Rudolf Koch
Rudolf Koch, director at Richards, Layton & Finger, litigates complex corporate and commercial disputes in Delaware’s state and federal courts and is “known by the courts as a real litigator” (The Legal 500). His practice focuses on stockholder class actions, derivative lawsuits, contested mergers and acquisitions, corporate control disputes, complex contractual disputes, appraisal actions, and books and records actions. Rudy also advises managers, general partners, corporate boards, and committees with respect to governance, litigation, internal investigations, and control disputes. He has extensive trial and appellate experience. Rudy frequently sits on panels about Delaware corporate law, including at the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, and has been published in The Business Lawyer; The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation; Insights: The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor; Business Law Today; and the Cornell Law Review. He has also lectured on corporate governance, class action litigation, and executive compensation. PRACTICES Investigative & Demand Committees Arbitration & Mediation Corporate & Chancery Litigation Corporate Transactions Corporate Governance Mergers & Acquisitions Commercial Litigation · Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
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Rudolf Koch is a director at Richards, Layton & Finger, where he litigates complex corporate and commercial disputes in Delaware’s state and federal courts, focusing on stockholder class actions, derivative lawsuits, mergers and acquisitions, corporate control disputes, contractual disputes, appraisal actions, and books and records actions, and also advises on governance, litigation, internal investigations, and control disputes.
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- Cornell Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Cornell Law Review Editor
- Cornell University, B.S.