Mr. Altschuler is a partner in Weil Gotshal's Litigation Department and Securities Litigation/Corporate Governance group. He has extensive experience in litigating corporate, securities and complex business matters in numerous jurisdictions at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Altschuler's practice includes defense of shareholder derivative litigation, federal and state 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 The Walt Disney Company, Tyco International Ltd., Staples, Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Archstone, The Estee Lauder Companies, Vivendi, Enron, Global Crossing, Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Providence Equity, Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP, Perry Capital, and Berkshire Partners.
Mr. Altschuler has lectured on corporate governance, securities and related topics at the Yale University School of Management, the Practicing Law Institute, and the Audit Committee Issues Conference. He is a co-author of "Fiduciary Duties Under U.S. Law", American Bar Association, International Developments Sub-Committee on Corporate Governance (working draft); "How to Win in Delaware -- A 'Top Ten'", Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division (2008); and "Corporate Social Responsibility for Human Rights: Comments on the UN Special Representative’s Report Entitled 'Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights'" (2008).
Since 2001, Mr. Altschuler has served as Pro Bono General Counsel to the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City, Inc. For his efforts, Mr. Altschuler was honored by Lawyers Alliance for New York as the recipient of its Award for Pro Bono Leadership (2009) and the Cornerstone Award (2004).
Before Weil Gotshal, Mr. Altschuler served as Judicial Clerk to The Honorable E. Norman Veasey, former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and Legislative Correspondent to Congressman Michael N. Castle (DE). Mr. Altschuler is a 1994 graduate of Trinity College and received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1998. He is a member of the Bars of New York and Delaware.