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About
Provided by Francis J Aquila
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Healthcare & Life Sciences; Consumer & Retail; Crisis Management; ESG; Intellectual Property & Technology; M&A Financial Advisory; Restructuring
Career
Described by The Financial Times as “one of the most influential and high-profile M&A and corporate lawyers in the U.S.” 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 “M&A lawyers leading the way today” in 2021. Frank has been called upon by global leaders such as Amgen, Andeavor, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Baxter, Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, 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, ESG, 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 M&A lawyers, including as a three-time AmLaw “Dealmaker of the Year,” Best Lawyers in America’s Corporate Governance “Lawyer of the Year,” Atlas Award’s “Global M&A Lawyer of the Year,” Who’s Who Legal for M&A/Corporate Governance, National Law Journal’s “M&A Trailblazer,” three-time Law360 MVP, NACD “Directorship 100,” two-time winner of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, ABA’s “Legal Rebel” and a BTI Elite MVP All-Star. S&C’s Senior M&A Partner and has served on the Firm’s Management Committee, as Global Head of the M&A Practice and as co-managing partner of S&C’s General Practice Group.
Personal
Brooklyn Law School (JD, 1983); Columbia University (AB, 1979).
Chambers Review
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Francis Aquila possesses a great wealth of expertise that extends across high-profile M&A and corporate governance issues in a broad variety of industries.
Francis Aquila possesses a great wealth of expertise that extends across high-profile M&A and corporate governance issues in a broad variety of industries.
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"He's an extraordinary counselor and human being."
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"Frank is phenomenal. He's extremely responsive, very engaged and delivers high-quality work."
"Frank is a magnificent public M&A attorney."
"He's an extraordinary counselor and human being."
"Frank is the best lawyer I've ever worked with. He's smart, very practical and always available. I couldn't give him any higher grades."
"Frank is phenomenal. He's extremely responsive, very engaged and delivers high-quality work."
"Frank is a magnificent public M&A attorney."
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