About

Provided by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

A Preeminent Corporate Practice

Wachtell Lipton enjoys a global reputation as one of the world’s leading business law firms. Our deep experience means we regularly handle many of the largest, most complex and demanding transactions in the United States and around the world. We counsel both public and private acquirors and targets, advising on a wide range of corporate matters, including:

  • U.S., Cross-Border and International Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity and Strategic Investments
  • Spin-offs and Split-ups
  • Securities Offerings and Other Capital-Raising Transactions

In addition, we are recognized as a leading firm for:

  • Takeover Defense
  • Shareholder Activism
  • Corporate Governance

What We Have Done

Wachtell Lipton consistently ranks near the very top of legal advisors by transaction dollar volume, notwithstanding that we are significantly smaller than all of our major competitors. Over the past five years, we have been a legal advisor on eight of the ten largest transactions in the United States and seven of the ten largest transactions globally, as well as numerous other acquisition and restructuring transactions across many industries and of every description.

Representative major U.S. M&A matters can be found here.

Representative major cross-border or non-U.S. M&A matters can be found here.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz remains a standout practice for transactional work, including high-profile domestic and cross-border M&A. The firm counts leading companies across numerous sectors as key clients, including those in the financial services and pharmaceutical industries. The group's deep understanding of corporate governance issues underpins its sterling transactional work. Wachtell also offers top-flight counsel to clients in matters of takeover defense.

Work Highlights

  • Wachtell advised Palo Alto Networks on its $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk Software.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew R Brownstein
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Andrew R Brownstein
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Senior Statespeople

Andrew Brownstein is a leading practitioner, who provides first-rate counsel to clients in major M&A and corporate governance matters. He is active across a great many industries.

Martin Lipton
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Martin Lipton
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Senior Statespeople

Martin Lipton is one of the firm's founding partners and a long-standing expert practicing at the pinnacle of the corporate market. He is well-versed in M&A and the provision of strategic corporate advice.

Adam O Emmerich
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Adam O Emmerich
Head of Corporate/M&A
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Adam Emmerich exhibits considerable expertise in M&A, securities offerings and governance matters, and represents heavyweight public and private corporations. His broad industry capabilities include experience in pharmaceuticals, energy and technology.

He brings to bear incredible experience from the sector.

Adam is one of those rare people who have seen it all. He has been involved in extremely complex situations and is really the great sage of transactional work.

Andrew J Nussbaum
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Andrew J Nussbaum
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Andrew Nussbaum operates a highly respected corporate practice that is leant upon by clients in significant domestic and international deals. He deploys his expertise in M&A, spinoffs, divestitures and joint ventures, among other transactions.

He is spectacular.

His level of service, sophistication and commercial awareness are easily at the top.

Daniel A Neff
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Daniel A Neff
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Band 1

Daniel Neff garners acclaim for his leading practice, which incorporates significant corporate and securities expertise and is utilized by a stable of public and private companies and private equity firms.

David A Katz
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David A Katz
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David Katz enjoys a sterling reputation thanks to his years of top-flight representation in corporate transactions and takeover defense matters.

He is practical, service-oriented and brings another level of sophistication to each discussion.

David has seen so much and has seen almost every permutation of legal issues. He is truly an expert.

Edward D Herlihy
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Edward D Herlihy
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Edward Herlihy has a wealth of experience in significant corporate transactions, including pronounced expertise in those involving banks and other financial institutions. He demonstrates further experience in recapitalizations.

Edward is a giant in the legal profession.

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Elina Tetelbaum
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Band 3

Elina Tetelbaum is the firm's head of shareholder engagement and activism defense. She advises clients on proxy fights, corporate governance and takeover defense.

Lina has great listening skills and takes complex situations and makes them simple to understand and help the board understand what the right plan of action should be.

She is very sophisticated and understands the business needs.

I am particularly impressed with Lina's practical and strategic advice and her ability to communicate complex legal matters in plain English.

She is a force of nature and has phenomenal energy.

She is not only absolutely brilliant, but she also has an EQ just as high as her IQ, allowing her to give practical advice to general counsel clients.

Igor Kirman
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Igor Kirman
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Igor Kirman receives praise for his handling of M&A, joint ventures and governance matters on behalf of public and private companies. He is active domestically and internationally, and maintains additional strength in private equity matters.

Tenure and experience give Igor an ability to speak with authority on a wide variety of corporate topics. He does so thoughtfully and in a way that inspires confidence.

He is knowledgeable on the matters that are most important to us.

Steven A Rosenblum
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Steven A Rosenblum
Head of Corporate/M&A
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Steven Rosenblum enjoys a solid reputation for his work in M&A, governance and securities issues. His industry focus includes handling deals in the technology space.

His deep knowledge and calm presence are invaluable when communicating with C-suite executives and boards.

David Lam
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David Lam
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David Lam is recognized for his sophisticated transactional practice. He routinely advises top flight corporates on bet-the-company M&A matters.

He has seen so much in his career and advised so many companies.

David is brilliant. He is strategic, responsive and wonderful to work with.

Karessa Cain
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Karessa Cain
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Karessa Cain is recognized for her adept representation of major corporations in transactional matters. She has experience advising on domestic and cross-border deals.

She is an impressive lawyer.

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Jacob A. Kling
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Jacob Kling is cochair of the firm's M&A practice and advises clients on a wide range of complex corporate transactions.

Jacob has an incredible degree of business acumen and a phenomenal ability to distil the most complex issues into the most salient recommendation.

Jenna E. Levine
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Jenna E. Levine
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Jenna Levine is the subject of much praise from sources, owing to her high quality corporate practice. She advises clients in foremost M&A and corporate governance matters.

Jenna brings deep knowledge and experience of M&A.

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Victor Goldfeld
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Band 6

Victor Goldfeld focuses his practice on sophisticated domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and securities issues.

He is super smart.

Ranked Lawyers at
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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Corporate/M&A

Andrew R Brownstein
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Andrew R Brownstein
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Senior Statespeople
Martin Lipton
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Martin Lipton
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Senior Statespeople
Adam O Emmerich
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Adam O Emmerich
Head of Corporate/M&A
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Band 1
Andrew J Nussbaum
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Andrew J Nussbaum
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Band 1
Daniel A Neff
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Daniel A Neff
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Band 1
David A Katz
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David A Katz
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Band 1
Edward D Herlihy
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Edward D Herlihy
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Band 1
Igor Kirman
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Igor Kirman
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Band 3
Steven A Rosenblum
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Steven A Rosenblum
Head of Corporate/M&A
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Band 3
David Lam
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David Lam
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Band 4
Karessa Cain
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Karessa Cain
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Band 5
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Jacob A. Kling
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Band 6
Jenna E. Levine
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Jenna E. Levine
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Band 6
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Victor Goldfeld
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Band 6
Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense

David A Katz
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David A Katz
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Band 1
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Elina Tetelbaum
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Band 3