News About Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Wachtell, Debevoise guide Prysmian’s $3.8bn Atkore buy in US electrical push

Wachtell acts for Italy’s Prysmian, the world’s biggest cablemaker, as it bets on AI-driven infrastructure demand with buy of Debevoise-repped electrical products-maker Atkore

3 Aug 2026

Gibson Dunn recruits Wachtell co-chair Savitt along with five other disputes partners

Renowned litigator William Savitt takes team to Gibson Dunn in move firm hails as ‘rare and powerful’

29 Jul 2026

Raft of law firms steer Uber’s $15bn bid for Delivery Hero

Freshfields and Wachtell lead for Uber as Sullivan & Cromwell guides Delivery Hero and Paul Weiss, Hengeler Mueller, Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn act for investment firm SSW

16 Jul 2026

Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell guide Publicis’ $2.2bn buy of US data firm LiveRamp

First quarter’s leading M&A firms advise on deal that continues Publicis’ strategy to build access to data

18 May 2026

Kirkland recruits Wachtell’s restructuring and finance head in New York

Joshua Feltman joins with an $80m pay package over three years, according to the Financial Times

22 Apr 2026

Hogan Lovells, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Wachtell advise on McCormick’s $44.8bn purchase of Unilever’s food business

Deal follows Unilever’s spin out of its ice cream business last year as it refocuses on its home and personal care brands

2 Apr 2026

Paul Weiss, Jones Day, Wachtell, Macfarlanes advise on Sysco’s $29bn purchase of Restaurant Depot

Deal expands US food distributor’s footprint into restaurant cash and carry business

30 Mar 2026

Wachtell, Clifford Chance lead on $10.5bn storage megadeal

Wachtell counsels Public Storage, the largest self-storage company in the US, on acquisition of Clifford Chance-counselled rival National Storage

17 Mar 2026

Latham raids Wachtell for finance, M&A partner duo in New York

Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano continue string of historically rare exits from prestigious Wall Street firm

23 Feb 2026

Simpson Thacher hires M&A partner from Wachtell in New York

Alison Preiss adds to a growing number of previously rare Wachtell departures over the past year

20 Jan 2026

Skadden, Wachtell, Debevoise in for Netflix’s $82bn Warner Bros deal

Skadden acts for Netflix in blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros’ TV, film studios and streaming division, with Wachtell and Debevoise across the table

5 Dec 2025

Quartet of firms lead Hologic’s $18.3bn take private by Blackstone and TPG

Kirkland, Wachtell, Ropes and Sidley advise on largest medical devices deal in almost two decades

22 Oct 2025

Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private

Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history

29 Sep 2025

Wachtell, Paul Weiss guide Pfizer’s $7.3bn buy of weight loss drugmaker Metsera

Wachtell advises Pfizer as it scrambles to win slice of booming obesity drug market with Paul Weiss-repped Metsera

23 Sep 2025

Latham, Wachtell lead on Anglo American-Teck $53bn mega merger

Freshfields and Linklaters’ ally Webber Wentzel also among raft of firms called in for mining deal of the decade

9 Sep 2025

Latham, Alston & Bird lead on Amphenol’s $10.5bn CommScope buy

Wachtell also guides CommScope shareholder The Carlyle Group in deal for network provider’s connectivity and cable solutions unit

6 Aug 2025

Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal

Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year

30 Jul 2025

Trio of top M&A firms guide CoreWeave’s $9bn Core Scientific AI acquisition

David Polk and Kirkland & Ellis advise CoreWeave as Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz acts for Core Scientific in deal to meet AI power needs

8 Jul 2025

Latham & Watkins hires top M&A partner from Wachtell in New York

Zach Podolsky’s departure from Wachtell marks a rare lateral move away from elite US firm

24 Jun 2025

Wachtell, Latham advise on $34.5bn mega-deal between Charter and Cox

Deal will create US cable giant and follows Charter’s acquisition of Liberty Media’s broadband business last year

16 May 2025