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Most Powerful Women of 2017


27.Faiza Saeed


Photo credit: Peter Doyle
 

Presiding partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore

Age: 51

2016 REVENUE $738 million

 

NYC IMPACT Partnership for NYC, Women’s Forum of N.Y. and the New York chapter of the March of Dimes

 

In January Faiza Saeed took the reins as presiding partner of 500-lawyer firm Cravath Swaine & Moore, becoming the first woman to lead the white-shoe practice in its 200-year history. This makes her just one of a handful of women running a top U.S. law firm, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers.

 

The move was a natural one for Saeed, who is accustomed to having top executives look to her for advice and counsel. As head of Cravath’s mergers and acquisitions practice for nearly four years, she orchestrated some of the largest deals of the periodβ€”most recently as lead attorney for Time Warner in its $109 billion acquisition by AT&T last year. Also in 2016 she represented Yahoo in negotiating its $4.8 billion purchase by Verizon and led the legal team for DreamWorks Animation in its $4.1 billion tie-up with NBCUniversal. In January The Hollywood Reporter named Saeed to its Top 20 Dealmakers list. These transactions helped the firm increase revenue by nearly 11% over 2015.

 

Previous 2007 honoree (unranked)

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Women are kicking butts with higher education.

Unfortunately, some countries don't support this cause.

In Guyana, due to domestic violence, when we built sports facilities at schools  and encouraged co-ed sports. Some religious leader came down hard on us ' to stop this stupid-ness'.

Some men  trying to control women, will it ever end ? 

Tola
Mitwah posted:
Prashad posted:

Chief were you the man who was claiming on GN&I that the man who owns the triple crown winning horse was a muslim?  Turns out that the man is a jew from Egypt.

Chief, you know you can't argue with stupidity.

Is this the same person who wants to divide Guyana with a Berlin wall ?

Some people like to build walls, while others try to knock dem down. 

All wall builders should live in a zoo.

Tola
Chief posted:
Mitwah posted:
Prashad posted:

Chief were you the man who was claiming on GN&I that the man who owns the triple crown winning horse was a muslim?  Turns out that the man is a jew from Egypt.

Chief, you know you can't argue with stupidity.

Mitssss

What going on Buddy? When you coming this way?

Not sure. I will let you know anyway.

Mitwah

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