Partners, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Frank Aquila is a partner in the Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Mergers & Acquisitions Group. His practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliance and corporate governance matters for large multinational corporations. Mr. Aquila has been lead outside counsel to companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, Amgen, British Airways and Diageo with respect to many of their most significant transactions. Mr. Aquila received a Burton Award for Legal Achievement in 2005 and was named a "Dealmaker of the Year" by the American Lawyer in 2009. He received his A.B. degree from Columbia University and his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Hydee Feldstein is a partner in the Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group. Ms. Feldstein regularly represents acquirers and other participants in connection with distressed acquisitions, both in and out of bankruptcy court and in the areas of banking, finance, restructuring and bankruptcy. Ms. Feldstein provided insolvency advice to acquirers in a number of key insolvency situations including Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and Chrysler. Ms. Feldstein has also advised a number of clients in connection with mezzanine and other CMBS structures and in acquiring or restructuring troubled real estate assets. Ms. Feldstein is regularly ranked as one of the country's leading restructuring and bankruptcy lawyers. She received her B.A. degree from Swarthmore College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.