Overview
Gregory Ladner “is a very talented lawyer who gives boards and management teams clear, crisp and timely advice on complicated transactions.” (Chambers USA)
Greg is a leading transactional attorney focusing his practice on Delaware alternative entities. Vice chair of the firm’s Business Department, he counsels clients on matters of Delaware law relating to Delaware limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships.
“A pragmatic and thoughtful lawyer who impresses clients with his market knowledge” (Chambers USA, 2024), Greg provides advice and legal opinions on a wide variety of transactions, including investment fund formation matters, structured finance transactions, and various transactions involving investment funds and master limited partnerships. He also regularly advises clients on issues concerning entity governance, mergers and other structural changes, fiduciary duty and contract interpretation questions, and entity dissolutions. Greg also provides litigation support in disputes involving Delaware alternative entities.
PRACTICES
Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory
Structured Finance
Select Experience
- Represented Conflicts Committee of Access Midstream Partners, L.P. in connection with the acquisition of over $2.1 billion of assets from Chesapeake Corporation and the strategic investment in Access Midstream by The Williams Companies and Global Infrastructure Partners
- Represented the Conflicts Committee of Targa Resources Partners LP in connection with numerous transactions by which Targa acquired various assets from an affiliate of its general partner
- Represented the Conflicts Committee of Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. in connection with a combination with its affiliate, Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P., that resulted in a simplification of its capital structure
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1995
Villanova Law Review - University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1986
Education
Leadership
- American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys, Founding Fellow
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, LLC’s, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee, Limited Partnership Subcommittee, Chair
- Delaware State Bar Association, Committee responsible for drafting amendments to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act
Pro Bono Activities
- Child Attorney, Delaware’s Office of the Child Advocate
Recognition
- Chambers USA, since 2008
- The Legal 500, 2019
- The Best Lawyers in America, since 2013
- Best Lawyers’ Wilmington, DE Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year, 2016
- Super Lawyers, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
- Delaware Today Top Lawyer, Private Equity Law, 2014
Bar Admissions
- Delaware, 1995