Yosef Schaffel is a litigation partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Yosef has extensive experience in M&A litigation and Delaware law, including representation of corporate clients, boards of directors and special committee members.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Yosef was involved in the following matters:
Summary judgment victory for special committee members defending claims of breach of fiduciary duty related to take-private merger.
Summary judgment victory for banking client in defense of breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation claims.
Victory in Delaware Chancery Court dismissing derivative claims relating to all-cash acquisition.
Affirmance by the Delaware Supreme Court of motion dismissing derivative claims relating to stock-for-stock merger.
Victory in Pennsylvania appellate courts deciding constitutional issues relating to scope of powers of the state attorney general.
Advantageous settlement of numerous pre-closing litigations and litigation demands concerning prospective M&A transactions.
Clerk & Government Experience
Honorable Stanley MarcusUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit2019–2020
Prior Experience
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2020–2026
Cornerstone Research, 2013–2016
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2020New York
Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.2019
Joseph Henry Beale Prize for Outstanding Legal Writing
Online Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
Brandeis UniversityB.A., Economics & Businesssumma cum laude2013
