Editing Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

{{Infobox Law Firm
| name = Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
| logo = WachtellLiptonLogo.jpg
| headquarters = [[CBS Building]]<br>[[New York City]], [[United States]]
| num_offices = 1
| num_attorneys = 260
| practice_areas = General practice
| revenue = {{loss}} (−0.9%) [[United States dollar|US$]]580 million (2010)<ref>http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202514395169 AM Law 100 Gross Revenue</ref>
| date_founded = 1965
| founder      = [[Herbert Wachtell]], Jerry Kern
| company_type = [[General partnership]]
| homepage     = {{URL|http://www.wlrk.com/}}
}}

'''Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz''' is a law firm which operates out of a single office in [[New York City]]. It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious law firms in the world, topping The Vault Law 100 ranking of the United States' best law firms for over a decade<ref>http://www.wlrk.com/associates/</ref>. The firm is known for being a global leader in business law, regularly handling the largest and most complex transactions <ref>https://www.chambersandpartners.com/USA/firm/4210/wachtell-lipton-rosen-katz</ref>. The firm is also noted for having the highest profit per partner of any law firm in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wachtell_ppp_again_tops_global_100_at_4.35m_followed_by_quinn_emanuel_at_3/|title=Wachtell PPP Again Tops Global 100, at  $4.35M, Followed by Quinn Emanuel, at $3.62M|publisher=}}</ref>

== History ==
The firm was founded in 1965 by [[Herbert Wachtell]] and Jerry Kern, who were shortly afterwards joined by [[Martin Lipton]], [[Leonard Rosen]], and George Katz.<ref>[http://www1.excite.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,1173,00.html The Scoop: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz]</ref><ref name="Cole2008">{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Brett |year=2008 |chapter=Godfathers—Flom and Lipton |title=M&A Titans: The Pioneers Who Shaped Wall Street's Mergers and Acquisitions Industry |location= |publisher=Wiley |isbn=9780470126899 }}</ref> 

The firm rose to prominence during a time on [[Wall Street]] in which many brokers and investment bankers started their own small companies, but received little attention from established white-shoe law firms such as [[Sullivan & Cromwell]], [[Simpson Thacher & Bartlett]], and [[Cravath, Swaine & Moore]].<ref name="Cole2008" />

The firm is known for its skill in [[mergers and acquisitions]]. One of the founding partners, Martin Lipton, invented the so-called "[[poison pill]] defense" during the 1980s to foil [[takeover|hostile takeovers]]. Working both sides of the mergers and acquisitions game, Wachtell Lipton has represented blue-chip clients like [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[Pfizer]], and [[JP Morgan Chase]].<ref>[http://www.wlrk.com/Corporate/ Summary of corporate practice].</ref> The firm is also known for its skill in business [[litigation]], and has handled many of the precedent-setting [[Delaware]] corporate governance cases.

For many years, it has been the [[List of law firms by profits per partner|most profitable large law firm in the US]] on a per-partner basis according to the ''[[American Lawyer]]'s'' annual [[AmLaw 100 Survey]]. The firm also ranks at the top of other various surveys, including the ''Vault.com Associates Survey'', and was ranked as the Most Prestigious Law Firm to Work For by the AveryIndex.<ref>[http://www.averyindex.com/2007_best_work_prestigious.php 2007 Law Firm Rankings]</ref>

==Notable alumni==

*[[William T. Allen]], of counsel — former Chancellor of the [[Delaware Court of Chancery]]; [[NYU Law School]] professor
* [[Allison Christians]], associate — H. Heward Stikeman chair in Taxation: [[McGill University Faculty of Law]]
*[[Miguel Estrada]] — attorney and former judicial nominee
*[[Chaim Fortgang]], partner & former Head of the bankruptcy department - "involved in almost every headline bankruptcy of the [1990s] and beyond<ref>{{cite web | title=The Sunbeam Boys: In Big Bankruptcy Battle It's Chaim Fortgang Vs. Harvey Millers| url=http://www.observer.com/node/44042
| accessdate=April 17, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Wharton’s Inaugural Restructuring Conference | url=http://clubs.wharton.upenn.edu/wrc/conference/2005/WRCC_attendee_guide.pdf |format=PDF|publisher=Wharton’s Inaugural Restructuring Conference |page=4
| accessdate=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[Glenn Greenwald]], associate — political columnist and blogger<ref>Salon (2010). [http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/profile/ Glenn Greenwald]. Retrieved May 11, 2010.</ref>
* Lauryn P. Gouldin, associate — [[Syracuse University College of Law]] professor
* [[Maura R. Grossman]], of counsel — [[David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science]] professor at the [[University of Waterloo]], and [[electronic discovery]] attorney<ref>American Lawyer (2016). [http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202747505858/The-Wachtell-Way-of-EDiscovery The Wachtell Way of EDiscovery]. Retrieved June 16, 2016.</ref>
*[[Elizabeth Holtzman]], associate — former U.S. Representative and Brooklyn District Attorney
*[[Robert J Jackson Jr.|Robert J. Jackson, Jr.]], associate - [[Columbia Law School]] professor
*[[David Lat]], associate — blogger, [[Underneath Their Robes]] and [[Above the Law (blog)|Above the Law]]
*[[Robert Morgenthau]], of counsel - former [[New York County District Attorney]]<ref>New York Times (2010). [http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/wachtells-newest-hire-90-year-old-morgenthau/ Dealbook -  Wachtell’s Newest Hire: 90-Year-Old Morgenthau]. Retrieved May 11, 2010.</ref>
*[[Bernard Nussbaum]], partner — former [[White House Counsel]] to President [[Bill Clinton]]
*[[George Postolos]], associate — former President and CEO of [[Houston Rockets]]
*[[Samuel Rascoff]], associate  —[[NYU Law School]] professor
*[[Jed Rubenfeld]], associate — [[Yale Law School]] professor
*[[Andrew Schlafly]], associate — founder of [[Conservapedia]], General Counsel for [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Chen|first=Vivia|title=Shhh! Pro Bono's Not Just for Liberals Anymore|url=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1183712790326|work=The American Lawyer|accessdate=October 31, 2010|date=July 9, 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[White shoe firms]]
*[[Magic Circle (law)|The Magic Circle]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.wlrk.com/}}

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