Matthew P. Majarian

Mr. Majarian has represented clients in state and federal courts around the country, as well as in arbitration proceedings and through all stages of litigation, including dispositive motion practice, fact and expert discovery, trials and appeals. He also frequently advises on bespoke contractual arrangements, including LLC and LP governance measures and preferred stock matters, and related disputes. Some of Mr. Majarian’s recent representations include:

• Trucordia in prosecuting and successfully settling fraud and breach of contract claims in Washington federal court, as well as in securing a dismissal with prejudice of defamation claims in Washington state court
• funds affiliated with BlackRock, Hedosophia and Untitled Investments in filing suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery and successfully halting a proposed financing transaction that allegedly involved serious breaches of duty by Bolt Financial, Inc.’s officers and directors
• Rithm Capital Corp. in achieving a favorable settlement of claims brought in Delaware state court in connection with its $720 million acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
• SmileDirectClub LLC in obtaining affirmance on appeal of a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling dismissing derivative claims in connection with the company’s IPO
• AutoLotto, Inc. in securing a summary judgment ruling in the Delaware Court of Chancery regarding the company’s entitlement to funds it had invested and placed in escrow, as well as an award of fees
• Hardy T.S. Kagimoto, a director of Athersys, Inc., in achieving a favorable resolution of claims filed to obtain access to the company’s books and records, as well as other relief, after Mr. Kagimoto had been excluded from board and committee proceedings
• The Coca-Cola Company in securing a victory in an AAA arbitration dispute with Monster Energy concerning whether the launch of Co-ca-Cola Energy violated certain distribution agreements between the parties
• Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. in multiple disputes with the company’s preferred stockholders, including securing the Delaware Supreme Court’s affirmance of a favorable summary judgment ruling against claims for declaratory and compensatory relief arising from purported breaches of a certificate of designations

Mr. Majarian is also a member of the Board of Editors of Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Litigation Under Delaware Corporation Law and the Board of Editors of Volume IV of Folk on the Delaware General Corporation Law.