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Corporate/M&A

This chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions and related financing arrangements, mergers, joint ventures capitalizations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. Priority is placed on primary representatives, those acting for buyers and sellers, whilst those acting for financial advisers, underwriters and the banks financing such transactions are also considered.

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Senior Statesperson
Senior Statespeople
Andrew R Brownstein
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Dennis J Block
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
24 years ranked
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George R Bason Jr
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
24 years ranked
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James C Morphy
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
24 years ranked
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Jeffrey J Rosen
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
23 years ranked
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Martin Lipton
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Peter Allan Atkins
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
24 years ranked
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Robert A Profusek
Jones Day
23 years ranked
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Robert B Schumer
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
24 years ranked
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Eminent Practitioner
Eminent Practitioners
Barbara Becker
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
19 years ranked
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Steven Epstein
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
12 years ranked
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Band 1
Band 1
Adam O Emmerich
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Andrew J Nussbaum
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
21 years ranked
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Daniel A Neff
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Daniel E Wolf
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
16 years ranked
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David A Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Edward D Herlihy
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
24 years ranked
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Ethan A Klingsberg
Freshfields US LLP
16 years ranked
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Faiza J Saeed
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
24 years ranked
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Francis J Aquila
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
24 years ranked
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H Rodgin Cohen
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
24 years ranked
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Howard L Ellin
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
19 years ranked
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Melissa Sawyer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
13 years ranked
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Michael Aiello
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
22 years ranked
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Paul Schnell
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
22 years ranked
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Scott A Barshay
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
22 years ranked
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Band 2
Band 2
Alan M. Klein
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
10 years ranked
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Damien R Zoubek
Freshfields US LLP
13 years ranked
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Eric M. Swedenburg
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
11 years ranked
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Eric Schiele
Paul Hastings LLP
12 years ranked
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Kevin Rinker
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
13 years ranked
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Krishna Veeraraghavan
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
11 years ranked
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Mark I Greene
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
20 years ranked
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Paul J Shim
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
24 years ranked
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Richard Hall
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
24 years ranked
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Robert I Townsend III
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
24 years ranked
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Stephen F Arcano
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
19 years ranked
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William D Regner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
15 years ranked
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William H Aaronson
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
7 years ranked
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Band 3
Band 3
George Casey
Linklaters
14 years ranked
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Igor Kirman
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
13 years ranked
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Paul S Bird
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
23 years ranked
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Philip Richter
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
20 years ranked
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R Alec Dawson
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
20 years ranked
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Sarkis Jebejian
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
15 years ranked
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Steven A Rosenblum
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
22 years ranked
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Band 4
Band 4
Ann Beth Stebbins
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
5 years ranked
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Ariel J Deckelbaum
Ropes & Gray LLP
13 years ranked
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Audra Cohen
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
6 years ranked
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Brandon Van Dyke
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
7 years ranked
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David B Feirstein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
10 years ranked
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David Grubman
Sidley Austin LLP
7 years ranked
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David Lam
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
3 years ranked
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Edward J Lee
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
4 years ranked
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James Langston
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
5 years ranked
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Mark E Thierfelder
Dechert LLP
17 years ranked
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Michael Lubowitz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
17 years ranked
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Band 5
Band 5
Adam M Turteltaub
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
14 years ranked
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Benjamin Sibbett
Clifford Chance US LLP
10 years ranked
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Clare O'Brien
A&O Shearman
24 years ranked
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Creighton Condon
A&O Shearman
20 years ranked
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David Boston
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
20 years ranked
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David S Allinson
Latham & Watkins LLP
12 years ranked
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Eduardo Gallardo
Paul Hastings LLP
10 years ranked
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Ethan Skerry
Fenwick
7 years ranked
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H. Oliver Smith
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
8 years ranked
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James E Abbott
Seward & Kissel LLP
14 years ranked
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James P Dougherty
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
10 years ranked
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Jeffrey D Marell
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
15 years ranked
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Jenny Hochenberg
Freshfields US LLP
4 years ranked
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John D Franchini
Milbank LLP
15 years ranked
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John Reiss
White & Case LLP
22 years ranked
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Jonathan Davis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
7 years ranked
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Karessa Cain
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
4 years ranked
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Keith Pagnani
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
12 years ranked
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Ken Lefkowitz
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
23 years ranked
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Peter Harwich
Latham & Watkins LLP
14 years ranked
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Randi C Lesnick
Jones Day
13 years ranked
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Saee Muzumdar
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
4 years ranked
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Stephen M Kotran
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
22 years ranked
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Steven Seidman
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
22 years ranked
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Ting Chen
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
6 years ranked
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Band 6
Band 6
Aaron Gruber
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
5 years ranked
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Alan F Zoccolillo Jr
Baker McKenzie
7 years ranked
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Anthony Vernace
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
7 years ranked
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Brian Wolfe
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
4 years ranked
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Charles A Samuelson
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
20 years ranked
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Christopher Barnstable-Brown
WilmerHale
2 years ranked
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Christopher Giordano
DLA Piper LLP (US)
1 year ranked
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Christopher Harrison
Sterlington PLLC
2 years ranked
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Craig Sklar
Seward & Kissel LLP
14 years ranked
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Daniel Brass
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
3 years ranked
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David Schwartz
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
6 years ranked
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Denise Cerasani
White & Case LLP
14 years ranked
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Edward M Zimmerman
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
23 years ranked
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Elizabeth A Cooper
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
16 years ranked
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Ernest Wechsler
HSF Kramer
11 years ranked
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Gregory B Astrachan
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
13 years ranked
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Ian Nussbaum
Latham & Watkins LLP
1 year ranked
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J D Weinberg
Covington & Burling LLP
16 years ranked
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Jackie Cohen
Ropes & Gray LLP
9 years ranked
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Jacob A. Kling
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
1 year ranked
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Jason L Kent
Cooley LLP
6 years ranked
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Jeffrey Lee Rothschild
McGuireWoods LLP
11 years ranked
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Jenna E. Levine
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
3 years ranked
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Jennifer Cheng
White & Case LLP
6 years ranked
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John E Sorkin
Ropes & Gray LLP
16 years ranked
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Joshua M Zachariah
Goodwin Procter LLP
1 year ranked
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Ken Myers
Fenwick
2 years ranked
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Kenneth M Wolff
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
12 years ranked
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Kevin Cooper
Cooley LLP
3 years ranked
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Kimberly C. Petillo-Décossard
White & Case LLP
6 years ranked
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Kimberly R Spoerri
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
4 years ranked
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Laura C Turano
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
3 years ranked
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Marc O Williams
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
9 years ranked
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Matthew Gilroy
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
3 years ranked
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Nick Katsanos
Seward & Kissel LLP
10 years ranked
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Oliver Brahmst
White & Case LLP
17 years ranked
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Phillip R Mills
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
24 years ranked
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Russell Leaf
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
6 years ranked
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Scott Petepiece
A&O Shearman
5 years ranked
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Spencer Klein
Morrison Foerster
1 year ranked
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Steven H Goldberg
BakerHostetler LLP
14 years ranked
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Todd Finger
McDermott Will & Schulte
12 years ranked
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Victor Goldfeld
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
1 year ranked
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Up-and-coming Individual
Up and Coming
Anatoliy Rozental
Reed Smith LLP
2 years ranked
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Bill Roegge
Cooley LLP
1 year ranked
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Dohyun Kim
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
2 years ranked
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Rachael Coffey
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1 year ranked
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