Steven J. Williams is a partner at Paul, Weiss, based in New York, and a key member of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Group. His practice areas include activism defense, asset management M&A, corporate governance, and industrials. Steven has extensive experience in public company transactions, private equity, venture capital transactions, and contested matters. Notable transactions include representing ADP in a proxy contest against Pershing Square, Angelo Gordon in its $2.7 billion sale to TPG, and IBM in its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat. Steven is recognized by The Legal 500 for his work in large M&A deals and shareholder activism, and he serves on the advisory board of the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance.
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