Wilmington
Wilmington
Benjamin (Ben) Strauss focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, corporate finance and securities, and Delaware corporate and alternative entity laws. He also advises boards of directors, special committees and equity holders on fiduciary duties and other corporate governance matters related to Delaware corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies, including in connection with conflict transactions.
Results
- Representing an Israeli based Private Equity Fund in acquisitions of US medical devices companies*
- US counsel to European based global food services company*
- Represented Israel’s largest private holding company in the sale of its controlling interest in a NYSE energy company*
- Delaware counsel to board committee of a European financial services company in connection with a $1 billion repurchase of publicly held equity in multiple Delaware entities*
- Special Delaware counsel in M&As and hundreds of private placements by foreign-based Delaware corporations*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.
Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2026
- Acritas Star, 2018
Capabilities and Industries
Regional Markets
Community
- Delaware State Bar Association, member and past president
- Delaware State Bar Association, Representative to ABA House of Delegates
- Delaware Bar Foundation, director and Chair of Finance Committee
- Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program, Chair
- AJC, Executive Committee member of Philadelphia Chapter
Credentials
Education
- Widener University Delaware Law School, JD, magna cum laude
- Bar-Ilan University, MBA
- Bar-Ilan University, BA
Admissions
- Delaware
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Courts / Agencies
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- US District Court for the District of Delaware
Languages
- Inglese
- Hebrew
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