Bio

Joanna Valentine is a partner in the Corporate Group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. Her practice involves advising domestic and international clients in a broad range of complex corporate transactions across diverse sectors. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions, including private equity transactions of all types, acquisitions and divestitures, majority, minority and consortium investments, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements, as well as other corporate finance transactions and corporate governance advice. Joanna also advises clients on complex transactions involving distressed companies and assets, including mergers, acquisitions, investments and financings, as well as restructurings. She practices both English and New York law. Joanna is recognised as 2024 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyer in the United Kingdom in the Corporate Law category. Joanna received her B.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, Certificat en Droit Français from the University of Paris (Pantheon-Assas) and a LL.M. in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law.