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23 Years Ranked

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Provided by Francis J Aquila

USA

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions; Consumer & Retail; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; ESG; Healthcare & Life Sciences; Intellectual Property & Technology; M&A Financial Advisory and Valuation; Restructuring; Technology

Career

Described by The Financial Times as ā€œone of the most influential and high-profile M&A and corporate lawyers in the U.S.ā€ Profiled by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top dealmakers of 2019 and 2018 and by Insider as one of the world’s top ā€œM&A lawyers leading the way todayā€ in 2021. Frank has been called upon by global leaders including Amgen, Andeavor, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Baxter, Biohaven, Bosch, Canadian Pacific, Cheniere, Cornerstone Building Brands, Diageo, Diebold Nixdorf, Gamestop, Haleon, International Airline Group, Kering, Kraft, Navistar, Novartis, Subway, Tiffany & Co. and United Rentals to advise them and their boards on M&A, corporate governance, activism, proxy contests, unsolicited bids, ransomware attacks, short squeezes, crisis management and a range of matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. Consistently recognized as one of the world’s leading lawyers, including as a three-time AmLaw ā€œDealmaker of the Year,ā€ a ā€œTop 10 Legal Innovator in North Americaā€ by The Financial Times, Best Lawyers in America’s Corporate Governance ā€œLawyer of the Year,ā€ Atlas Award’s ā€œGlobal M&A Lawyer of the Year,ā€ Who’s Who Legal , National Law Journal’s ā€œM&A Trailblazer,ā€ three-time Law360 MVP, NACD ā€œDirectorship 100,ā€ two-time winner of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, ABA’s ā€œLegal Rebelā€ and a BTI Elite MVP All-Star. S&C’s Senior M&A Partner who has served on the Firm’s Management Committee, as Global Head of M&A and Co-Managing Partner of S&C’s General Practice Group.

Personal

Brooklyn Law School (JD); Columbia University (AB).

Professional Memberships

Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity; Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association; Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Brooklyn Law School; Trustee (former Chairman) of The NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education; Director and Secretary of National Theatre in America

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Francis Aquila possesses a wealth of expertise that extends across high-profile M&A and corporate governance issues in a broad variety of industries.

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Francis J Aquila

Global Practice Guide
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Frank Aquila
Article • May 2025
Global Practice Guide
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Article • Mar 2025

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