Practice Areas: Ms. Habbart leads The Delaware Counsel Group LLP and advises clients internationally on the Delaware aspect of transactions, corporate governance issues and the formation and operation of Delaware corporate and alternative  entities. Ms. Habbart’s clients include international law firms and businesses. In addition to her law degree, Ms. Habbart has a Masters degree in taxation.

Professional Memberships: Corporate Governance Monitor for the International Bar Association (“IBA”) Corporate and M&A Law Committee; Former Vice-Chair of the IBA Private Equity Subcommittee; Chair of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) International Use of U.S. Business Entities Subcommittee; Member of the Executive Committee of the ABA Committee on LLC’s, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities since 1995; Vice Chair since 2010; Former Chair of the ABA Subcommittee on Business Trusts, REITS and Financing Vehicles; Former ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee on the Uniform Statutory Trust Entity Act; Current Member of ABA Uniform Law Commission Series Study Committee; Member of the Delaware Bankers Association Trust Conference Steering Committee, the most prestigious event in Delaware for the banking industry; Appointee to the Delaware State Bar Association, committees responsible for legislative amendments to Delaware’s business statutes since 1990; Appointee to ABA International Coordinating Committee

Career: Associate (1988-93) and Partner (1993-99) Prickett Jones & Elliott, Partner in Charge of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young Delaware office (1999-2004).

Publications: Co-author of ‘Delaware Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual’, which was first published in 1995 by Data Trace Publishing and is updated each year. Co-author of a chapter of Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances on Delaware Limited Partnerships, which was first published in 1992 by Law Journal Press. Co-editor of IBA’s Directors and Officers Checklist, 2011. Co-author for the first in-depth analysis of the Uniform Law Commission Uniform Statutory Trust Act in the American Bar Association publication “The Business Lawyer”. Ms. Habbart wrote the article based on Ms. Habbart’s experience as the ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Drafting Committee on the Uniform Statutory Trust Entity Act.

Personal: Ms. Habbart is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been included in Chambers USA as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” in Delaware Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Law since 2005. She is listed in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers, published by International Who’s Who Legal, in association with the International Bar Association (the “IBA”). Ms. Habbart has been described in Chambers as “bright and businesslike with a dynamic presence in front of a room of people” and is lauded by clients for her dedication and described as “smart, knowledgeable and tuned in to the current Delaware issues.”

Contact: (302) 576-9600 Ext. 12
(302) 576-9608 Fax
100 South Rockland Falls Road
P. O. Box 4175
Wilmington, DE 19807