Robert J. Hasday
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 692 1010
Fax: +1 212 202 6059
Email: RJHasday@duanemorris.com

Robert J. Hasday practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate and securities law. A member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, he is a 1975 graduate of Yale Law School, a graduate of the University of Chicago, where he earned his M.B.A., and a graduate of Brandeis University.

Representative Matters

• Represented Bracco S.p.A. in its acquisition of the Squibb Diagnostics Division from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Represented Rafi Khan in his proxy contest for ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Represented Comcast Corporation in its billion dollar acquisition of a Philadelphia cellular telephone system and in the related bank financing and public offering
• Represented Stanley Stahl in his hostile acquisition of Apple Bancorp, Inc. Formulated strategy of combined proxy contest and tender offer. Profiled in The American Lawyer (November 1990) and The M&A Dealmaker (October 1990).

Professional Activities

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  - Committee on Securities Regulation, 1987-1990

Admissions

• New York

Education

• Yale Law School, J.D., 1975

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Member, Partners Board, 1998-present
  - Partner in Charge, New York Office, 1994-2011
• Shea & Gould, New York, New York
  - Partner, 1984-1994
  - Associate, 1975-1983

Board Memberships

• Board of Directors, Apple Bank for Savings, New York, New York, 1991-present

Honors and Awards

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2012
• Listed in New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2006-2007, 2010-2012
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Selected Publications

• "The Bouncing Basis Rule: A Proposed Revision of Section 334(b)," 53 Taxes 668, November 1975