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Wachtell Lipton was founded on a handshake in 1965 as a small group of lawyers dedicated to providing advice and expertise at the highest levels.  We have achieved extraordinary results following the distinctive vision of our founders - a cohesive team of lawyers intensely focused on solving our clients' most important problems.

We have experience in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, takeovers and takeover defense, corporate and securities law and corporate governance.  We handle some of the largest, most complex and demanding transactions in the United States and around the world.  We counsel both public and private acquirors and targets.  We also handle sensitive investigation and litigation matters and corporate restructurings, and counsel boards of directors and senior management in critical situations.  We have a track record of original and groundbreaking solutions and innovations that have had a dramatic impact on business and law.  We are thought leaders.

Our distinctive structure defines our approach.  We maintain a ratio of associates to partners significantly below that of other firms.  We focus on matters that require the attention, extensive experience and sophistication of our partners.  We limit the number and type of matters we undertake.  Our system of lock-step compensation promotes a careful selection of matters as well as the flexibility to bring the right expertise to bear without regard to factors extrinsic to providing the best service and advice.  We work together on a task-force basis on all of our matters, bringing to bear the requisite mix of people and expertise across practice areas.  Our structure and approach attract talented and entrepreneurial lawyers, who enable us to achieve excellent results for our clients in complex and critical matters.

Diversity

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is strongly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that supports the recruitment, retention and advancement of women and men of all backgrounds, at all levels of the Firm. Read More.

Pro Bono

Wachtell Lipton is committed to supporting attorneys who undertake pro bono projects in all areas of the law.  Pro bono clients are clients of the firm, and no distinction is made between hours spent on pro bono or other client matters. Read More.

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Lawdragon Features

Lawyer Limelight: Jeannemarie O’Brien

Lawyer Limelight: Jeannemarie O’Brien

By | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features, Wachtell Lipton Features

The global Covid-19 pandemic is another reminder that not all law firms are created equal or poise…

Lawyer Limelight: Elaine Golin

Lawyer Limelight: Elaine Golin

By | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features, Wachtell Lipton Features

Many of the best lawyers we’ve written about knew they wanted to be lawyers at an early age, perh…

Lawyer Limelight: David Anders

Lawyer Limelight: David Anders

By | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features, Wachtell Lipton Features

Scoring a perfect trial record as an assistant U.S. attorney in the nation’s most elite prosecutor…

Lawyer Limelight: Robin Panovka and Adam Emmerich

Lawyer Limelight: Robin Panovka and Adam Emmerich

By | Lawyer Limelights, Wachtell Lipton Features

One of the things about lunching at a fab place like Le Bernardin is that it’s mind blo…

Lawyer Limelight: Ted Mirvis

Lawyer Limelight: Ted Mirvis

By | Lawyer Limelights, News & Features, Wachtell Lipton Features

Ted Mirvis tiptoed up the stairs to the attic in his family’s new home at 158 Algonquin Road in Ha…

Lawyer Limelight: William Savitt

Lawyer Limelight: William Savitt

By | Lawyer Limelights, 2015 Magazine Limelights, Wachtell Lipton Features

He’s just another rock ‘n roll singer-cab driver who studied jury dynamics of 19th-Century Fran…

Lawyer Limelight: Adam Emmerich

Lawyer Limelight: Adam Emmerich

By | Lawyer Limelights, Wachtell Lipton Features

It’s difficult to find a firm that surpasses the intellectual firepower of Wachtell Lipton. …

Lawyer Limelight: Daniel Neff

Lawyer Limelight: Daniel Neff

By | Lawyer Limelights, Wachtell Lipton Features

The thing about the attorneys at Wachtell Lipton that often goes unsaid is that they may be better…

Lawdragon News

Wachtell Lipton Memo: Larry Fink’s Annual Letter to Investors

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

For more than ten years, Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset …

Wachtell Lipton: Private Equity—2023 Outlook

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  Despite the challenges the year presented for investors (rising interest rates, tu…

Wachtell Lipton: Why the Slowdown in Financial Services M&A?

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  The recent approvals by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of t…

Wachtell Lipton: The U.S. Antitrust Merger Enforcement Agenda

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

In 2022, leadership at the U.S. antitrust agencies—the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitr…

Wachtell Lipton: Financing Year in Review: The Tide Turns

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  2022 brought a halt to a nearly unabated 12-year run of booming credit markets and…

Wachtell Lipton: Cross-Border M&A Checklist for Successful Acquisitions

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  After a record-shattering year for M&A in 2021, a crescendo that built over a …

Wachtell Lipton: Mind the REIT Gap: Considerations for REIT M&A in 2023

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

REIT M&A volumes in 2021 and 2022 were at record levels, but slowed down in the latter par…

Wachtell Lipton: Understanding ESG and Stakeholder Governance in Fiduciary Duties

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  Over the past decade, investors, companies, and commentators have increasingly acc…

Wachtell Lipton: ESG, Stakeholder Governance, and the Duty of the Corporation

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

Recently, there has been much confusion and misinformation about (1) environmental, social, and gove…

Wachtell Lipton Memo: Combatting Racial Inequity: A Two-Year Retrospective

By | Wachtell Lipton News

The events of the summer of 2020 galvanized the country and drew attention to how systemic racism an…

Wachtell Memo: War in Ukraine: Is ESG at a Crossroads?

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

As the world reels from Russia’s assault on Ukraine, whither ESG?  Western companies have…

Wachtell Lipton Mourns the Loss of Partner Bernard Nussbaum

By | Wachtell Lipton News

  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz mourns the loss of our long-time colleague an…

Wachtell Lipton: DOJ Delivers Stark Message About Corporate Cooperation

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

As we noted in our year-end memo, DOJ peviewed last fall a crackdown on corporate misconduct and the…

Wachtell Lipton: Department of Justice Announces “aggressive campaign of antitrust enforcement”

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

Jonathan Kanter, the newly appointed Justice Department antitrust chief, gave his first majorspeech …

Wachtell Memo: Financing Year in Review

By | Press Releases, Wachtell Lipton News

  Booming debt markets throughout 2021 helped drive a record-breaking year of …

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