Adam O Emmerich

Adam Emmerich practices in Wachtell Lipton’s corporate department, of which he is co-chair. Adam focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities law matters. His practice has included a broad and varied representation of public and private corporations and other entities in a variety of industries throughout the United States and globally, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and financing transactions. He also has extensive experience in takeover defense.

After serving as a law clerk to Judge Abner J. Mikva, of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Adam joined the firm in 1986 and was named partner in 1991. He attended Swarthmore College and The University of Chicago, from which he received his J.D. with honors.

Adam was named a Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer in 2019 for his work with T-Mobile USA and Deutsche Telekom in the $146 billion all-stock combination of T-Mobile and Sprint. Adam was also named one of Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers by The Hollywood Reporter in both 2022 and 2017. Together with Robin Panovka, Adam has been profiled by Lawdragon for work with REITs and real estate M&A, and selected as a Real Estate MVP by Law360. Wachtell Lipton’s REIT M&A practice, which Adam co-chairs, was named group of the year by Law360 for 2022.

Adam lives with his wife in Manhattan, where they raised their two daughters and son.