delaware business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and statutory trusts. O’Toole frequently provides third-party legal opinions concerning Delaware’s General Corporation Law, Delaware’s alternative entity statutes, the Delaware UCC and other applicable law.
Mullen joins Potter Anderson from the Corporate and Business Law Counseling Practice Group of Prickett, Jones & Elliott. Mullen has over twenty years of experience advising clients on Delaware corporate and alternative entity law matters, and regularly provides third-party legal opinions in commercial transactions subject to Delaware law. He also advises directors, managers and shareholders in connection with corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance with fiduciary obligations.
