Mitchell Presser

Mitchell is a partner in our New York office and the head of our US M&A practice.

Mitchell focuses on global business transactions, including M&A and leveraged buyouts, for international corporations and financial institutions.

Mitchell gained his extensive skills and knowledge through wide experience on both sides of transactions, advisor and principal. From 2006 to 2013, he was a founding partner of Paine and Partners LLC, a private equity firm managing a $1.2bn fund focused on investing in food and agribusiness. Previously, Mitchell was a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he concentrated on mergers & acquisitions, private equity, leveraged buyouts, corporate governance and securities law matters.

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Corporate and 2) Mergers and Acquisitions
Law School Yale Law School (J.D.,1989)
Education New York University (B.S.)
Bar Member / Association New York State Bar Association
Most recent firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-presser-95ab5bb
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