Delaware Court Rules On Pre-Merger Attorney-Client Communications

By: Joseph Martinez

In Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLP, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the pre-merger attorney-client privilege of a corporation which is acquired in a merger transaction governed by Delaware law passes to the surviving corporation.

For a breakdown of the Great Hill case and what the ruling means for pre-merger Attorney-Client communications, please see the full post here.

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