Daniyal Iqbal is an associate in the Wilmington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate governance litigation and counseling. He has represented companies and their directors and officers in a wide range of complex stockholder and M&A litigation in the Delaware courts, including several high-stakes busted deal cases and cases involving novel issues of Delaware corporate law. Daniyal also specializes in advising companies on shareholder activism and corporate governance matters, and regularly advises public company boards in their defense against proxy contests.
Prior to joining the firm, Daniyal was an associate in the Wilmington office of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, where he served as lead and local counsel to clients in corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery. During law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Juan Torruella of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Daniyal Iqbal is an associate in the Wilmington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate governance litigation and counseling. He has represented companies and their directors and officers in a wide range of complex stockholder and M&A litigation in the Delaware courts, including several high-stakes busted deal cases and cases involving novel issues of Delaware corporate law. Daniyal also specializes in advising companies on shareholder activism and corporate governance matters, and regularly advises public company boards in their defense against proxy contests.
Prior to joining the firm, Daniyal was an associate in the Wilmington office of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, where he served as lead and local counsel to clients in corporate and commercial litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery. During law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Juan Torruella of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Co-author, "Lessons from the 2023 Proxy Season: Advance Notice Bylaws and Officer Exculpation," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, September 5, 2023
Co-author, "Lessons from the 2023 Proxy Season: Advance Notice Bylaws and Officer Exculpation," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, September 5, 2023