Four Decades for Justice
Allen Finkelson retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in December 2011. Mr. Finkelson’s practice focused on mergers and acquisitions. His clients included Bristol‑Myers Squibb, Chevron, Clorox, CBS, IBM, Sprint Nextel, UAL and the independent directors of Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
Mr. Finkelson was involved with a number of significant transactions including representing Chevron in connection with its competition with CNOOC to acquire Unocal; Patina Oil & Gas in its acquisition by Noble Energy; Grant Prideco in its acquisition by National Oilwell Varco; the Board of MCI in connection with the competing takeover bids from Verizon and Qwest; Sprint in its merger with Nextel; Clorox in its repurchase of its shares from Henkel; CBS in its merger with Viacom; IBM in its unsolicited acquisition of Lotus and its acquisition of numerous other software companies; NTT DoCoMo in restructuring its strategic investment in AT&T Wireless; Dean Witter in its merger with Morgan Stanley; Boeing in its merger with McDonnell Douglas and its acquisition of the aerospace and defense business of Rockwell; and Wells Fargo in its unsolicited acquisition of First Interstate.
Mr. Finkelson is a member of the Board of Directors of Range Resources Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange‑listed independent oil and gas company.
Mr. Finkelson had been repeatedly cited as one of the country’s preeminent practitioners in mergers and acquisitions by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America, PLC Cross‑border Handbook, PLC Which Lawyer?, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers.
Mr. Finkelson was born in New York, New York. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from St. Lawrence University in 1968, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1971, where he was an Editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Mr. Finkelson joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977. In 1983, he left Cravath to be a Managing Director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers, and returned to the Firm in 1985.
Mr. Finkelson was involved with a number of significant transactions including representing Chevron in connection with its competition with CNOOC to acquire Unocal; Patina Oil & Gas in its acquisition by Noble Energy; Grant Prideco in its acquisition by National Oilwell Varco; the Board of MCI in connection with the competing takeover bids from Verizon and Qwest; Sprint in its merger with Nextel; Clorox in its repurchase of its shares from Henkel; CBS in its merger with Viacom; IBM in its unsolicited acquisition of Lotus and its acquisition of numerous other software companies; NTT DoCoMo in restructuring its strategic investment in AT&T Wireless; Dean Witter in its merger with Morgan Stanley; Boeing in its merger with McDonnell Douglas and its acquisition of the aerospace and defense business of Rockwell; and Wells Fargo in its unsolicited acquisition of First Interstate.
Mr. Finkelson is a member of the Board of Directors of Range Resources Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange‑listed independent oil and gas company.
Mr. Finkelson had been repeatedly cited as one of the country’s preeminent practitioners in mergers and acquisitions by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America, PLC Cross‑border Handbook, PLC Which Lawyer?, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers.
Mr. Finkelson was born in New York, New York. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from St. Lawrence University in 1968, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1971, where he was an Editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Mr. Finkelson joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977. In 1983, he left Cravath to be a Managing Director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers, and returned to the Firm in 1985.
Allen Finkelson retired from Cravath’s Corporate Department in December 2011. Mr. Finkelson’s practice focused on mergers and acquisitions. His clients included Bristol‑Myers Squibb, Chevron, Clorox, CBS, IBM, Sprint Nextel, UAL and the independent directors of Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
Mr. Finkelson was involved with a number of significant transactions including representing Chevron in connection with its competition with CNOOC to acquire Unocal; Patina Oil & Gas in its acquisition by Noble Energy; Grant Prideco in its acquisition by National Oilwell Varco; the Board of MCI in connection with the competing takeover bids from Verizon and Qwest; Sprint in its merger with Nextel; Clorox in its repurchase of its shares from Henkel; CBS in its merger with Viacom; IBM in its unsolicited acquisition of Lotus and its acquisition of numerous other software companies; NTT DoCoMo in restructuring its strategic investment in AT&T Wireless; Dean Witter in its merger with Morgan Stanley; Boeing in its merger with McDonnell Douglas and its acquisition of the aerospace and defense business of Rockwell; and Wells Fargo in its unsolicited acquisition of First Interstate.
Mr. Finkelson is a member of the Board of Directors of Range Resources Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange‑listed independent oil and gas company.
Mr. Finkelson had been repeatedly cited as one of the country’s preeminent practitioners in mergers and acquisitions by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America, PLC Cross‑border Handbook, PLC Which Lawyer?, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers.
Mr. Finkelson was born in New York, New York. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from St. Lawrence University in 1968, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1971, where he was an Editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Mr. Finkelson joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977. In 1983, he left Cravath to be a Managing Director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers, and returned to the Firm in 1985.
Mr. Finkelson was involved with a number of significant transactions including representing Chevron in connection with its competition with CNOOC to acquire Unocal; Patina Oil & Gas in its acquisition by Noble Energy; Grant Prideco in its acquisition by National Oilwell Varco; the Board of MCI in connection with the competing takeover bids from Verizon and Qwest; Sprint in its merger with Nextel; Clorox in its repurchase of its shares from Henkel; CBS in its merger with Viacom; IBM in its unsolicited acquisition of Lotus and its acquisition of numerous other software companies; NTT DoCoMo in restructuring its strategic investment in AT&T Wireless; Dean Witter in its merger with Morgan Stanley; Boeing in its merger with McDonnell Douglas and its acquisition of the aerospace and defense business of Rockwell; and Wells Fargo in its unsolicited acquisition of First Interstate.
Mr. Finkelson is a member of the Board of Directors of Range Resources Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange‑listed independent oil and gas company.
Mr. Finkelson had been repeatedly cited as one of the country’s preeminent practitioners in mergers and acquisitions by, among others, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, The Best Lawyers in America, PLC Cross‑border Handbook, PLC Which Lawyer?, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers and The International Who’s Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers.
Mr. Finkelson was born in New York, New York. He received a B.A. magna cum laude from St. Lawrence University in 1968, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1971, where he was an Editor of the Columbia Law Review.
Mr. Finkelson joined Cravath in 1971 and became a partner in 1977. In 1983, he left Cravath to be a Managing Director in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers, and returned to the Firm in 1985.
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