Robert J. Hasday

Partner

  • Robert J. Hasday
  • Phone: +1 212 692 1010

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    1540 Broadway
    New York, NY 10036-4086
    USA
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).

Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1975

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Member, Partners Board, 1998-2016
    - Partner in Charge, New York Office, 1994-2011
  • Shea & Gould, New York, New York
    - Partner, 1984-1994
    - Associate, 1975-1983

Professional Activities

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

Honors and Awards

Board Memberships

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

Selected Publications

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