Eric M. Swedenburg

Global Head of Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice and a member of the Executive Committee, Eric Swedenburg represents companies in a wide range of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and other significant corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients on shareholder activism, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. In addition to his significant amount of work with public companies, Eric has extensive experience in advising special committees of boards of directors, private equity firms and financial advisors in both U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions across a number of industry verticals.

Some of his recent transactions have included representing Paramount, SiriusXM, Beacon Roofing, Keysight, TransUnion, Mars, Ingersoll Rand, Wendy’s, Change Healthcare, Karuna Therapeutics, AGCO, The Mosaic Company, Snap One, Radius Recycling and BellRing Brands.

Eric has published various articles on M&A subjects and frequently speaks on M&A, shareholder activism and corporate matters.

Cornell Law School (J.D., 1999), University of Virginia (B.S., 1993)