Bio

Adam Emmerich practices in Wachtell Lipton’s corporate department, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities law matters. His practice has included a broad and varied representation of public and private corporations and other entities in a variety of industries throughout the United States and globally, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures and financing transactions. He also has extensive experience in takeover defense. Adam was named a Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer for his work with T-Mobile USA and Deutsche Telekom in the $146 billion all-stock combination of T-Mobile and Sprint. Adam also led the Wachtell Lipton teams for Covidien plc in its $49.9 billion acquisition by Medtronic and Tim Hortons in its $12.2 billion combination with Burger King Worldwide, which were named by The American Lawyer as Global M&A Deal of the Year: Ireland and Global M&A Deal of the Year: Canada. Adam is recognized as one of the 500 leading lawyers in America by Lawdragon (including as one of the Legends of the 500), and as one of the world’s leading lawyers in both Mergers and Acquisitions and REITs by Chambers and Partners. Who’s Who Legal has named Adam a Global Elite Thought Leader in M&A, as lawyer of the year in M&A in 2019, and as an expert in Corporate Governance and M&A in the real estate field. Adam has also been recognized as among the Best of the Best USA by Euromoney Institutional Investor’s Expert Guides including as an expert in M&A, in Corporate Governance, and in Banking, Finance and Transactional and a highly regarded leading lawyer by IFLR 1000. Adam was also named one of Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers by The Hollywood Reporter in both 2022 and 2017. Together with Robin Panovka, he has been profiled by Lawdragon for work with REITs and real estate M&A, and selected as a Real Estate MVP by Law360. Wachtell Lipton’s REIT M&A practice, which Adam co-chairs, was named group of the year by Law360 for 2022.