CRAIG F. ARCELLA - Solicitor

craıg f. arcella

                                                                                          partner 

                                                                                          corporate

OVERVIEW

Craig F. Arcella (solicitor) is a partner in Cravath’s Corporate Department. He represents financial institutions and corporate clients in a wide variety of matters, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings; investment grade, high‑yield and convertible debt offerings; leveraged acquisition finance; mergers and acquisitions; and syndicated loan transactions. Mr. Arcella regularly advises public company clients with respect to governance, public disclosure and other corporate matters.

Mr. Arcella has been cited as a leading practitioner in securities, corporate and mergers and acquisitions law by, among others, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2012 through 2017; Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2011 through 2017; The Legal 500 United States from 2009 through 2017; The Legal 500 Latin America from 2012 through 2014 and in 2016; IFLR1000 from 2011 through 2017; and Latin Lawyer 250: Latin America’s Leading Business Law Firms from 2010 through 2016. He was also recognized by The Legal 500 United States for his transactional work in the telecoms and broadcast industry from 2010 through 2016. In 2017, Mr. Arcella was named to The Legal 500 Hall of Fame in the Capital Markets: Debt Offerings and Capital Markets: High‑Yield Debt Offerings categories.

Mr. Arcella received a B.A. from Duke University in 1995 and a J.D. from Columbia University in 1998 where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a member of the Law Review. He joined Cravath in 1998 and became a partner in 2007. Mr. Arcella worked in Cravath’s Hong Kong office in 1999 and the Firm’s London office from 2001 to 2003, and is currently based in the Firm’s New York office.

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• Education
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  • J.D. Columbia Law School, 1998, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • B.A. Duke University, 1995

• Professional Affiliations
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  • International Bar Association

• Professional Recognition
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  • Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Capital Markets: Debt & Equity - USA (2017‑2011)
    Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Capital Markets: Debt & Equity - National (2017‑2012)
    IFLR1000
    • Capital Markets: Debt and Equity - US (2017‑2011)
    Latin Lawyer 250: Latin America’s Leading Business Law Firms
    • Capital Markets - International (2016‑2010)
    • Corporate and M&A - International (2016)
    The Legal 500 Hall of Fame
    • Capital Markets: Debt Offerings (2017)
    • Capital Markets: High‑Yield Debt Offerings (2017)
    The Legal 500 Latin America
    • Capital Markets - Latin America: International Firms (2014, 2013, 2012)
    • Corporate and M&A - Latin America: International Firms (2016, 2013, 2012)
    The Legal 500 US
    • Capital Markets: Debt Offerings (2017‑2009)
    • Capital Markets: Equity Offerings (2016, 2015, 2013, 2012)
    • Capital Markets: Global Offerings (2016‑2010)
    • Capital Markets: High‑Yield Debt Offerings (2017‑2009)
    • Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactional (2016‑2010)