David M. Silk
Education
- State University of New York at Albany, B.S. 1985, magna cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D. 1988, cum laude, Order of the Coif (Member of the Editorial Board, University of Pennsylvania Law Review)
David M. Silk
David M. Silk joined Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in 1988 and became partner in the Corporate Department in 1995. His practice focuses on hostile and negotiated merger and acquisition transactions, private equity transactions, corporate governance, proxy contests, restructurings, joint ventures and securities laws. He represents public and private companies and private equity funds in a wide variety of industries.
Mr. Silk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, where he was a member of the editorial board of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He has lectured frequently on governance and transactional topics and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Law School teaching a course on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Silk is a member of the Corporate Laws Committee of the of the American Bar Association, a past chairman of the Corporation Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Select Publications
- Using ESG Tools to Help Combat Systemic Racism and Injustice,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, NYU Law School’s Blog on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, and Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, June 2020.
- Investor Advisory Committee Urges SEC to Advance Mandatory ESG Disclosures,
in Compliance & Enforcement, a blog of NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, May 28, 2020.
- Reopening to a New Normal: Considerations for Boards,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 19, 2020.
- Key ESG Considerations in the Crisis,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, April 21, 2020.
- U.K. and EU Regulators Move Ahead on ESG Disclosures and Benchmarks,
in Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, April 16, 2020.
- ESG Disclosures and Litigation Concerns,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 7, 2020.
- Professor Bebchuk's Errant Attack on Stakeholder Governance,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 4, 2020.
- ESG Disclosures - Considerations for Companies,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 3, 2020.
- The Coming Impact of ESG on M&A,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, February 20, 2020.
- Accelerating ESG Disclosure - WEF Task Force Releases Preliminary Framework Centered on Mainstream Reporting Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, February 10, 2020.
- Accelerating ESG Disclosure - BlackRock Nudges Companies Toward a Common Standard (SASB + TCFD),
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, January 18, 2020.
- ESG and Sustainability: The Board's Role,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, June 29, 2018.
- An ESG Setback? DOL Sounds Cautionary Tone on ESG-Related Proxy Voting, Shareholder Engagement, and Economically Targeted Investments,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 2, 2018.
- Responding to Pushback, New York Regulators Revise Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations,
in Compliance & Enforcement, a blog of NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, January 18, 2017.
- With Cybercrime on the Rise, Financial Regulators Advance Stricter Cybersecurity Regulations,
in Compliance & Enforcement, a blog of NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, October 28, 2016.