Gregory P. Williams

Greg Williams primarily represents corporations and their directors and officers. He provides non-litigation advice and counseling to his clients and represents them in courts in Delaware and across the country. Greg also represents committees of boards of directors formed to negotiate transactions or investigate alleged corporate wrongdoing.

Greg is chair of the firm’s Corporate Department, which includes the Corporate Litigation Group. He served as president of the firm from July 2006 to June 2008 and as executive vice president from July 2003 to June 2006.

The author of numerous articles regarding corporate law, Greg serves on the boards of editors of Insights and M&A Lawyer. In law school, he was a member of the William and Mary Law Review.

• Represented directors of The Walt Disney Company in a 2½-month successful trial in the Court of Chancery and successfully arguing the appeal before the Supreme Court of Delaware
• Successfully defended an application to enjoin the $4 billion acquisition of Checkfree Corporation by Fiserv, Inc.
• Successfully defended an application to enjoin the acquisition of WCI Steel, Inc.
• Successfully defended Citigroup Inc. CEO and directors from personal liability for the disastrous consequences of their heavy investments in subprime loans and securities. Since Citigroup and most of the banks and financial services industry firms that have foundered in the recent fiscal storm are chartered in Delaware and play by its corporate governance rules, the decision of the influential Chancery Court is expected to have a wide impact.
• Successfully represented the Insurance Commissioner of Delaware in proceedings in the Court of Chancery challenging the Commissioner's ability to implement, through workers' compensation insurance rate-making, legislatively created medical care cost savings.

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Chair, Court of Chancery Rules Committee, appointed by the Chancellor of the State of Delaware, 2008-present
• Chair, Litigation Rules Committee of the Delaware Supreme Court, 1996-2008
• Former Member, Board of Bar Examiners of the State of Delaware
• Chair, Corporate and Securities Law Subcommittee, United States Law Firm Group, 1995-2003
• Co-Chair, PLI annual seminar, "What All Business Lawyers Must Know About Delaware Law Developments," New York, NY, 2006-present
• Co-Chair, annual seminar, "Federal Securities Institute," Miami, FL, 2009-present

• Benchmark Litigation
• Best Lawyers, "Bet the Company Litigator," 2010, 2009
• Chambers USA
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
• Super Lawyers, Top 10 in Delaware, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
• Who’s Who Legal