Igor Kirman

Education
- Yale University, B.A. 1993, magna cum laude
- Columbia Law School, J.D. 1996, (Notes Editor, Columbia Law Review)
Igor Kirman
Igor Kirman is a partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, activism and takeover defense, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has advised public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, cross-border deals, shareholder activism, takeover defenses and corporate governance matters.
Mr. Kirman is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and has written articles in numerous professional publications on topics relating to mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He has been frequently recognized for achievement by professional organizations such as Chambers and Partners, Lawdragon, New York Superlawyers, Who’s Who Legal and Best Lawyers in America. He was twice named as Dealmaker of the Year by American Lawyer (2006 and 2015).
Mr. Kirman is the author of a book, “M&A and Private Equity Confidentiality Agreements” (Thomson Reuters). He is the chair of the Practising Law Institute’s annual “Doing Deals” program and is an appointed member of the American Bar Association’s Corporate Laws Committee, which is responsible for revising the Model Business Corporation Act. He also teaches a course on M&A as a clinical lecturer at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School.
Mr. Kirman received a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics magna cum laude from Yale University in 1993. He completed his J.D. at Columbia Law School in 1996, where he was notes editor of the Columbia Law Review. He is involved in a number of civic institutions, including as a trustee of the Trinity School; a director of Renew Democracy Initiatives (RDI); President of the Board of The Bromley Condominium; and member of the advisory boards of the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. He was born in Ukraine and speaks Russian.
Select Publications
- Takeover Law and Practice: Current Developments,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 3, 2023.
- Mergers and Acquisitions—2023,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 8, 2023.
- Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season in the Era of Universal Proxy,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, November 14, 2022.
- Private Equity – 2021 Year in Review and 2022 Outlook,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 9, 2022.
- Mergers and Acquisitions - 2022,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, January 27, 2022.
- Lessons from TEGNA’s Second Straight Proxy Fight Win,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 13, 2021.
- Private Equity – Year in Review and 2021 Outlook,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 6, 2021.
- Contested Virtual Shareholder Meetings: A New Frontier,
in The M&A Lawyer, Volume 25 Issue 2, February 2021.
- The Next Frontier for Representations and Warranties Insurance: Public M&A Deals?,
in M&A Lawyer, Volume 24 Issue 9, October 2020.
- The Resurgence of SPACs: Observations and Considerations,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, August 22, 2020.
- Representations and Warranties Insurance in Public M&A Deals,
in Practical Law, July 2020.
- Lessons from the Future - The First Contested Virtual Meeting,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 9, 2020.
- What to Say on Your Next Earnings Call in the Time of Covid-19: Providing Insights, Disclosing Scenarios and Managing Risks,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, April 23, 2020.
- Disclosure Issues Relating to Covid-19,
in Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, March 31, 2020.
- M&A and Private Equity Confidentiality Agreements: A Detailed Guide to Drafting and Negotiating,
Thomson Rueters, 2018.
- Expert Q&A on Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions,
in Practical Law, October/November 2019.
- Contingent Value Rights (CVRs),
in Practical Law, 2019.