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Ting S. Chen is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department and is Co-Head of the Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. She focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and activism and takeover defense. Ms. Chen’s clients have included Avon, Bacardi, Banco Sabadell, British American Tobacco, CardWorks, DHT, DreamWorks Animation, Global Blood Therapeutics, Honeywell, IBM, Illumina, InterMune, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Lundbeck, New Senior, OneBeacon Insurance, Pitney Bowes, Qualcomm, SPANX, Starbucks, Thermo Fisher Scientific, The Washington Post, White Mountains Insurance and Zale Corporation. Ms. Chen has been named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer and a “Notable M&A Dealmaker” by Crain’s New York Business. She has also been recognized in IFLR1000’s “Women Leaders – United States,” The Deal’s “Top Women in Dealmaking” and Crain’s New York Business’s “Notable Women in Law.” Ms. Chen has been recognized for her work in mergers and acquisitions by Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America, Forbes and Lawdragon. She has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US for her activist defense work, as well as her transactional work in the media and entertainment and technology industries. Ms. Chen regularly speaks on topics concerning corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions law. She co-chaired a panel entitled “Developments in Public Company M&A Securities Law” hosted by the International Bar Association’s Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference and has spoken multiple times at the Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) “Doing Deals: The Art of M&A Transactional Practice” program.