Biography • Corporate Governance

Martin Lipton, a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specialises in advising major corporations on mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. He has written and lectured extensively on these subjects. Mr Lipton is chairman of the board of trustees of New York University, a trustee of the New York University School of Law (chairman 1988-98), a member of the Council of the American Law Institute, and a director of the Institute of Judicial Administration. In 1976 Mr Lipton authored Corporate Takeovers: Tender Offers and Freezeouts, American Bar Association National Institute on Corporate Takeovers. In 1982 Mr Lipton created the Shareholders Rights Plan ("Poison Pill") which has been described by Professor Ronald Gilson of the Columbia and Stanford Law Schools as "the most important innovation in corporate law since Samuel Dodd invented the trust for John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil in 1879." In 1992 Mr Lipton served on the sub-council on corporate governance and financial markets of the United States Competiveness Policy Council, which resulted in his co-authoring - with his fellow member of the sub-council, Professor Jay Lorsch of Harvard Business School - an article, "A Modest Proposal for Improved Corporate Governance", which became the template for much of the basic corporate governance principles that were adopted in the 1990s. Mr Lipton served as counsel to the New York Stock Exchange committee on market structure, governance and ownership (1999-2000), as counsel to, and member of, its committee on corporate accountability and listing standards (corporate governance) (2002) and as chairman of its legal advisory committee (2002-04). Mr Lipton is a member of the executive committee of the Partnership for New York City and served as its co-chair (2004-06). Mr Lipton has a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an LLB from New York University School of Law. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a trustee of the Economic Club of New York, a member of the International Advisory Council of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, and a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Biography • Mergers and Acquisitions

Martin Lipton, a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializes in advising major corporations on mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. Lipton is chairman of the board of trustees of New York University, a trustee of the New York University School of Law (chairman 1988-1998), an emeritus member of the Council of the American Law Institute and a director of the Institute of Judicial Administration. Lipton is a member of the executive committee of the Partnership for New York City and served as its co-chair (2004-2006). Lipton has a BS in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an LLB from the New York University School of Law. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a trustee of the Economic Club of New York, a member of the International Advisory Council of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University and a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.