Frank Aquila, Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell

Today, my guest is Frank Aquila, a Partner at Sullivan & Cromwell who has a broad multidisciplinary practice that includes extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.

He has been engaged in many high profile matters that include activism, cross-border transactions, leveraged buyouts, proxy contests and unsolicited bids as an adviser to global leaders such as Amgen, Andeavor, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Avon, Cheniere Energy, Diageo, Diebold Nixdorf, International Airlines Group, Kraft, Navistar International and United Rentals. He also regularly counsels boards of directors and board committees on corporate governance, crisis management and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. Frank holds a JD from Brooklyn Law School and an AB from Columbia University.