Eric M. Feinstein is a Partner in the Corporate Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Feinstein’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, spin-offs, securities law matters, hostile takeover defense, shareholder activism and general corporate governance matters. He has advised a broad range of public and private clients across multiple industries, including sports, banking, financial services, media, technology, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, industrials, energy and real estate.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2026 | M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Corporate, M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers | 2025 | M&A - Sports, Tech, Media |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, M&A |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, M&A |
Feinstein serves on the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Selected publicly disclosed sports and media representations include:
- Electronic Arts in its $55.0 billion acquisition by a consortium led by the Public Investment Fund, the largest ever take-private transaction
- Bill Chisholm and his investor group in the $6.1 billion acquisition of the Boston Celtics
- Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore in their $1.5 billion acquisition of the Minnesota Timberwolves
- Clearlake Capital in its sale of Concert Golf Partners
- Stephen Ross and the Miami Dolphins in multiple transactions, including the:
- sale of a minority interest in the Miami Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium and F1 Miami Grand Prix to Ares Management and Joe Tsai
- joint venture with Ari Emanuel’s Mari group to acquire the Miami Open tennis tournament
- David Rubenstein in his $1.7 billion acquisition of the Baltimore Orioles and related financing transactions
- The Baltimore Orioles in the global resolution of their dispute with the Washington Nationals regarding the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
- The Atlanta Braves and CEO Terry McGuirk in connection with McGuirk’s proxy and voting agreement with John Malone
- Derek Jeter and his investor group in the acquisition of the Miami Marlins
Selected publicly disclosed bank, fintech and financial services representations include:
- Goldman Sachs in multiple transactions, including its:
- $2.0 billion acquisition of Innovator Capital Management
- Sale of GreenSky and related loan assets to a consortium led by Sixth Street
- FIS in its $18.5 billion carve-out divestiture of a majority interest in its Worldpay merchant solutions business
- Ford Financial Fund and its portfolio company Mechanics Bank in multiple transactions, including the:
- Sale of its Fannie Mae DUS business to Fifth Third
- $3.6 billion merger with HomeStreet
- $2.1 billion carve-out acquisition of Rabobank
- Acquisition of Learner Financial Corporation and Scott Valley Bank
- Acquisition of California Republic Bancorp
- TowneBank in its $203 million acquisition of Old Point Financial Corporation
- Bremer Financial in its $1.4 billion merger with Old National Bancorp
- Royal Bank of Canada in its $13.5 billion acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada
- SoFi Technologies in multiple transactions, including its:
- $8.6 billion merger with Social Capital Hedosophia V
- $1.1 billion acquisition of Technisys S.A.
- Acquisition of Wyndham Capital Mortgage
- $1.725 billion and $1.5 billion common equity raises, $1.2 billion and $860 million convertible notes issuances, $600 million common equity for convertible notes exchange and other securities transactions
- Umpqua Holdings in its $8.2 billion all-stock combination with Columbia Banking System
- BB&T Corporation in its $66 billion merger of equals with SunTrust to create Truist
- Valley National Bancorp in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Bank Leumi USA
- Boston Private Financial Holdings in its $900 million acquisition by SVB Financial and successful defense against a proxy contest by activist investor HoldCo Asset Management
- Banner Corporation in its acquisition of Skagit Bancorp
- Hampton Roads Bankshares in its acquisition of Xenith Bankshares
Selected publicly disclosed technology, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, industrials, energy and real estate representations include:
- Amgen in its $4 billion acquisition of ChemoCentryx
- Perrigo Company plc in multiple transactions, including its:
- €275 million carve-out divestiture of its HRA Pharma Rare Diseases business
- Divestiture of its scar-treatment business
- $2.1 billion acquisition of HRA Pharma from Astorg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- $1.6 billion carve-out divestiture of its generic Rx pharmaceutical business
- $2.8 billion sale of its rights in the royalty stream of Tysabri®
- Successful defense against a $26 billion hostile takeover offer by Mylan N.V.
- Governance agreement with Starboard
- Bath & Body Works in its:
- Divestiture of majority interests the Easton Town Center and Easton Gateway joint ventures
- Defense against an announced proxy fight by Third Point
- Adobe in its $1.3 billion acquisition of frame.io
- Broadcom in multiple transactions, including its:
- $130 billion proposal to acquire Qualcomm
- $18.9 billion all-cash acquisition of CA Technologies
- $950 million sale of Veracode to Thoma Bravo
- United Technologies in its separation into three independent public companies and the spin-offs of Otis Worldwide Corp. and Carrier Global Corporation
- AECOM in multiple transactions, including its:
- $2.4 billion carve-out sale of its Management Services business to American Securities and Lindsay Goldberg
- Carve-out sale of its oil & gas maintenance business to Graham Construction
- Governance agreement with Starboard
- Quality Care Properties in its $3.9 billion acquisition by Welltower, including its related agreement with ProMedica Health System to acquire HCR ManorCare through a bankruptcy reorganization
- CIT Group in multiple transactions, including its:
- $10 billion carve-out sale of its aircraft leasing business to Avolon Holdings Limited
- Sale of its aircraft leasing joint ventures to Tokyo Century
- TEGNA in multiple transactions, including its:
- Spin-off of Cars.com
- Sale of CareerBuilder to Apollo Global Management and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
- Periphas Capital in its convertible preferred equity investment in KAR Auction Services
- Motorola Solutions in multiple transactions, including its strategic partnership with Silver Lake and related securities transactions
- CNX Resources in the spin-off of its coal business
- Annaly Capital Management in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Hatteras Financial
- Ventas in its spin-off of its skilled nursing REIT, Care Capital Properties
- Gannett in its governance agreement with Carl Icahn and the spin-off of its publishing business
Feinstein received a B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University in 2007, where he graduated with honors and received the John Addison Porter Prize in American History.
In 2014, he completed a J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He also received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Finance and was a Palmer Scholar.
