Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson, a senior managing director, heads the global Activism/Raid Defense practice and the Strategic M&A, Defense & Shareholder Advisory team.

Mr. Anderson advises companies worldwide across all industries in connection with M&A, activism/raid defense, special committee situations, corporate governance issues, cross-border transactions, contested shareholder situations and preparing for hostile activity.

Mr. Anderson has advised on M&A transactions with a market value of over $1 trillion. Notable M&A and spinoff transactions include Anadarko/Occidental Petroleum, Aerojet Rocketdyne/L3Harris, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Celgene, Chevron/Hess, CoreLogic/Stone Point, Foot Locker/Dick’s Sporting Goods, Grubhub/Just Eat Takeaway.com, Jazz/GW Pharmaceuticals, Medivation/Sanofi, Nuance/Microsoft, MTS Systems/Amphenol, PGT Innovations/MITER Brands, Pinnacle Foods/Conagra Brands, Synopsys/Ansys, United Technologies/Raytheon, US Steel/Nippon Steel, WageWorks/HealthEquity and Whole Foods/Amazon.com.

Mr. Anderson pioneered the practice of activism defense and has advised over 500 companies facing activists or strategic raids, including many of the largest proxy fights and raid defenses over the past two decades.

Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Anderson led Goldman Sachs defense practice and served as an M&A partner, was an M&A attorney for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, was a CPA for Coopers & Lybrand and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a member of Evercore’s Leadership Committee.

Mr. Anderson earned a Juris Doctor (magna cum laude and Order of the Coif) and a B.S.B.A. in accounting and history (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University. Mr. Anderson is the chairman of the Board of Trustees for Catholic Charities of New York.