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Peter H. Lieberman

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Work Department

Corporate 

Position

Chair, Global Corporate Practice

Career

Peter H. Lieberman is Co-Chair of the Global Corporate Practice. He has more than 30 years of broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public company and hedge fund transactions, start-up and venture capital financings, and complex securities trading and structuring matters. Throughout his career, Peter has been involved in advising boards of directors, special committees, and controlling interest holders on conflict, governance, change of control, and similar matters. Peter brings to his work a diverse transactional background and trained at the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he was involved in both hostile and negotiated transactions (including proxy contests and the implementation of takeover defenses).

Concentrations
Mergers and acquisitions
Private equity
Hedge fund (including PIPE) transactions and securities trading and hedging compliance
Corporate and securities matters and structuring

Capabilities
Corporate
Private Equity
Mergers & Acquisitions
Capital Markets
Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Admission to Practice
Illinois
New York

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1988
  • Editor, Harvard Law Review
• Master’s in Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1988
• A.B., University of Michigan, 1984
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Angell Scholar