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Daniel E Wolf

Daniel E Wolf

USA 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

With over 30 years of experience, Daniel Wolf’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions where he represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in a variety of domestic and international transactions. His transactional experience spans the range of M&A activity, including many significant cross-border and contested transactions. He also counsels public company clients on governance, activism defense, finance, securities and other general corporate matters. Clients he has represented include ABB, Akzo Nobel, Blackstone, Bristol Myers Squibb, Carvana, Celanese, Danaher, Fortive, Gilead, GrubHub, GSK, Huntsman, Meta, NortonLifeLock, Teva Pharmaceutical, Ventas, Verizon, Walgreens, Warner Bros. Discovery, Waters, Wyndham, Verizon and Vista Equity Partners. Over the past ten years alone, Daniel has advised on announced M&A transactions with an aggregate value of well over $500 billion.

Personal

London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, LLB, 1995, first class honours.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - New York

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Individual Editorial

Daniel Wolf attracts praise from across the market for his consummate handling of M&A, activist defense and corporate governance matters. He boasts an enviable stable of top-flight clients, comprising influential multinational corporations. He has notable expertise advising on transactions in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals space.

Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense - New York

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Individual Editorial

Daniel Wolf attracts praise from across the market for his consummate handling of M&A, activist defense and corporate governance matters. He boasts an enviable stable of top-flight clients, comprising influential multinational corporations. He has notable expertise advising on transactions in the life sciences and pharmaceuticals space.

Strengths

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  • He is a sophisticated strategic adviser and is well-connected.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • He is regarded as truly one of the elite M&A attorneys in America.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Daniel is one of the pre-eminent M&A practitioners in the country and a highly valued partner for our company. He is extremely creative, solution-oriented and an exceptional negotiator.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA
  • Daniel is a legend in the industry for a reason. He has a wealth of knowledge on all things M&A and activism defense.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Guide to the USA

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