Richard Hall is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s Merger and Acquisition practice. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance advice.
Mr. Hall’s clients have included Air Products & Chemicals, Archer-Daniel-Midland Company, Anglo American plc, Barrick Gold Corporation, Cigna Corp., Edison International, Integrys Energy Group, Time Warner Inc., The Home Depot and Weyerhaeuser Company.
Mr. Hall has also acted on behalf of Time Warner Inc. on M&A and regular corporate matters, including the recent separations of Time Warner Cable and AOL. He also represented Banco Santander SA, as part of a consortium that also included Fortis NV and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, in connection with its acquisition of ABN Amro Holding NV.
Mr. Hall was cited as being one of the country’s leading practitioners in the mergers and acquisitions arena by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2010. In addition, Cravath’s mergers and acquisitions practice received a high ranking by Chambers for being “knowledgeable and responsive, with excellent levels of service”. He was recognized by The Legal 500 for his skill in mergers and acquisitions in 2010. Mr. Hall was also recognized in the 2007 edition of The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers as a leader in corporate governance and a “Most Highly Regarded Individual” in mergers and acquisitions. Recently, Mr. Hall was named in The Best Lawyers in America in 2009 and 2010 as a leader in mergers and acquisitions law and The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers 2010. Additionally, he co-authored the U.S. section of The Merger and Acquisitions Review.
Mr. Hall was born in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Hall received a B.Comm. with honors in 1984, and an LL.B. with honors in 1986 from the University of Melbourne, and an LL.M. from Harvard University in 1988. He joined Cravath in 1988 and became a partner in 1996.
Mr. Hall may be reached by phone at 212-474-1293 or by email at rhall@cravath.com.