Carl Krasik Retired as Chief Legal Officer at Reed Smith

Date of management change: July 28, 2014 

What Happened?

Pittsburgh, PA-based Reed Smith has Retired Carl Krasik as Chief Legal Officer

 

About the Company

Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 25 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute-resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, entertainment and media, shipping and transport, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing and technology, and education.

 

About the Person

Carl Krasik rejoined Reed Smith in September 2010, following his service as General Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.  In December 2010, Carl was appointed as Reed Smith's Chief Legal Officer.  Carl's original service with Reed Smith was from 1970 - 1995 and followed a clerkship with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  From 1995 - 2006, Carl was Associate General Counsel and Secretary of Mellon Financial Corporation, and in 2006 became General Counsel and Secretary of Mellon, serving as such until the merger of Mellon and The Bank of New York in July 2007.  At that time, he became General Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon, serving until 2010. Carl's practice is devoted to the full range of financial industry issues, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, contests for corporate control and corporation law.  While at Mellon and BNY Mellon, he was actively involved in many acquisitions and dispositions, the structuring and integration of The Bank of New York/Mellon merger, multiple financings (including entry into and exit from the TARP capital purchase program), compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and related matters, and recent developments in the area of executive compensation.  He also attended virtually all board and committee meetings over the 15-year period that saw major changes in corporate governance rules and practice. During his prior tenure at Reed Smith, Carl was involved in many tender offers, both hostile and friendly, and proxy contests, as well as a range of public and private financings.  In addition, he was involved in a major financial institution's ground-breaking Good Bank/Bad Bank transaction. Employment History 2010 - Reed Smith Served as Reed Smith's Chief Legal Officer (2010 - 2014) 2007 - The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation - General Counsel 2006 - Mellon Financial Corporation - General Counsel and Secretary 1995 - Mellon Financial Corporation - Associate General Counsel and Secretary 1970 - Reed Smith Education Harvard Law School, 1969, J.D. Yale University, 1966, A.B.  

 

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