Ben Roth, Partner at Wachtell Lipton

Today, my guest is Ben Roth, a Partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Ben’s practice focuses on advising boards of directors, management teams and financial sponsors in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, capital markets transactions, including IPOs and spinoffs and other forms of securities offerings, and general corporate governance, ESG, and securities law matters, including proxy fights and activism preparedness and defense. 

Ben has advised a broad range of public and private companies and financial sponsors in the United States and abroad in a variety of industries, including technology, health care, pharmaceuticals, retail, energy, industrials and financial institutions.

During his spare time, Ben started the Wachtell Lipton Running Club and is an avid runner himself, having completed 3 marathons and 25 half-marathons. Ben holds a BS from Georgetown and a JD from Stanford Law School.