Exhibit
5.1
March 3,
2009
Board of
Directors
ATS
Corporation
7925
Jones Branch Drive
McLean,
Virginia 22102
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for ATS
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and are delivering this
opinion in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Act”), on Form S-8 (together with all exhibits thereto, the
“Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof, of 100,000 additional shares of the Company’s
common stock (“Plan Shares”), par value $0.0001 per share, authorized for
issuance pursuant to the evergreen provision for fiscal year 2009 of the
Company’s 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).
In connection with this opinion, we
have examined copies (in each case signed, certified or otherwise proven to our
satisfaction to be genuine) of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, its By-Laws as presently in effect, and minutes
and other instruments evidencing actions taken by its directors, the
Registration Statement and a copy of the Plan. With respect to such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity
of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the original
documents of all documents the Company submitted to us as reproduced or
certified copies, and the authenticity of originals of those latter
documents. We have also considered such legal matters as we have
deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for this opinion. Insofar
as this opinion relates to Plan Shares to be issued in the future, we have
assumed that all applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect at the time of
issuance are the same as such laws, rules and regulations in effect as of the
date hereof.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing
examination, and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the
opinion that the Plan Shares have been duly authorized, and, when issued,
delivered and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our opinion herein is based solely upon
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion
with respect to any other laws. Any such opinions are based upon our
reasonable familiarity with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
as a result of our reading of standard published compilations of such laws and
annotations thereto.
ATS
Corporation
March 3,
2009
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We hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
This opinion is furnished to you in
connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used,
circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purpose, except as
expressly provided in the preceding paragraph. This opinion is given
as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, and we assume no
obligation to update or supplement the opinions contained herein to reflect any
facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention or any changes
in laws which may hereafter occur.