Greenberg Traurig

Corporate

Sr. Chairman Global M&A

Dennis J. Block is the Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig's Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice, based in the New York office. Greenberg Traurig has approximately 2,100 lawyers in 41 U.S. and international offices, including a global corporate practice of more than 500 lawyers.

Mr. Block is known for precedent-setting transactions. These include:

Pfizer Inc.'s $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth, the largest M&A transaction of 2009; P&G's acquisition of Gillette; Westinghouse's acquisition of CBS Corp; Bear Stearns Companies Inc. acquisition by JPMorgan Chase; and US West's acquisition of Continental Cablevision and its subsequent split-off and joint venture with Time-Warner and the ultimate sales of both US West (to Qwest Communications) and Media One (to AT&T).

Mr. Block also represented Pfizer, Inc in connection with its:

$100 billion hostile acquisition of Warner-Lambert, the largest domestic hostile takeover to date; $60 billion acquisition of Pharmacia; acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and its sale of the Capsugel business to KKR.

ConcentrationsMergers and acquisitionsProxy contestsJoint ventures Third-party/self-tender offers Other corporate restructurings Corporate governance and board representation SEC matters Finance Risk management

CapabilitiesMergers & Acquisitions Corporate Private Equity

Admission to PracticeNew York

English

LL.B., Brooklyn Law School, 1967 B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1964