Derrick Farrell

Derrick Farrell is a Partner in the Delaware office and focuses his practice on representing stockholders in direct and derivative breach of fiduciary duty class action litigation.  Derrick has substantial trial experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Derrick served as one of the attorneys representing the lead plaintiff in In re: Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation, which challenged the acquisition of Dell’s Class V tracking stock by Dell’s controllers.  The parties settled the case for $1 billion.  It is the largest settlement in U.S. state court history.

Derrick has also obtained successful results in In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Stockholder Litigation (direct action; successful challenge to $6.1 billion merger transaction; settled for $100 million) and Nantahala Capital Partners L.P. v. QAD Inc., et al. (direct action; enjoining merger on basis of inadequate disclosures; settled for $65 million).  

Derrick has tried a number of other cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery including:  In re Appraisal of Ancestry.com, Inc.; IQ Holdings, Inc. v. Am. Commercial Lines Inc.; and In re Cogent, Inc. Shareholder Litigation.  He has also argued before the Delaware Supreme Court on multiple occasions.

Derrick began his career as a Clerk for the Honorable Donald F. Parsons, Jr., Vice Chancellor, Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and thereafter gained substantial M&A experience as a defense lawyer at a prominent global law firm.  He has guest lectured at Harvard University and co-authored numerous articles for various publications, including the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation and PLI.