Zach Wittenberg is principally engaged in the practice of corporate and securities law, with a concentration in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance and corporate governance matters. Mr. Wittenberg regularly advises public companies on a wide variety of matters relating to securities regulation, corporate governance and other general corporate matters including with respect to SEC reporting and disclosure issues, stockholder meetings and proxy statements and proxy mechanics.
Mr. Wittenberg’s transactional experience includes serving as counsel to—
- a public utility company in a public merger valued at approximately $8.5 billion
- a public quick serve restaurant franchisor in a public merger valued at approximately $3 billion
- a public retailer in a going private sale to two private equity firms
- a European public retailer in its acquisition of a U.S. NYSE listed public company
- a European public company in its acquisition of a U.S. Nasdaq listed public company
- a European public company in its acquisition of a business unit from a U.S. NYSE listed public company
- a public chemical company in its sale of two business units
- a public chemical company in its acquisition of two specialty chemical businesses
- a public company in its acquisition of an application service provider
- a special purpose acquisition company in its acquisition of an alternative asset management firm
- a group of secured lenders in the restructuring of an independent network television broadcasting company.
Mr. Wittenberg earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1993 and his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law in 1996. He is a member of the District of Columbia and New York bars.