Trevor Norwitz
USA Guide 2023
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A
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About
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Practice Areas
Trevor S. Norwitz focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities law matters.
Career
Mr. Norwitz is a Partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. He has advised a range of public and private entities in a variety of industries in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, hostile takeover bids and defenses, proxy contests, joint ventures, financing transactions and corporate governance matters. Mr. Norwitz was recently named Dealmaker of the Year by American Lawyer.
Professional Memberships
Mr. Norwitz is active on committees of the International Bar Association and the American Bar Association, and a member of the American Law Institute.
Personal
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Trevor received his Bachelor of Business Science with first class honors from the University of Cape Town in 1986. On a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, he read law at Keble College, graduating with first class honors in 1989, and then completed an LL.M. at Columbia University in 1990.
Mr. Norwitz served as a member of an international advisory group to the South African government on company law reform. He chairs the University of Cape Town Fund and Friends of Ikamva Labantu.