DEMETRIUS WARRICK focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, and general corporate law. He provides comprehensive legal counsel to both public and private clients on a wide array of corporate matters, including strategic acquisitions, divestitures, auctions, strategic investments, reorganizations, financial advisor engagements, and joint ventures. Demetrius also represents private equity sponsors and other private capital investors, as well as their portfolio companies, in connection with complex transactions including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and general corporate matters.
In addition, Demetrius has extensive experience representing companies in matters related to shareholder activism, takeover preparedness, unsolicited proposals, contested proxy solicitations, and other contests for corporate control.
His work has gained him recognition in various industry publications. Demetrius has been ranked in Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” lawyer in New York Corporate M&A: Takeover Defense (2024) and was named one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers” for M&A – Sports (2025). He was listed as a “Notable Black Leader” by Crain’s New York Business (2024), a “Rising Star” by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (2023), and a “Diversity Initiative Winner” by the New York Law Journal (2023).