Career
Described by The Financial Times as āone 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 worldās top āM&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 worldās leading lawyers, including as a three-time AmLaw āDealmaker of the Year,ā a āTop 10 Legal Innovator in North Americaā by The Financial Times, Best Lawyers in Americaās Corporate Governance āLawyer of the Year,ā Atlas Awardās āGlobal M&A Lawyer of the Year,ā Whoās Who Legal , National Law Journalās āM&A Trailblazer,ā three-time Law360 MVP, NACD āDirectorship 100,ā two-time winner of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, ABAās āLegal Rebelā and a BTI Elite MVP All-Star. S&Cās Senior M&A Partner who has served on the Firmās Management Committee, as Global Head of M&A and Co-Managing Partner of S&Cās General Practice Group.
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