Eric Swedenburg is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where he specializes in representing corporations, private equity firms and financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions transactions and corporate governance matters.

Recent transactions on which Mr. Swedenburg has worked include representing Wyeth in its sale to Pfizer, Nets Sports and Entertainment and Forest City Ratner Companies in their strategic partnership with Mikhail Prokhorov for the sale of control of the New Jersey Nets and development of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, New York, the independent directors of Anheuser-Busch in responding to the unsolicited proposal from, and ultimate sale to, InBev, the KKR-led consortium in its investment in Harman International, the board of directors of Dow Jones in connection with its unsolicited proposal from, and ultimate sale to, News Corp., The Blackstone Group in its acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust (prevailing against a deal jump by Vornado Realty), McKesson in its acquisition of Per-Se Technologies, members of the Mays family in the sale of Clear Channel to a private equity consortium, Neiman Marcus in its sale to a private equity consortium, Washington Mutual in its acquisition of Providian Financial Corporation and the group led by Forest City Ratner Companies in the acquisition of The New Jersey Nets.  Other notable transactions have included representing The New York Times in connection with a proxy contest, Seagram in its business combination with Vivendi and Canal Plus and America Online in its merger with Time Warner.

Mr. Swedenburg received his J.D. in 1999 from Cornell Law School, where he was a member of Order of the Coif and a Member and Managing Editor of the Cornell Law Review, and his B.S. in 1993 from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Publications

•	Rights Plans Offer Special Benefits for Companies Whose Market Capitalization Has Declined to $500 Million or Below
•	RiskMetrics Policy Updates Suggest Increased Risk of Withhold/Against Vote Due to Poor Performance
•	Majority Voting in Director Elections: A Look Back and A Look Ahead
•	Recent Developments in Financing-Related Provisions in Leveraged Buyouts

Admissions

•	New York 2000

Education

•	Cornell Law School, 1999 J.D. Order of the Coif; Cornell Law Review, Managing Editor, 1999-2000
•	University of Virginia, B.S.