Srinivas M. Raju

Overview

Srinivas Raju is widely valued for his “complete confidence” and “highly informed expertise” (Chambers USA).

“A complete superstar” (The Legal 500) who is “practical, pragmatic, and knowledgeable” and “a phenomenal lawyer” (Chambers USA), Srini handles complex advisory, governance, transactional, and litigation matters involving Delaware corporations and alternative entities, including large public company M&A transactions.

Srini has litigated numerous corporate control, corporate governance, and contractual disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court.  “Thoughtful, dedicated and creative” (Chambers USA, 2024), he also regularly advises corporate boards, special committees, and general partners regarding transactions and governance issues.

A frequent speaker on fiduciary duty and governance issues, Srini is co-author of two seminal treatises of Delaware law: Lubaroff & Altman on Delaware Limited Partnerships and Special Committees: Law and Practice.  He has also published numerous articles, including articles published in The Business Lawyer and the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.

PRACTICES

Corporate & Chancery Litigation
Corporate Transactions
Corporate Governance
Special Committees & Investigations
Mergers & Acquisitions

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Transactional and Special Committee Matters

• Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Squarespace, Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Squarespace by Permira in a cash transaction valued at approximately $7 billion announced in May 2024
• Represented the Board of Directors of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. in connection with the acquisition of Magellan by ONEOK, Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $18 billion in September 2023
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of GasLog Partners, LP in connection with the acquisition by GasLog Ltd. of all of common units of GasLog Partners, LP not already owned by GasLog Ltd. in July 2023
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of DCP Midstream LP in connection with the acquisition by Phillips 66 of all of the common units of DCP Midstream LP not already owned by Phillips 66 announced in January 2023
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Höegh LNG Partners LP in connection with the acquisition by Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. of all of the common units of Höegh LNG Partners LP not already owned by Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. in September 2022
• Represented the Special Committee of TerraForm Power, Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Brookfield Renewable Partners of all the publicly held shares of TerraForm Power not already owned by Brookfield Renewable in July 2020
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of EQM Midstream Partners LP in connection with the acquisition by Equitrans Midstream Corporation of all the common units of EQM Midstream not already owned by Equitrans in June 2020
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of DCP Midstream, LP in connection with a simplification transaction that resulted in the elimination of its incentive distribution rights in November 2019
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of TransMontaigne Partners L.P. in connection with the acquisition by ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI, L.P. of all the publicly held common units of the partnership not already owned by ArcLight announced in November 2018
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Western Gas Equity Partners, L.P. in connection with a simplification transaction involving the acquisition of all the publicly held common units of Western Gas Partners, LP and the acquisition of substantially all of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s remaining midstream assets announced in November 2018
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP in connection with the acquisition by Dominion Energy, Inc. of all the publicly held common units of the partnership not already owned by Dominion announced in November 2018
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. in connection with the proposed business combination of Energy Transfer Partners and Energy Transfer Equity announced in August 2018
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of EQT Midstream Partners, L.P. in connection with its proposed acquisition of Rice Midstream Partners announced in April 2018, the acquisition of the Northern West Virginia Marcellus Gathering System from EQT Corporation in March 2015, the Jupiter Gathering System from EQT Corporation in April 2014, and of the Sunrise Pipeline from EQT Corporation in July 2013
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of 8point3 Energy Partners LP in connection with its sale to Capital Dynamics in February 2018 and, prior to that, multiple acquisition transactions with First Solar, Inc. and SunPower Corp.
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of USA Compression Partners, LP in connection with its $1.8 billion transaction in which it acquired the compression business of Energy Transfer Partners announced in January 2018
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Sunoco Logistics Partners, LP in connection with a $35 billion business combination with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. in April 2017
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Dominion Midstream Partners, LP in connection with its acquisition of Questar Pipeline, LLC from Dominion Resources, Inc. in December 2016
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. in connection with a simplification transaction involving Plains GP Holdings, L.P. that was announced in July 2016
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Targa Resources Partners (“TRP”) in connection with the acquisition of TRP by Targa Resources Corp. in February 2016
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC in connection with proposed acquisition of Niska by Brookfield Infrastructure that was announced in June 2015
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Access Midstream Partners in connection with a $50 billion business combination with Williams Partners in January 2015
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. in connection with going private transaction by Plains All American Pipeline
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of Targa Resources Partners in connection with numerous transactions by which Targa acquired various assets from an affiliate of its general partner
• Represented the conflicts committee of Chesapeake Midstream Partners in connection with numerous transactions by which Chesapeake Midstream acquired various assets from an affiliate of its general partner
• Represented the conflicts committee of Penn Virginia Resource Partners in connection with a combination with its affiliate, Penn Virginia GP Holdings, that resulted in a simplification of its capital structure
• Represented Conflicts Committee of Magellan Midstream Partners in connection with a simplification transaction involving Magellan Midstream Holdings
• Represented Conflicts Committee of Pacific Energy Partners in connection with the acquisition of Pacific Energy Partners by Plains All-American Pipeline
• Represented Lazard in connection with its initial public offering and related transactions
• Represented Special Committee of AMC Entertainment, Inc. in connection with going-private transaction

Litigation Matters

• Successfully represented Jarden Corporation in Delaware Supreme Court appeal and in Delaware Court of Chancery trial in appraisal proceeding in In re Appraisal of Jarden Corporation in which the Court of Chancery held that the unaffected market price prior to the transaction represented fair value
• Successfully defended Genworth Financial in opposing an application for a preliminary injunction to enjoin a sale transaction and the distribution of proceeds from the sale transaction
• Successfully defended HD Supply Holdings in Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Chancery Court in litigation challenging whether sale transaction triggered vesting of stock options and other incentive equity awards
• Successfully defended TransCanada Corporation in Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court of Chancery in litigation challenging an asset dropdown transaction involving TransCanada and TC Pipelines, LP
• Successfully defended Conflicts Committee of Inergy, L.P. in opposing an application for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the transaction by which Inergy would acquire its general partner in order to simplify its capital structure
• Successfully defended Conflicts of Committee of Encore Energy Partners in litigation challenging the sale of Encore to Vanguard National Resources LLC

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1994
• Indiana University, B.S., 1990

Leadership

• Founding Fellow, American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys
• Chair, Delaware State Bar Association, Corporation Law Section

Recognition

• Chambers USA, Band 1, Corporate/M&A: Alternative Entities
• The Legal 500
• The Best Lawyers in America, since 2010; Wilmington, DE Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year, 2021, 2018, 2015
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2024, 2023
• Benchmark Litigation
• Super Lawyers
• Delaware Today Top Lawyer, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
• Who’s Who Legal, M&A

Bar Admissions

• Delaware