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Mr Eric Swedenburg

Work Department
Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
Position
Head of Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice and a member of the Executive Committee, Eric Swedenburg represents companies in a wide range of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and other significant corporate transactions. He also regularly counsels clients on shareholder activism, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. In addition to his significant amount of work with public companies, Eric has extensive experience in advising special committees of boards of directors, private equity firms and financial advisors in both U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions across a number of industry verticals.
Some of his transactions have included representing AGCO, Change Healthcare, Dover, Genesee & Wyoming, Ingersoll Rand, K2M, Karuna Therapeutics, La Quinta, Mars, McKesson, SiriusXM, The Mosaic Company, Vodafone Group, Wendy’s and Wyeth.
Eric has published various articles on M&A subjects and frequently speaks on M&A, shareholder activism and corporate matters, including as a regular panel participant in the annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute, which is recognized as one of the premier M&A, corporate and securities law conferences in the country.
Education
Cornell Law School (J.D., 1999; Order of the Coif), University of Virginia (B.S., 1993).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Leading partners)Eric Swedenburg – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Cementing its status as a market leader in the M&A space, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has ample experience in the structuring, negotiation, and completion of complex and high-value transactions. With involvement in major deals such as Microsoft’s $75bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the New York-based practice routinely represents clients in the infrastructure, tech, and consumer products sectors. Department head Eric Swedenburg counsels clients on various M&A mandates, divestitures, and joint ventures. Anthony Vernace is well-versed in representing private equity firms in M&A, investments, and other significant corporate transactions, while the experienced Lee Meyerson assists elite financial and investment firms on complex mergers. Alan Klein is reputed for his work in guiding boards of directors through high-profile acquisitions. Justin Rosenberg left the firm in April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense