Bio

Adam Emmerich practices in Wachtell Lipton’s corporate department, of which he is co-chair. Adam’s practice has included a broad and varied representation of public and private companies in a wide range of industries throughout the United States and around the world, in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, financing transactions and securities law matters. Adam also has extensive experience and expertise in corporate governance, shareholder activism, and takeover defense and contested acquisition matters. 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 a Lawdragon Legend of the 500, the truly select lawyers who have made Lawdragon’s elite annual guide 10 times, and as one of the 500 leading dealmakers in America in the 2024 Lawdragon Leading Dealmakers). Adam has also been named 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 has been recognized as one of the top 10 M&A Lawyers in North America for 2023 and 2022 by MergerLinks. 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 their 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. And Wachtell Lipton has been named Mergers & Acquisitions Group of the Year for 2023 by Law360.