Mr Mark Greene > Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Mark Greene

Work Department
Corporate
Position
Mark I. Greene is the Head of Cravath’s Corporate Department and the Leader of the Firm’s International Practice. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities matters, including advising on cross-border and domestic transactions, private equity deals, complex restructuring transactions, proxy fights, takeover defense and hedge fund activism. According to clients and the market, Mr. Greene has a “mighty reputation in cross-border deals” and “outstanding and deep experience in M&A.” He “treats his clients as priority number one” and “takes time to probe and understand his clients’ objectives and is very practical in the legal advice he offers.”
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
(Hall of Fame)A robust performer in both domestic and international high-value M&A, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP also guides clients through divestitures, joint ventures, spin-offs, and complex strategic investments. Other core workflows include assisting top corporations in hostile takeovers, shareholder activist campaigns, and proxy contests. The New York-based team is collectively led by Faiza Saeed, Mark Greene
, Ting Chen, Aaron Gruber, Richard Hall
, and Robert Townsend
. Saeed is highly regarded for her expertise in advising public companies and special committees on corporate governance and crisis management issues, while Greene concentrates on cross-border mandates and private equity and restructuring work. Chen, Gruber, Hall, and Townsend demonstrate tenacity in international M&A, activism and defense mechanisms, and fiduciary duty matters, often representing leading global brands. George Schoen is recommended for his experience in handling hostile and contested transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A: large deals ($1bn+) United States > M&A/corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense