David Shapiro
USA Guide 2024
Band 6 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by David Shapiro
Practice Areas
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.
Career
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.
Professional Memberships
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.
Personal
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.
Chambers Review
USA
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David is a phenomenal lawyer."
"David is a phenomenal lawyer."
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