Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advises boards and senior executives on high-stakes issues facing public and private companies, drawing on deep experience in executive compensation, domestic and cross-border M&A, acquisitions, divestitures, and other complex transactions. The practice also manages corporate governance challenges, including executive succession, proxy contests, and shareholder activism. Practice head Jeannemarie O’Brien has extensive experience in executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of transactions, with a particular focus on transactions involving financial services institutions. She is supported by Adam Shapiro and Michael Schobel, who are key contacts for employee compensation and benefits matters across mergers and acquisitions and other transactions. All are based in the firm’s New York office. Jarrett Hoffman has joined the firm.