Benjamin P. Collins-Wood

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Benjamin P. Collins-Wood is a partner and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Private ... Read Full Biography

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Beyond IEEPA: The Administration’s Tariff Playbook
25 February 2026

Catherine Amirfar
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Benjamin P. Collins-Wood
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Satish M. Kini
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Daniel Priest
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Laura Sinisterra
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Robert T. Dura
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Sarah R. Jacobson
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Julianne J. Marley
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Ashika Singh
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Nicole A. Marton
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Christel Y. Tham
The FDIC’s Proposed Bank Merger Guidance: Proposing a Perilous Path for Large Bank (and Nonbank) Merger Transactions
27 March 2024

Gregory V. Gooding
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Ted Hassi
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Morgan J. Hayes
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Matthew E. Kaplan
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Gregory J. Lyons
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Benjamin P. Collins-Wood
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Adam C. Saunders

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Benjamin P. Collins-Wood is a partner and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Private Funds Transactions Groups. His practice focuses on advising public and private companies, in particular private equity clients, in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate matters, including private equity buyouts, cross-border transactions, corporate carve-outs, joint control transactions, joint ventures, debt and equity investments, restructurings, continuation funds and fund secondaries. Mr. Collins-Wood practices across a wide-range of industries, including asset management, financial services, healthcare, TMT, industrials and consumer products. Mr. Collins-Wood has represented, among others, Carlyle, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Elliott Investment Management, HarbourVest Partners, Stone Point Capital, Allergan, The CRC Group, Hospital Corporation of America and Dover Corporation.From 2013 to 2017, Mr. Collins-Wood was resident in Debevoise's London office, where he worked extensively on international mergers and acquisitions and other cross-border transactions.Mr. Collins-Wood joined Debevoise in 2013. Mr. Collins-Wood received his J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University School of Law cum laude in 2013. He received a B.A. summa cum laude and with distinction from the University of Washington in 2009, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Prior to coming to the firm, Mr. Collins-Wood worked at BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009 as a member of the alternative investment risk team for its $20 billion fund of funds platform.