Profile: Herbert M Wachtell

Commercial Litigation

Biography: Commercial Litigation

Mr Wachtell is a founding and senior partner of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. He is a graduate of New York University (1952) and its Law School (1954), has a Masters of Law degree from the Harvard University School of Law (1955) and has represented a wide range of clients in major commercial litigations throughout the United States, including extensive appearances in Federal and State appellate courts. He is a member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation.