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Theodore N. Mirvis

Of Counsel, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

212-403-1204TNMirvis@wlrk.com

51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

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Theodore N. Mirvis is Of Counsel in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s Litigation Department.  Mr. Mirvis has been with the firm for over 45 years, and, during that time, has litigated some of the landmark cases regarding corporate governance issues, mergers and acquisitions, stockholders’ rights and numerous other matters involving corporate and securities litigation.  He has written extensively on topics ranging from white-collar crime, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and stockholder derivative suits.  He is an adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, and has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University Law School.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2026 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2025 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
Lawdragon Inducts 2022 Class of Hall of Fame Honorees 2022 Litigators
The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2021 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2020 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2019 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2019 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2018 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2018 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2017 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2017 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2016 Legends of the 500 2016
The 2016 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2016 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2014-15 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2014-2015 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2013 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2013 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery
The 2012 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers 2012 Corporate Litigation, esp. Chancery

Mirvis received a B.A. summa cum laude from Yeshiva University in 1973 and received a J.D. magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1976.  During law school, he served as case officer and as a member of the Editorial Board of The Harvard Law Review.  Upon graduation, Mr. Mirvis was a law clerk to the Honorable Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance of New York University, and is a member of the American Law Institute and the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance.

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