Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, 1988, Georgetown University Law Center
- Associate Editor, 1987-1988, Georgetown Law Journal
- B.A., 1985, University of Maryland
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1989
Rick is a member of the Delaware Corporate Law Counseling group. Rick provides advice on corporate transactions, particularly those involving Delaware corporate law. His practice often involves counseling boards of directors and board committees, including special committees of directors appointed to negotiate mergers or other significant transactions. Rick often provides formal legal opinions on Delaware corporate law issues.
Professional and Community Activities
- Vice Chairman, Council of the Corporate Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association
- ABA Business Law Section: Committee on Corporate Laws; Task Force on Shareholder Proposals; Editorial Board, Task Force on Public Company Acquisitions; Task Force on 6th Edition of Corporate Directors Guidebook
Noteworthy
Selected as one of the leading M&A lawyers by the Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers (2008)
Events
- Rick Alexander Teams with Baker & McKenzie, Morrow & Co. in Joint Seminar Series: SEC’s New Proxy Access Rules; Analysis and Preparation for Public Companies
Presenter: Frederick H. Alexander - Rick Alexander to Present at BNA Webinar: Assessing the Impact of the SEC’s Shareholder Proxy Access Rules
Panelist: Frederick H. Alexander
News
- 26 Morris Nichols Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011; Firm is Top-Listed in Eight Categories in Delaware
26 Morris Nichols attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2011. The firm was also “Top-Listed in Delaware” in eight practice areas. - Chambers USA 2010 Names Twenty Morris Nichols Attorneys as Leading Lawyers
The 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business today ranked twenty Morris Nichols attorneys and four practice groups as among the best in Delaware. - 18 Morris Nichols Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Super Lawyers – Delaware Edition 2010
Super Lawyers® magazine has named 18 Morris Nichols attorneys as top legal counsel in Delaware for 2010. - Lawdragon Names Four Morris Nichols Attorneys Among 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Rick Alexander, Jack Blumenfeld, Bill Lafferty and Ken Nachbar have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2010 guide. - Rick Alexander Moderates at Practising Law Institute: Going Private 2010: Doing the Deal Right – The Special Committee: Not just Window Dressing
Rick Alexander moderated the session entitled The Special Committee: Not Just Window Dressing at the Practising Law Institute (PLI) Going Private 2010: Doing the Deal Right seminar. - Rick Alexander Speaks at 14th Annual National Institute on Negotiating Business Acquisitions
Rick Alexander served as a featured panelist on two panels – Acquiring a Public Company and The Changing M&A Landscape: Trends and Recent Developments – at the 14th Annual National Institute on Negotiating Business Acquisitions presented by the ABA Section of Business Law. - Morris Nichols Represents IMS Health Transaction Committee in $5.2 Billion Private Equity Acquisition – Largest Leveraged Buyout this Year
Rick Alexander, and associates Eric Wilensky and Ryan Greecher, advised the Transaction Committee for IMS Health, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a transaction valued at $5.2 billion. - Rick Alexander Speaks at SEC Hot Topics Institute – Board of Directors' Fiduciary Obligations in M&A and Recent Cases
Rick Alexander served as a featured panelist for Board of Directors' Fiduciary Obligations in M&A and Recent Cases at the annual RR Donnelley SEC Hot Topics Institute. - Rick Alexander Authors The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Responding to Unsolicited Takeover Offers; Excerpts at Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Rick Alexander authored the report The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Responding to Unsolicited Takeover Offers issued today by The Conference Board Governance Center. - Rick Alexander Speaks at 29th Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute - Developments in M&A
Rick Alexander spoke on the panel Developments in M&A at the 29th Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute. - Rick Alexander Quoted in National Law Journal - Focus on Amendments to Delaware Corporation Law
Rick Alexander was quoted in The National Law Journal this week in an article analyzing the recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law signed into law by Delaware Governor. - Rick Alexander Moderates at 21st Annual Corporate Law Institute - Role and Issues Faced by Financial Advisors
Rick Alexander served as a faculty member and moderated the panel, Roles Played and Issues Faced by Financial Advisors in Today's Deals, at the Twenty-First Annual Corporate Law Institute at Tulane University Law School. - Rick Alexander Speaks at ABA Section of Business Law - Delaware Business Law Forum - On Case Law, Legislative Developments
Rick Alexander spoke on the Plenary Session Panel: Annual Update on Delaware Business Law at the Delaware Business Law Forum, March 6 - 7, 2009, hosted by the Widener University School of Law. - Rick Alexander Discusses Special Committees at PLI Seminar: Going Private: Doing It Right 2009
Rick Alexander served as a faculty member on the panel, The Special Committee: Not Just Window Dressing, at the Practicing Law Institute’s seminar Going Private: Doing It Right 2009 in New York City. - Four Morris Nichols Partners Named To Lawdragon 500 "Leading Dealmakers" List
Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Jr., John F. Johnston and A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, have been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America list.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- Frederick H. Alexander, Corporate Directors Should Prepare for Rise in Unsolicited Takeover Offers, The Conference Board Governance, No. 309 (June 2009)
- Frederick H. Alexander, An Optimal Mix of Clarity and Flexibility, Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2008
- Frederick H. Alexander, James D. Honaker, Stockholders in Corporate Governance: Power to the Franchise or the Fiduciaries?: An Analysis of the Limits On Stockholder Activist Bylaws, 33 Del. J. Corp. L. 3 (2008)
- Frederick H. Alexander, James D. Honaker, The Nuts and Bolts of Majority Voting, Corporation, Aspen Publishers, August 2006 (revised December 2006)
- Frederick H. Alexander, The Nuts and Bolts of Majority Voting
- Frederick H. Alexander, James D. Honaker, Amendments Adopted to the Delaware Corporation Law, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (July 26, 2006)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Deal Protection, Enjoins Acquisition in Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc., Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (2003)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Delaware Supreme Court Decision on Protection of the Stockholder Franchise, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (2003)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Enjoin Locked-Up Merger
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2002 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Aspen Law & Business (2002)
- Frederick H. Alexander, A. Gilchrist Sparks III, The Delaware Corporation: Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation, Corporate Practice Series, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 2002
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2001 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2001)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Reining in Good Intentions: Common Law Protections of Voting Rights, 3 Del. J. Corp. L. 817 (2001)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2000 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Jeffrey R. Wolters, Proposed Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, (June 2, 2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, SEC Allows Exclusion of Binding Rights Plan Proposal, THE DAILY DEAL (2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, John F. Johnston, SEC Permits Exclusion of Binding Rights Plan Proposal, (February 18, 2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Three Delaware Chancery Court Rulings Call Attention to Fiduciary Outs, CORPORATION (2000)
- Frederick H. Alexander, John F. Johnston, Delaware Chancery Court Labels No-Talk Provisions "Troubling", (September 28, 1999).
- Frederick H. Alexander, Andrew M. Johnston, John F. Johnston, Delaware Chancery Court Rulings on Fiduciary-Outs, (November 5, 1999).
- Frederick H. Alexander, Andrew M. Johnston, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Quickturn, ( January 4, 1999)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Two Chancery Court Decisions Address Applicability of Revlon Duties, (December 10, 1999)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Klang v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., The Calculation of Surplus Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, Vol. 69, No. 5, 1-5 (Aspen Law & Business, 1998)
- Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Locked-Up Merger Decision
- Frederick H. Alexander, John F. Johnston, Fiduciary Outs and Exclusive Merger Agreements - Delaware Law and Practice, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 11, No. 2, 15-20 (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)