C. Allen Parker is Cravath’s Deputy Presiding Partner. Mr. Parker has extensive experience in a broad range of finance, banking and related matters, including syndicated loan transactions, acquisition financings and leveraged recapitalizations, as well as experience in a broad range of corporate advisory matters. His clients have included JPMorgan Chase, Citicorp, DreamWorks Animation and Permira.
Mr. Parker has been repeatedly cited as one of the country’s preeminent practitioners in banking and finance by, among others, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2007 through 2011; Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2007 through 2011; The Legal 500 from 2007 through 2011; The Best Lawyers in America from 2007 through 2012; Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America; IFLR1000: The World’s Leading Financial Law Firms in 2011 and 2012; The International Who’s Who of Banking Lawyers; and PLC Which Lawyer? In addition, Cravath’s banking and finance practice received the highest ranking by Chambers for its “incredible quality of legal advice.” Mr. Parker serves as a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as a member of the City Bar’s Corporation Law Committee and as a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Mr. Parker was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from Duke University in 1977, an M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1980 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Columbia Law School in 1983, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review. After a clerkship with Hon. Amalya Kearse of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, he joined Cravath in 1984 and became a partner in 1990. He was elected Deputy Presiding Partner in October 2006. Mr. Parker also serves as the Chair of the Firm’s Diversity Committee and has previously served as the Head of the Corporate Department and as the Department’s Managing Partner.
Mr. Parker may be reached by phone at 212-474-1765 or by email at aparker@cravath.com.