Head of Delaware Business Court Joining Law Firm

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The head of Delaware's Court of Chancery, a key venue for matters of corporate law, is taking a job with a California-based law firm.

Chancellor William Chandler III will join Palo Alto-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on June 18. He had announced in April that he was retiring from the bench. In a statement released by the firm Thursday, Chandler said Wilson Sonsini has an outstanding legal practice and one of the most enviable client bases in the nation.

Chandler has served on the chancery court since 1989 and was appointed to the top post of chancellor in 1997.

He has presided over many high-profile cases, involving companies such as Walt Disney Co., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., eBay Inc., Citigroup Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dow Chemical Co.

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