Charlotte K. Newell

Charlotte’s recent experience includes representation of:

• Fujifilm Holdings Corp. in successfully appealing preliminary injunction orders previously entered in connection with a merger transaction with Xerox Corp. and prosecuting a lawsuit against Xerox seeking more than US$1 billion for breaching its obligations in connection with that transaction;
• CytoDyn Inc. and its directors in obtaining a complete defense judgment after an expedited trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery in a case of first impression arising from the directors’ rejection of a nomination of potential directors for failure to provide information required by the company’s advance notice bylaw;
• RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. and affiliates in connection with an expedited action in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking specific performance of a merger agreement;
• Anixter International Inc. in defending against actions brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the U.S. District Courts of Delaware and the Southern District of New York in connection with the merger of Anixter and WESCO International, Inc.;
• HomeStreet, Inc. in defeating a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to set aside the company’s advance notice bylaws in connection with an attempted proxy contest;
• the respondent in an appraisal case stemming from a US$9 billion merger in the Delaware Court of Chancery that was the then-largest such case by share volume in Delaware history;* 
• several investment advisers in excessive fee litigation under Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940;* and
• a large REIT in matters relating to a restatement that included a multi-week arbitration and produced significant stockholder value.*

*The above matters were handled by Charlotte prior to joining Sidley.

Charlotte is a member of the state bars of Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania and also the Richard S. Rodney American Inn of Court.