Donald A. Bussard

Donald A. Bussard focuses his practice on advising corporations, boards of directors and board committees in connection with mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, stock issuances, stockholders’ meetings and relations, and corporate governance matters.

Don is the senior member of the Corporate Department’s transactional group. He is a contributing author to The Delaware Law of Corporations and Business Organizations, a multi-volume treatise on Delaware corporate law coauthored by Messrs. Balotti and Finkelstein of Richards, Layton & Finger.

Representative Experience

• Represented Mars, Incorporated in the acquisition of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for nearly $23 billion
• Represented CBS Corporation in its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET Networks Inc.
• Represented Microsoft in its proposed acquisition of Yahoo!
• Represented Wyeth in its acquisition by rival Pfizer for $68 billion
• Represented Live Nation Inc. in its merger with Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. worth an estimated $575 million
• Represented the DIRECTV Group, Inc. in its combination with Liberty Entertainment, Inc. 
• Represented Marvel Entertainment in its $4 billion acquisition by Walt Disney Company.

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Past Chair and Member (since 1986), Council of the Corporation Law Section, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Professional Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America, since 1995
• Chambers USA, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
• Lawdragon, 2011, 2010, 2008
• Super Lawyers, 2011 (Top 10), 2010 (Top 10), 2009, 2008
• Who's Who Legal, since first edition in 2001
• Delaware Today, "Top Lawyer," 2010