David A Katz

Practice Areas

David A. Katz is a corporate partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, shareholder activism and complex securities transactions. He frequently counsels boards of directors and board committees on corporate governance matters and crisis management.

Career

David writes a bi-monthly column on corporate governance for the New York Law Journal with his colleague Laura McIntosh and is co-chair of the Tulane Corporate Law Institute. In addition to being chosen by The American Lawyer as one of the 45 highest performing members of the private bar under the age of 45, The American Lawyer has selected him as a Dealmaker of the Year three times; he has been named by the NACD Directorship as one of the 100 most influential players in corporate governance numerous times; he has been named Lawyer of the Year by the Global M&A Network, Who’s Who Legal’s Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year, Who’s Who Legal’s Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year and Who’s Who Legal’s Corporate Governance and M&A Lawyer of the Year multiple times. Mr. Katz was elected by The American College of Governance Counsel as an Inaugural Class Fellow and is a member of the American Law Institute, where he is an adviser on the Restatement of the Law, Corporate Governance Project.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Katz is a member of the American Bar Association, Section on Business Law and a member of the Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee for Acquisitions of Public Companies. Mr. Katz is also a member of the Federal Securities Laws Committee, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Katz is a member of the Society for Corporate Governance and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Personal

Mr. Katz serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at New York University (Executive Committee) and at New York University School of Law.

Mr. Katz is a graduate of Brandeis University and New York University School of Law.