Brandon C. Price is a partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice is primarily focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital-raising transactions, takeover defense and other corporate and securities law matters, with a concentration on banks and other financial services companies.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Corporate Governance, Capital Markets |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Corporate Governance, Capital Markets |
Recent publicly disclosed transactions include:
- CIBC in the $1.8 billion sale of CIBC Caribbean Bank to The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
- United Community Banks in its acquisitions of Peach State Bancshares, ANB Holdings, Inc. and First Miami Bancorp
- Heritage Commerce in its $811 million merger with CVB Financial
- Synovus in its $17 billion all-stock combination with Pinnacle Financial Partners and notes offerings for Synovus and, following the merger, Pinnacle
- DICK’S Sporting Goods in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Foot Locker
- Bank of Hawaii in its preferred stock offerings
- Westrock Coffee in its $1.1 billion going public transaction, its $405 million acquisition of S&D Coffee and various capital-raising transactions
- CardWorks in minority investments from private equity funds and in its terminated $2.65 billion sale to Ally Financial
- Thermo Fisher Scientific in its $550 million acquisition of Mesa Biotech and its terminated $12.5 billion acquisition of Qiagen NV
- BankUnited in its subordinated notes offering
- Sandler O’Neill in its merger with Piper Jaffray
- Pfizer in its $11.4 billion acquisition of Array Biopharma
- Fidelity Southern Corporation in its $751 million merger with Ameris Bancorp