George F. Schoen is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Martin Marietta.
Mr. Schoen, who most recently served as Co-Chair of the Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, is a nationally recognized M&A and corporate governance attorney. He has advised on many of the most significant and complex corporate transactions over more than two decades. His extensive experience spans public company mergers and acquisitions, hostile and contested transactions, shareholder activism defense, joint ventures and strategic, board-level counseling.
At Cravath, Mr. Schoen represented companies across multiple industries including construction materials, energy, industrials, media, technology, healthcare and financial services. His notable matters include industry-defining transactions such as Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Occidental Petroleum’s acquisition of Anadarko, and Precision Castparts in its acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway, along with numerous high-profile activism defense engagements.
Mr. Schoen holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a law degree from the University of Chicago.