Rachel B. Reisberg is a partner in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s Tax Department. She focuses on the tax aspects of U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other dispositions, joint ventures, and financing transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2026 | M&A, Transactional Tax |
| The Inaugural Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Tax Lawyers | 2025 | M&A, Transactional Tax |
Reisberg has represented:
- Abbott Laboratories in its $22 billion acquisition of Exact Sciences
- Rockefeller Capital Management in its $6.6 billion recapitalization and secondary sale of minority interests and in its $622 million sale of a minority interest to IGM Financial Inc.
- Premier in its $2.6 billion acquisition by an affiliate of Patient Square Capital
- Capri Holdings Limited in its $1.375 billion sale of Versace to Prada (and in its prior acquisition of Versace)
- IAC/InterActiveCorp in its spin-off of Angi, in its spin-off of its Vimeo business, and in its separation of Match Group from its remaining businesses
- eBay in the $9.2 billion acquisition of its Classified business by Adevinta ASA, its $2.25 billion sale of shares of Adevinta ASA to Permira, and its sale and exchange of shares of Adevinta ASA as part of the acquisition of Adevinta ASA by a consortium led by Permira and Blackstone; the $3.8 billion sale of a majority of its Korean businesses to Emart; the sale of StubHub to viagogo for $4.06 billion; and the separation of eBay and PayPal into two public companies
- NuStar Energy L.P. in its $7.3 billion all-equity sale to Sunoco LP
- PENN Entertainment in its exclusive strategic alliance with ESPN for U.S. online sports betting, its $2 billion acquisition of Score Media and Gaming, its $2.8 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment, and its separation of its gaming properties into a publicly-traded REIT
- Public Storage in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Simply Self Storage from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation in the $21 billion acquisition of its Speedway business by 7-Eleven
- ConocoPhillips in its $13 billion all-stock acquisition of Concho Resources and in the $22 billion spin-off of its refining & marketing businesses, Phillips 66
- Broadcom in its $10.7 billion acquisition of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business and in its $18.9 billion all-cash acquisition of CA Technologies
- Energen in its $9.2 billion all-stock merger with Diamondback Energy
- Whole Foods Market in its $13.7 billion acquisition by Amazon.com
- Gaming and Leisure Properties in its $5.1 billion acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment’s real estate assets
- Coventry Health Care in its $7.3 billion sale to Aetna