Speaker details

19th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference

14 Jun - 15 Jun 2022

The Plaza, New York, USA

Speaker information

Valentina Cassata

Biography

As the Lead Counsel of M&A and Corporate at Standard Industries and the General Counsel at Standard Investments, Valentina Cassata is responsible for legal advice in all stages of corporate and financial transactions in both the domestic and international markets, including through traditional M&A, public and private investments and strategic alliances across Standard, its global operating company, and Standard Investments. Ms. Cassata joined Standard Industries in 2019 after serving as Senior M&A and Ventures Counsel at American Express. Prior to this, Ms. Cassata spent over a decade progressing through top-tier corporate law firms, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Ms. Cassata earned dual legal degrees with a Master of Laws from Stanford Law School and a Doctor of Law from the University of Milan, Italy, and is admitted to the bar both in Italy and in New York.

Session

The in-house perspective

Wednesday 15 June (1145 - 1245)

Moderator