Latham & Watkins LLP

Zach Podolsky represents public and private companies, private equity firms, boards of directors, and special committees on a broad range of their most consequential transactions and matters, including:

• Buy- and sell-side M&A, both negotiated and hostile
• Securities law matters
• Takeover defense
• Corporate governance
• Shareholder activism

Nationally recognized as a leading M&A dealmaker, Zach brings a commercial perspective to strategic transactions across many industries.

Zach received his JD in 2011 from Yale Law School and his AB, summa cum laude, in 2004 from Harvard University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to attending law school, Zach was an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs covering the oil and gas industry. He is also a CFA charterholder.