Bio

Viktor Sapezhnikov is a Corporate Partner at Wachtell Lipton. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate and securities matters. Viktor’s practice has included a wide range of matters, including domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, business combinations, private equity transactions, joint ventures and spin-offs. Viktor also advises companies and their boards on takeover defense, shareholder activism and proxy contests. Viktor was named Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer, together with David Karp and Ronald Chen, for their work advising Broadcom in its $69 billion agreement to acquire VMware. Viktor was also named a Rising Star by Law360 for 2020.