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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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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