Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions

Richard Hall is a partner in the Cravath corporate department and is the practice leader of the firm's merger and acquisition practice. Richard's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance advice. His clients have included Air Products & Chemicals, Anglo American plc, Barrick Gold Corporation, Edison International, Integrys Energy Group, Noven Pharmaceuticals, Time Warner Inc, The Home Depot and Weyerhaeuser Company.

Richard has acted on behalf of Time Warner Inc in M&A and regular corporate matters, including the recent separation 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.

Richard was cited as being one of the country's leading practitioners in the mergers and acquisitions arena in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in both 2008 and 2009. In addition, Cravath's mergers and acquisitions practice received a high ranking in the publication for being 'knowledgeable and responsive, with excellent levels of service'. Richard was also recognised 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, Richard was named in The Best Lawyers in America in 2009 and 2010 as a leader in mergers and acquisitions law, and in Lawdragon magazine as one of 500 leading lawyers and dealmakers in 2007. Additionally, he co-authored the US section of The Mergers and Acquisitions Review.

Richard was born in Melbourne, Australia. He received a BComm, with honours, in 1984, an LLB with honours in 1986 from the University of Melbourne, and an LLM from Harvard University in 1988. He joined Cravath in 1988 and became a partner in 1996.

Other Practice Areas

Richard Hall also features in the following practice areas:

• Corporate Governance