Benjamin P. Collins-Wood is 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 TMT, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and consumer products. Mr. Collins-Wood has represented, among others, Carlyle, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Elliott, HarbourVest Partners, Stone Point Capital, Allergan, 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.