Waajid Siddiqui

Waajid Siddiqui is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York.

Waajid maintains a broad-based M&A practice that is focused on representing a variety of corporate clients, including an emphasis on upstream and downstream oil & gas M&A and acquisition and divesture of lending and leasing platforms and portfolios of financial assets. His advisory work includes representation of major international companies and financial institutions. Prior to becoming a private-practice lawyer, he was a senior counsel with a large integrated energy company where he worked on cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions. His representations in the industrial sector include a number of significant manufacturing and petrochemical transactions.

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Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Mergers and Acquisitions and 2) Energy
Law School Tulane University Law School (J.D.)
Education Tulane University (M.B.A.);Brown University (A.B., 1985)
Bar Member / Association New York State Bar Association,District of Columbia State Bar Association
Most recent firm Shearman & Sterling
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