People / Elena Marchetti
Elena Marchetti is the firm's managing partner and chair of the M&A practice. She has led transactions with an aggregate value of more than $40 billion across financial services, technology, and industrial sectors. Her recent mandates include a going-private transaction for a NYSE-listed industrial consolidator and a cross-border carve-out requiring antitrust clearance in five jurisdictions.
Elena joined the firm in 1998 and became a partner in 2006. She clerked for the Second Circuit before private practice, and teaches a seminar on deal documentation at Columbia Law School.
Acted for the seller on the carve-out of a global industrial subsidiary, coordinating antitrust filings in five jurisdictions and negotiating a complex transition services agreement.
Closed in 11 months with unconditional clearance in all five jurisdictions.
Acted for the special committee in the going-private transaction of a NYSE-listed industrial consolidator, navigating concurrent securities class action litigation.
Closed at $52 per share, a 38% premium to unaffected price.
Structured a 50/50 joint venture between two pharmaceutical majors to develop and commercialize a late-stage oncology pipeline.
JV agreement signed in 7 months; first drug approval expected in 2026.