Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP

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  David H. Wollmuth

  Partner

  David H. Wollmuth is a founding member of the Firm and the Firm’s Managing Partner. Dave has unique and wide ranging experience in both litigating complex financial disputes and advising clients in credit, M&A and securities transactions. Because of his years of handling all types of corporate transactions, Dave is skilled at identifying structural and drafting issues which are pivotal in litigations involving such transactions and which may not be apparent to litigators who lack transactional experience. Dave has particular expertise in such areas as private equity, bond indentures, corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions and frequently handles both transactional and litigation matters in those areas.

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  William A. Maher

  Partner

  William Maher is a founding member of the Firm, and leads the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. In his more than 30 years of practice, Bill has had broad experience in litigating, arbitrating or mediating high-stakes commercial disputes, has tried numerous cases and arbitrations, and has argued appeals in both state and federal court. For the last 17 years, Bill has been recognized by Chambers USA (an independent evaluator of lawyers and law firms) as a leading lawyer for business disputes in New York. In 2024, Chambers USA quoted Bill’s clients as saying, "He is aggressive and fearless," and “[a]n exceptional litigator.” Chambers USA noted that Bill “is routinely engaged by financial institutions to handle diverse disputes in the MBS [mortgage-backed securities] arena, and also offers a broader commercial practice including experience in antitrust and M&A disputes.” Bill has been repeatedly recognized as a "SuperLawyer" in business litigation in New York.

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  Rory M. Deutsch

  Senior Counsel

  Rory Deutsch is head of the firm’s tax practice and counsel to the firm’s corporate and securities practice. Mr. Deutsch founded the firm, together with Messrs. Wollmuth and Maher in April 1998. Rory’s practice focuses on providing corporate and tax guidance to clients on domestic and international corporate transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, private equity and venture capital formation, acquisition and financing transactions, debt and equity financings, hedge fund representation, counseling of early-stage and middle-market companies, derivative transactions, structuring of executive employment and incentive compensation agreements, procurement of Internal Revenue Service private letter rulings and technical advice memoranda, and resolution of federal and state tax disputes. For more than 25 years, Rory has counseled business entities at all stages of development, their investors and their owners on complex legal matters that often bridge a number of practice areas. These entities come from a variety of industry groups including financial services, internet, banking, media, telecommunications, advertising, insurance, technology, biotechnology, financial technology, software and consumer products.

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