Mary Katherine O'Boyle

Associate

Mary Katherine (MK) O'Boyle is an associate in the Wilmington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on Delaware corporate law and corporate governance.

During law school, MK conducted directed research for Professor George Cohen, a Brokaw Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, and served as the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law & Business Review. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Chad Kenney of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Experience

Mary Katherine (MK) O'Boyle is an associate in the Wilmington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses on Delaware corporate law and corporate governance.

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2025Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law and Business Review; Recipient, National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award
B.A., Marketing, University of Notre Dame, 2015

Admissions

State Bar of Delaware

Credentials

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2025Editor-in-Chief, Virginia Law and Business Review; Recipient, National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award
B.A., Marketing, University of Notre Dame, 2015

Admissions

State Bar of Delaware

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On July 30, 2026, Schneider Electric, a global energy technology company, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire AiDASH, a cloud-native software company that provides AI-driven vegetation, asset, and climate risk intelligence to utilities and other critical infrastructure operators, in an all-cash transaction with implied enterprise value of $350 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising AiDASH on the transaction.

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On July 29, 2026, Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision addressing, for the first time, the fiduciary duties of directors of a public benefit corporation (PBC)—including in a sale of control.¹ Under the PBC form, the purpose of corporate decision-making is not merely to advance stockholder value—as is the ultimate purpose of decision-making for a traditional Delaware corporation—but instead to balance three sets of interests: a specific public benefit purpose chosen by the PBC, the best interests of those materially affected by the corporation’s conduct, and stockholders’ pecuniary interests.² Delaware law first authorized the PBC form in 2013, and since that time, the form has grown in prominence, with many significant public and private companies operating as PBCs. Until this decision, however, there had not yet been direct case law guidance addressing PBCs. The decision, accordingly, is noteworthy for PBCs and companies considering adopting the PBC form.

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