Zachary N. Wittenberg > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Zachary N. Wittenberg
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Zach Wittenberg represents public and private companies, debtors, funds and ad hoc and official committees in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of complex mergers and acquisitions and restructurings, often in distressed and special situations. He advises companies and investors on a broad range of corporate, securities law, corporate governance and strategic matters, including rights offerings, shareholder and inter-creditor agreements and disclosure issues.
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Education
B.A., Cornell University, 1993; J.D., Duke University School of Law, 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
Regularly advising on the sale and purchase of assets, company acquisitions, stock mergers, and public offerings, Akin is a popular choice for industry players, sponsors and investors engaging with oil & gas, petrochemicals and LNG. The team is frequently called upon by premium clients such as Tug Hill Inc. and DiamondBack energy as they expand their portfolios, and the group has been largely active on upstream and midstream M&A, often handling multi-billion-dollar deals. Co-head of the corporate practice, New York’s Zachary N. Wittenberg possesses a multifarious offering, working with public and private companies across a range of instructions. Sitting alongside Wittenberg at the head of the team and operating out of Dallas, Wesley Williams is an M&A specialist with a notable focus on upstream and midstream transactions. The Houston-based John Goodgame is often positioned as a financial advisor to clients, guiding them through capital raises, while Stephen Boone, also based in Houston, has overseen the acquisition of interests in both the Permian and Texas Delaware Basin, as well as actively engaged with a number of different pipelines, over the past twelve months. Cole Bredthauer operates out of Fort Worth and is a regular advisor to FireBird Energy II LCC alongside other exploration and production companies. Washington DC’s Emily Mallen adds further midstream knowledge and understanding to the team. David Patrick Elder departed the firm in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism