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Provided by David Shapiro
Focuses on mergers and acquisitions and complex securities transactions. David has been involved in numerous major corporate merger, acquisition and buyout transactions, strategic defense assignments, hostile bids and proxy contests. He also counsels boards of directors and board committees on corporate governance matters.
Partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. David was named by The American Lawyer as a Dealmaker of the Year and has been featured in The New York Times’ Facebook of Wall Street’s Future. He is a frequent author and speaker on topics relating to mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance and is the contributing editor of Getting the Deal Through: Banking Regulation 2016.
David is a member of the board of The Door, a not-for-profit comprehensive youth services agency and also University Settlement, a not-for-profit settlement house located in New York City. He is also a member of the Board of the Jewish Museum and the Penn Institute for Urban Research.
David received a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He completed a J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1999 where he was awarded the Peter McCall Prize for being first in his class.
Provided by Chambers
David Shapiro is an active corporate attorney whose practice demonstrates capabilities in M&A and buyouts. He represents clients in the financial services, real estate and media sectors, among others.
Provided by Chambers
"David is a phenomenal lawyer."
"David is a phenomenal lawyer."
