Ashley Robert Altschuler is a partner in the firm’s Securities/Corporate Governance and Complex Commercial Litigation practice groups. Mr. Altschuler has extensive experience in litigating corporate, securities and complex business matters in numerous jurisdictions at the trial and appellate levels. His practice includes defense of shareholder derivative litigation, federal securities class actions, merger and acquisition litigation, and counseling boards of directors with respect to corporate governance, business judgment, regulatory and other issues. Mr. Altschuler has represented such clients as Tyco International Ltd., Staples, Inc., The Estee Lauder Companies, Vivendi, Enron, Global Crossing, Providence Equity, Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP, Perry Capital, and Berkshire Partners. Since 2001, Mr. Altschuler has served as Pro Bono General Counsel to the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City, Inc.
Prior to joining Weil Gotshal, Mr. Altschuler served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable E. Norman Veasey, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware. Mr. Altschuler is a member of the bars of New York and Delaware.