Linklaters LLP

Corporate M&A

Global Chairman of Corporate

George is Linklaters' Global Chairman of Corporate based in New York. He is recognized as one of the leading M&A practitioners and regularly advises Boards of Directors and management of major companies on strategic M&A transactions, corporate governance, ESG and shareholder relations issues.

George has extensive experience in U.S. domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, ranging from public company deals to complex carve-out sales, spin-offs, acquisitions, strategic investments and joint venture transactions, representing many of the largest U.S. and non-U.S. corporate and investment banking clients.

George combines a very diverse transactional experience with a deep understanding of clients’ businesses across the chemicals, industrials, healthcare, mining and metals, media, cable, technology and telecommunications industries, representing leading multinational corporate clients and sovereign wealth funds.

George has been inducted by Legal 500 into the Corporate/M&A “Hall of Fame,” one of 21 M&A lawyers across the United States who were awarded this recognition and was named a “Dealmaker of the Year” and “Transatlantic Corporate Dealmaker” by the American Lawyer for his transactional work. George has been included in the 2023 Legal 500 M&A Powerlist: USA and was named by clients as one of nine M&A “Super All-Stars” in the 2021 survey of US M&A lawyers by BTI Consulting.

In addition to his work with clients, George is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he teaches a course on Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a regular lecturer on U.S. M&A at l’ École de Droit de la Sorbonne – Université Paris, and a contributing editor of the inaugural Chambers’ Technology M&A Global Practice Guide.

George serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Audit Committee of the American University and American College of Greece, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a Washington DC think tank.

George holds a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law where he graduated cum laude and a Diploma in International Law (with Honours) from the University of Kyiv.