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Erik R.
Tavzel

Retired Partner

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Erik R. Tavzel retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in June 2022. As a partner, Mr. Tavzel focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, including both consensual and hostile matters, as well as other strategic corporate transactions. Mr. Tavzel also routinely represented public companies and boards of directors regarding activist defense and complex corporate governance matters.

Mr. Tavzel was born in Washington, D.C. He received an S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998.

Mr. Tavzel joined Cravath in 1998 and was elected a partner in 2005.

Mr. Tavzel was born in Washington, D.C. He received an S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998.

Mr. Tavzel joined Cravath in 1998 and was elected a partner in 2005.

Education

  • J.D., 1998, University of Michigan Law School
    cum laude
  • S.B., 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Erik R. Tavzel retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in June 2022. As a partner, Mr. Tavzel focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, including both consensual and hostile matters, as well as other strategic corporate transactions. Mr. Tavzel also routinely represented public companies and boards of directors regarding activist defense and complex corporate governance matters.

Mr. Tavzel was born in Washington, D.C. He received an S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998.

Mr. Tavzel joined Cravath in 1998 and was elected a partner in 2005.

Mr. Tavzel was born in Washington, D.C. He received an S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1998.

Mr. Tavzel joined Cravath in 1998 and was elected a partner in 2005.

Education

  • J.D., 1998, University of Michigan Law School
    cum laude
  • S.B., 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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