Amanda K. Pooler represents public and private companies and their directors and officers in complex corporate, securities, and fiduciary duty litigation in courts around the country. Her practice focuses on disputes involving corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. She also has experience litigating claims under the federal securities laws and advising entities on corporate transactions.

Drawing on experience gained as a law clerk to Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III, Amanda has litigated numerous cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery, including expedited cases, emergency TROs, stockholder class actions, busted deals, and contests for corporate control. She has represented large financial institutions in connection with M&A litigation, including some of the largest deal cases in Delaware. Amanda was also involved in a number of notable appeals in the Delaware Supreme Court, including the El Paso and Brookfield cases rewriting the law on derivative suits.

Outside of Delaware, Amanda has litigated governance and disclosure disputes in several state and federal courts around the country. She regularly advises boards of directors, board committees, and senior executives on corporate governance issues and potential litigation risks. Amanda has also conducted investigations, both internally and in connection with regulatory inquiries, and has defended companies in federal securities litigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Amanda worked for over a decade in the New York office of a large international law firm and, most recently, in the Charlotte office of a large Delaware firm. She has served as a Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Law, where she co-taught an annual seminar on M&A Litigation in Practice.