Kaan Ekiner

Member

Wilmington

(302) 295-2046

(302) 295-2013

Recent News:

Four Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Recognized by Legal Intelligencer Awards

Four Cozen O'Connor attorneys have been recognized by The Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Professional Excellence Awards.

Kaan focuses his practice on litigating corporate and commercial matters in Delaware’s state and federal courts. In the Delaware Court of Chancery, Kaan represents companies and individuals in matters involving corporate control, corporate governance, contractual, and other commercial disputes. Kaan’s practice includes disputes arising out of mergers and acquisitions, stockholder class actions and derivative lawsuits, and disputes among board of directors and significant stockholders.

Kaan also has significant experience handling complex commercial disputes in state and federal court. Kaan routinely represents clients in a wide variety of business tort and contract actions, involving trade secrets, unfair competition, non-competition agreements, lender liability, and professional liability claims. He also represents companies in intellectual property and trademark litigation in the District of Delaware.

In addition to his trial work, Kaan works on appellate matters in state and federal court, with a particular focus on appeals from administrative agencies.

Kaan is active in bar and civic organizations. He served on the Delaware State Bar Association’s executive committee for five years, including as a member-at-large and assistant to the president. He also served as chair of the International Law Section for six years. In addition to Kaan’s regular practice, he represents pro bono clients, to include serving as an attorney guardian ad litem through the Office of the Child Advocate.

Kaan began his career as a judicial law clerk for Judge Charles H. Toliver, IV of the Delaware Superior Court, and prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, practiced in the Litigation Department of a northeastern-based law firm.

Kaan earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and his law degree, cum laude, from the Delaware Law School, Widener University, where he was an articles editor for the Widener Law Review. Kaan is fluent in Turkish.

Experience

News

Four Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Recognized by Legal Intelligencer Awards

April 28, 2023

Four Cozen O'Connor attorneys have been recognized by The Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Professional Excellence Awards.

Teva, Apotex Win Ax Of Patents In Sleep Drug Suit

December 13, 2022

Cozen O’Connor scored a major win for Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. in federal court in Delaware.

Two Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Delaware Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 31, 2022

Super Lawyers has selected two Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2022 Delaware Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Cozen O’Connor Expands Delaware Commercial Litigation Practice with the Addition of Kaan Ekiner

July 06, 2021

Ekiner has built a respected career as a distinguished litigator handling corporate and complex commercial matters involving corporate governance, and contractual and other commercial disputes.

Publications

Court of Chancery Allows 30(B)(6) Depositions as a Tool in Section 220 Discovery

April 05, 2023

Kaan Ekiner and Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss a recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision addressing the use and appropriate parameters for a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition as a discovery tool in connection with Delaware books and records actions under Section 220.

Chancery Court Sustains M&A Fraud Claims Based on Near-Term Financial Projections

February 02, 2023

Kaan Ekiner and Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss a recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision addressing several issues that often arise in motion practice at the pleading stage of cases involving allegations of M&A fraud based on near-term financial projections.

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Education

  • Widener University Delaware Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2011
  • University of Delaware, B.A., 2008

Awards & Honors

Delaware Super Lawyers, Business Litigation “Rising Star,” 2020-Present. This award is conferred by Super Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Delaware State Bar Association “Superhero,” April 2019

Lawyer on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer Professional Excellence Award, 2023

  • Delaware
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court -- Delaware
  • U.S. District Court -- Delaware
  • U.S. District Court -- New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court -- Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court -- New Jersey

Honorable Charles H. Toliver, IV, Delaware Superior Court

American Bar Association

American Turkish Society

Delaware State Bar Association

New York State Bar Association

Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court