David E. Kahan is Of Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he served as a partner in the firm’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Department for 17 years. Mr. Kahan is active in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice, focusing on the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of transactions. He also advises companies on executive compensation and related corporate governance matters. Mr. Kahan has authored many articles on executive compensation topics, is active in various professional and community organizations, and is a past chair of the executive compensation and nonqualified plans subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association.

Mr. Kahan received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2000, where he served on the Columbia Law Review. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Katzmann of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit during the 2001-2002 term.