Marc Weingarten

Practice Areas

Co-chair of the firm’s global Shareholder Activism Group and a member of the M&A and Securities Group and the Investment Management Group. Focuses his practice on shareholder activism, mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, corporate governance, securities law and investment partnerships. Selected twice as “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer for representation of Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of a controlling interest in GMAC from General Motors and most recently for his work on some of the fiercest shareholder activism campaigns and proxy contests in the market. Also represented Cerberus in the acquisition of control of Chrysler from Daimler; its acquisition, by tender offer, of a controlling interest in Aozora Bank in Japan; and numerous other transactions. In addition to representing public and private companies in acquisitions and dispositions, regularly counsels investors and companies on corporate governance and control issues. One of the leading lawyers representing activist investors, has advised on many of the most significant activist campaigns, including Elliott Management in many successful campaigns, JANA Partners in all of its many successful campaigns and Greenlight Capital in its campaign involving General Motors.

Personal

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1974

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, B.S., Finance, 1971