Heywood Shelley, Counsel - Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP Attorney

Practice Areas

Practice Description

Corporate practice including: mergers and acquisitions; initial public offerings and other public and private securities offerings; joint ventures; loan agreements; executive compensation including stock plans, bonus plans and employment agreements. Real Estate practice including sports stadiums and presidential family compounds.

Education

A.B., 1948 Columbia College
LL.B., 1950 Columbia Law School (with honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar); Chairman, Board of Student Judges

Admissions

New York
U.S. District Courts, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Affiliations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee memberships: Securities Law; Corporations; Real Property; Uniform State Laws)
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Experience

1950-51 Teaching Associate, Columbia Law School

1951-Present Practicing lawyer as Associate, Partner or Counsel at Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; Chairman, Real Estate Department, 1975-1997

Selected Clients

Aetna Life Insurance Company
American Express Company
Vincent Astor
Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation
George H.W. & Barbara Bush
Francis I. du Pont & Co.
Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa
Gilman Paper Company
Landauer Associates, Inc.
The Mary Rose Trust (U.S. counsel)
New York Mets
Turner Construction Company
United States Trust Company of New York
United Parcel Service (UPS)
John Hay Whitney
William Zeckendorf Sr.
The public companies named below of which I am or have been a director

Directorships

Pall Corporation (NYSE)
HRT Industries, Inc. (NYSE)
Chemplast, Inc.(AMEX)
Belock Instrument Corporation (AMEX)