Gregory E. Ostling is a corporate partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate and securities law matters. Mr. Ostling has been involved in many major domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, divestitures, public offerings and proxy contests. He also frequently advises, speaks and writes on the new corporate governance requirements adopted in recent years and their implications for public companies and merger and acquisition transactions.

Mr. Ostling received a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1991 and a M.A. in Educational Theory from Columbia University’s Teachers College in 1992. He received a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law in 1998, where he was a Kent Scholar and a Teaching Fellow.

Mr. Ostling was recently selected to be included in The Deal's "Movers & Shakers" issue.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Ostling was a college professor in Taiwan and a professional soccer player.