Faiza Saeed Speaks on M&A Outlook Panel at The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network Summit

On January 13, 2021, Cravath partner Faiza J. Saeed spoke on a panel at The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network Summit, which brought together leading corporate executives, lawyers and other financial professionals to explore business transformations during historic economic and health crises. The panel on which Faiza spoke, entitled “M&A: The Outlook,” covered emerging trends in M&A as a result of the COVID‑19 pandemic, recent activism activity and the ways in which CFOs can advise on company strategy through corporate transactions.

The program takeaways were recounted in an article entitled, “Finance Chiefs Prepare for Potential Rule Change, Return to the Office,” which was published to the website of The Wall Street Journal on January 13, 2020, and quoted Faiza in connection with considerations for companies around dealmaking in light of the upcoming change in presidential administration.