Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City, Mexico

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

Integration is the true measure of success of an M&A transaction, the closing party isn’t the end; the work of internal legal counsel is just about to start. How do internal legal counsels tackle the huge challenge of integration post-closing?

Friday 20 September (0930 - 1045)

CASA DEL DIEZMO 3, LEVEL S

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