Daniel A. Neff - Lawyer in New York, NY

Daniel A. Neff is the co-chairman of the Executive Committeeand partner in the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen Katz, which he joinedin 1977. He is a corporate andsecurities lawyer, and has focused on mergers and acquisitions and advice toboards of directors and board committees. Throughout his career, Mr. Neff has been extensively involved innegotiated as well as hostile acquisitions, and has represented bidders andtargets, public and private companies, private equity firms, leveragedacquirers and special committees of directors. He has represented companies in divestitures, cross-border transactionsand proxy contests, and has counseled managements and boards of directorsconcerning acquisition matters, responses to shareholder activism, conflicttransactions, corporate governance and other significant issues.

Among the significant matters he has handled are thesuccessful defense of Airgas against a hostile takeover bid by Air Products andChemicals (2009-2011), the sale of Airgas to LAir Liquide S.A. and the $130billion acquisition by Verizon Communications of the 45% interest in VerizonWireless owned by Vodafone plc. Mr. Neffhas represented clients in a broad range of industries.