Neil Whoriskey

Neil Whoriskey recently joined Milbank as a partner in its New York office. Previous to joining Milbank, Whoriskey served as co-chair of Cleary Gottlieb’s M&A practice and co-chair of its corporate governance practice. Whoriskey has advised private equity and corporate clients on a broad range of deals over 30 years. These included Daewoo Motors in its sale to General Motors, Western Digital’s $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk, and McDonald’s in the disposition of assets in Latin America and China. He has also worked on matters for Carlyle Global Partners, ABB, América Móvil, American Tower, and OpenText. Whoriskey has advised numerous corporate clients in contesting activist campaigns, and has authored a number of published articles on the topic.