Charlotte K. Newell
- Securities and Shareholder Litigation
- Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
CHARLOTTE NEWELL practices in the Securities and Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation groups in the firm’s New York office. Charlotte focuses her practice on stockholder class and derivative actions, M&A litigation, securities class actions, and investment fund matters. Prior to joining Sidley, Charlotte was a law clerk for the Honorable J. Travis Laster, Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Thereafter she was an associate at another global law firm advising on a variety of corporate governance, securities, and mutual fund litigation matters.
Charlotte received her B.A. from the Schreyer Honors College at The Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was an associate editor for the Journal of Business Law and received the Oscar Bregman Prize for Excellence in the Field of Business Law.
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Memberships and Activities
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;
- 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.
Capabilities
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
- U.S. District Court, E.D. of Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2012 (magna cum laude)
- Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2008