Profile: Andrew R Brownstein
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Law Firm: | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz |
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| Office: |
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street 10019 |
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| City: | New York | |
| State: | New York | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Tel: | +1 212 403 1233 | |
| Fax: | +1 212 403 2233 | |
| Email: | arbrownstein@wlrk.com |
Mergers and Acquisitions
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Andrew R Brownstein has been a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz since 1985. His practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, leveraged buyouts, corporate governance and securities law matters. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm's corporate group.Mr Brownstein has been a leading participant in numerous precedent-setting transactions including the takeover defence of Household International, and of Revlon. Mr Brownstein advised long-time client Phillips Petroleum in its merger with Conoco; advised ConocoPhillips with respect to its investment in the Russian oil company OAO Lukoil; its US$35 billion acquisition of Burlington Resources; and its joint ventures with Encana. Other notable transactions include his representation of Schering Plough in its acquisition of Organon; Novartis in its acquisitions of Chiron and Eon; SuperValu in its acquisition of Alberson's; Sears in the sale of its credit business to Citigroup and in its merger with Kmart; Amoco in its merger with British Petroleum Corporation; and Reynolds in its merger with Alcoa. Mr Brownstein is also active in the technology area, having represented, among others, BEA in its merger with Oracle, and HotJobs.com in its merger with Yahoo!. Mr Brownstein also represents several leading private equity investors, including Apollo Advisors, Merrill Lynch and Warburg, Pincus & Co.
Mr Brownstein is a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Harvard Law Review. He holds an MBA degree (1976) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and also has undergraduate degrees in English and Economics (1975) from the University of Pennsylvania. Following law school, Mr Brownstein clerked for the Honourable Leonard I Garth of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr Brownstein is a frequent author and lecturer on legal subjects. He has been an adjunct professor of Securities Law at Rutgers University Law School; he was the chairman of the Ray Garrett Jr Corporate and Securities Law institute at Northwestern University School of Law in 1998 and 1999; and he continues to serve on the executive planning committee of that institute. For many years Mr Brownstein has been co-chairman of the Annual M&A Lawyers Institute held in New York City.
Mr Brownstein lives in New York City with his wife and two children. He is active in numerous civic and charitable organisations and is president of the board of trustees of the Trinity School in New York City and a member of the board of directors of the New York City Public Art Fund. Mr Brownstein enjoys bicycling, skiing and collecting contemporary art.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.
Corporate Governance
Biography: Corporate Governance
Andrew R Brownstein has been a partner at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz since 1985. His practice concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, leveraged buyouts, corporate governance and securities law matters.Mr Brownstein has been a leading participant in numerous precedent-setting transactions including: the takeover defences of Household International, Phillips Petroleum Company, Revlon Inc and Universal Foods; and the complex restructurings of WR Grace & Co's medical services and packaging divisions in successive Morris Trust transactions with Fresenius AG and Sealed Air Corporation. He advised Phillips Petroleum Company in its merger with Conoco Inc; and ConocoPhillips with respect to its investment in OAO Lukoil, its acquisition of Burlington Resources and its joint ventures with Encana. He represented SuperValu in its acquisition of Albertson's, Sears in its merger with Kmart, Amoco Corporation in its merger with British Petroleum Company plc and Reynolds Metals Company in its merger with Alcoa Inc. He is also active in the technology area having represented, among others, Reynolds and Reynolds in its merger with UCS, Packard BioScience Company in its merger with PerkinElmer, Inc and HotJobs.com Ltd in its merger with Yahoo!. Mr Brownstein also represents several leading private equity investors, including Apollo Advisors LP, Merrill Lynch and Warburg, Pincus & Co Inc.
Mr Brownstein is a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Harvard Law Review. He holds an MBA degree (1976) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and also has undergraduate degrees in English and economics (1975) from the University of Pennsylvania. Following law school, Mr Brownstein clerked for the Hon Leonard I Garth of the US Court of Appeals for the third circuit.
Mr Brownstein is a frequent author and lecturer on legal subjects. He has been an adjunct professor of securities law at Rutgers University Law School, is past chairman of the Ray Garrett Jr Corporate and Securities Law Institute at Northwestern University School of Law and is on the executive planning committee of that institute. He is also chairman of the Annual M&A Lawyers Institute held in New York City.
Mr Brownstein lives in New York City with his wife and two children. He is active in numerous civic and charitable organisations and is president of the board of trustees of the Trinity School in New York City and a member of the board of directors of the New York City Public Art Fund.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.