Mergers & Acquisitions
Cravath Lawyer Credits Talking Texan for M&A Successes
Posted Oct 19, 2009, 06:39 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Jim Woolery, a 40-year-old partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, has represented four Texas companies over the last five years in buyouts valued at more than $60 billion. He thinks more deals are in the offing because the seller’s market is heating up—and he hopes to be part of them.
To what does he attribute his success? Woolery talked about his appeal in an interview with the Dallas Morning News. “They like me in Texas because I'm from this fancy New York law firm, but I talk Texan," he said.
He explained that he is the son of a small-town Kentucky lawyer disguised in designer suits. "A lot of the things that I… Continue reading...
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