Igor Kirman is a partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, activism and takeover defense, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has advised public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, cross-border deals, shareholder activism, takeover defenses and corporate governance matters.
Kirman is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and has written articles in numerous professional publications on topics relating to mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2024 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2022 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2021 | M&A, Activism, Corporate Governance |
| The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America | 2020 |
Kirman is the author of the book, “M&A and Private Equity Confidentiality Agreements” (Thomson Reuters). He is the chair of the Practising Law Institute’s annual “Doing Deals” program and an advisory board member of the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School as well as The Practical Law Company (PLC). He also teaches a course on M&A as a clinical lecturer at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School.
Kirman received a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics magna cum laude from Yale University in 1993. He completed his J.D. at Columbia Law School in 1996, where he was notes editor of the Columbia Law Review. He is involved in a number of civic institutions, including as President of the Board of Trustees of Trinity School; a director of Renew Democracy Initiatives (RDI); President of the Board of The Bromley Condominium; and member of the advisory boards of the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He was born in Ukraine and speaks Russian. A former rugby player, he is now an avid table tennis enthusiast.