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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Offices
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
NEW YORK
United States
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Russell Leaf
Work Department
Corporate & Financial Services
Position
Please see https://www.willkie.com/professionals/l/leaf-russell-l
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
In its shareholder-side activism practice, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP represents investors who regularly engage in activist campaigns and proxy contests. It counts Third Point Capital among its key investor clients, and the practice’s recent slate of matters has included successful proxy contests for investment companies and individual shareholders. Seasoned litigator and litigation department chair Tariq Mundiya is a key contact for proxy contests and advises on both the shareholder and board sides of matters. He co-leads the department with Russell Leaf, a corporate governance and M&A expert who also has experience acting on either side of shareholder activism matters, and Robert Stebbins, whose corporate governance practice is particularly strong in SEC compliance and enforcement issues. Jared Fertman is a further key contact who has recently acted for a number of prominent activist investors in high-profile campaigns. All named lawyers are based in New York.
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
The ‘smart, hardworking, and experienced’ practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is comprised of skilled attorneys capable of handling a wide array of transactional issues, ranging from complex leveraged buyouts to minority investments. The focal point of the firm’s expertise revolves around the asset management, finance, and healthcare sectors, with the New York-based leading trio of David Boston, Russell Leaf, and Adam Turteltaub bringing in-depth knowledge on all types of acquisitions and corporate governance matters to the offering. Steven Seidman focuses on securities law issues, Thomas Cerabino is knowledgeable on joint ventures, and the ‘outstanding’ Gregory Astrachan frequently advises on transactions in the insurance and financial services sectors. Rosalind Fahey Kruse and Houston-based Aaron Savella are also noted as key.
Lawyer Rankings
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
- Shareholder activism United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism