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Provided by Anthony Vernace
Anthony Vernace represents private equity firms and public companies in mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients on corporate governance, shareholder activism and securities law matters. His clients span a wide range of industries and include leading technology, transportation, healthcare, industrial, financial services and consumer products companies. Anthony consistently receives recognition for his work on numerous marquee M&A transactions for both public companies and private equity firms. Anthony’s experience includes representing Microsoft in its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Cisco Systems in its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk. In addition to his legal practice, Anthony regularly serves as a panelist and guest lecturer on corporate and M&A-related topics, including at Harvard, Duke and University of Pennsylvania law schools. Anthony currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee, and he was formerly Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Recruiting Committee.
Joined Firm, 2005; Partner, 2014.
BS, summa cum laude, Fordham University (2002); JD, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia Law School (2005).
Provided by Chambers
Anthony Vernace enjoys an excellent profile in the private equity space for his track record in advising on high-end transactional matters on behalf of a range of major sponsors.
Provided by Chambers
"Anthony is incredibly smart, responsive and experienced. He has a great communication style and is always calm under pressure."
"He has terrific judgment, a wonderful bedside manner and is a true partner."
"Anthony is incredibly smart, responsive and experienced. He has a great communication style and is always calm under pressure."
"He has terrific judgment, a wonderful bedside manner and is a true partner."
