Mr Daniel Wolf > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Equipped to handle the full spread of cross-border and high-profile M&A work, Kirkland & Ellis LLP is revered for its experience in the full gamut of M&A activity. Regularly engaged by public and private companies, boards of directors, and financial advisors and sponsors, the group operates out of the firm’s New York office. Industry veteran Daniel Wolf represents private equity firms in contested transactions, traditional M&A, and activism defense and corporate governance, whereas Jonathan Davis advises global household name brands and investment banks on public and private M&A. Sarkis Jebejian draws from his decades of experience to lead on top deals, a recent highlight being Six Flags’ $8bn merger of equals with Cedar Fair. Edward Lee focuses on spin-offs, carve-outs, and joint ventures, while David Klein assists strategic and sponsor clients on various high-value M&A mandates. David Feirstein primarily aids private equity firms on corporate matters. Graham Robinson joined in Boston from Skadden, specialising in life sciences and tech deals.

Based in New York, Kirkland & Ellis LLP‘s shareholder activism team is a pioneer and a thought-leader in providing advice and counsel to boards facing challenges from activist groups. Leveraging a unique combination of both a dedicated shareholder activism team and a world-leading M&A department, the team acts through the paradigm of providing clients with innovative and practical solutions for all their strategic goals and interests, rather than viewing proxy fights in isolation. Shaun Mathew leads in his response and counsel regarding live proxy fights, short attacks, ambushes, poison pills and hostile total takeover attempts by the most prominent activist groups in the most complex and difficult of matters and establishing new field-wide precedents. The practice also stars Evan Johnson, who marshals his unique experience of the dynamics at play in closed-end situations to act decisively on a broad range of concerns that boards face, and M&A expert Daniel Wolf, who specializes in the largest cross-border and contested transactions.