Valentina Cassata

Valentina Cassata is the SVP, Lead Counsel M&A and Corporate at Standard Industries. Valentina has extensive experience in corporate law, having worked as an M&A Associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and as a Corporate Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Valentina also served as Vice President & Senior M&A Counsel at American Express from September 2014 to May 2019.

Valentina Cassata has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Stanford Law School, a Doctor of Law (J.D.) from University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano) in Milan, Italy, and a EU scholarship - Law School from University of Brussels (ULB Université Libre de Brussels) in Brussels, Belgium. Valentina is also certified from the New York Bar and the Italian Bar.

Some of their coworkers include Danielle Perlman - Litigation and Compliance Counsel, Celeste Levine - Director of Environmental Law, Legal Department, and Nicole Manning Hart - Vice President, Chief Labor and Employment Counsel. Valentina Cassata reports to Jason Pollack, Chief Legal Officer.