Rollo C. Baker IV is a founding partner of Elsberg Baker & Maruri.
Rollo is an experienced trial lawyer focused on litigating and trying complex commercial disputes. He has deep and widespread experience in a variety of subject matters, having successfully litigated cases involving securities, corporate governance, trade secrets and intellectual property agreements, mergers and acquisitions, energy and environmental law, commercial real estate, employment law, judgment enforcement actions, the False Claims Act, and insurance. Rollo has extensive experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery in litigating fraud, MAE, and breach of fiduciary duty cases, and in courts around the country litigating both plaintiff and defense-side securities fraud matters.
Rollo has an active trial practice, having first-chaired or had leading roles in numerous bench and jury trials and arbitrations. He has been singled out by clients who note that he “is as good as I’ve seen” and that his ability to “drill-down on the witness and to flex in and out of that mode impressed and at times astonished.”
Benchmark Litigation named Rollo a Future Star in 2024 and 2025, describing him as “exceptionally bright, committed and strategic.”
Lawdragon named Rollo a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer, and two years in a row as one of the “500 Leading Litigators in America.”
Crain’s selected Rollo as one of its New York Business’ Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, and Law in 2024.
Rollo and his colleagues were named “Litigators of the Week” by The AmLaw Litigation Daily for their trial and appellate victories in the AbStable v. MAPS $6 billion+ busted deal case. He has also been repeatedly recognized in AML’s weekly “Litigator of the Week” publication for, among other things, defeating a TRO in a high-profile trade secrets case brought by Jane Street, a case dispositive victory on summary judgment in an expedited $200 million private equity dispute following his oral argument; his leading role in the first COVID-19 era busted deal case to go to trial in which the court concluded that his client properly terminated a $6 billion sale transaction after the CEO he crossed at trial conceded that the target business had “made major material changes to its business when compared to its past practice;” and the reversal by the Delaware Supreme Court of a jury verdict in a M&A case concerning the enforceability of the parties’ agreement to limit remedies for reckless fraud.
Prior to founding the firm, Rollo was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he was the co-chair of the Corporate Governance Litigation Practice.
Rollo regularly publishes updates on developments in Delaware law and has authored articles and presented on various M&A topics, including MAE provisions, ordinary course covenants, and issues of title insurance.
Updated Dec 2024
