Partner
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Future Star
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Dispute resolution
Silpa Maruri is a founding partner of Elsberg Baker & Maruri.
Silpa is widely recognized as a skilled advocate and litigator, which has earned her a broad array of accolades. Chambers awarded Silpa in its competitive General Commercial Litigation rankings. She is one of only two lawyers in America to be recognized by The American Lawyer as a“ Litigator of the Week” twice in 2022. In 2021, Law360 named Silpa a “Rising Star” in the Private Equity field. She has also been named a Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyer two years in a row by Lawdragon 500 in the area of financial litigation, and a Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigator in America. Silpa has been ranked by The Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution, and awarded in the practice area of M&A/Corporate and Commercial - Delaware counsel. She has also been named as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation, and a “Rising Star” by the NY Law Journal. Crain’s selected Silpa as one of its Notable Litigators and Trial Attorneys and as one of its Notable Leaders in Law. Litigation Counsel of America named Silpa as a Fellow in its Trial Law Honor Society comprised of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers selected for effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation and trial work, along with ethical reputation.
Silpa is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer who has led several teams to victory in a wide variety of disputes and trials. Most recently, Silpa obtained a significant arbitration victory in a bet-the-company dispute over an energy agreement following a nine-day hearing, garnering recognition as a “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for her performance. Although experienced in a wide array of forums, Silpa has specialized experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery, where she has litigated some of the most widely publicized disputes of the last decade, including Twitter v. Musk and In re Dell Technologies Class V Stockholders Litigation. In Dell, Silpa served as lead counsel in a class action on behalf of Dell stockholders relating to a 2018 stock-for-stock exchange, resulting in a historic settlement of $1 billion—the largest class action settlement in any state court. This record-setting win, which the Delaware Court of Chancery described as “real and unprecedented,” garnered widespread praise. Silpa has also played a key role in many of the recent COVID-19 related busted deal cases filed in the wake of the pandemic, including Snow Phipps v. KCAKE Acquisition Corp. Silpa’s recent representative matters also include several deal-related disputes regarding corporate acquisitions, several derivative lawsuits relating to shareholder claims of self-dealing, commercial contract disputes relating to investor rights, and matters involving financial fraud.
In addition to her active trial practice, Silpa regularly publishes, speaks and appears on matters of corporate governance and Delaware law. Silpa recently appeared on a panel regarding Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation for the Practicing Law Institute, alongside the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, a Justice on the Delaware Supreme Court. In 2021, Silpa was a panelist at the prestigious Tulane Corporate Law Institute, where she appeared alongside Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Silpa received her B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Silpa was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she served as a co-chair of the firm’s Delaware Practice. Following law school, Silpa also served as a judicial law clerk in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.